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George Brecht, Three Lamp Events, Summer, 1961.
THREE LAMP EVENTS • on. off. • lamp • off. on. "It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes."(J. Ray) Summer, 1961
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George Brecht, Card-Piece for Voice, 1959.
CARD-PIECE FOR VOICE 1. There are from 1 to 54 performers. Performers are seated side by side, except for the "chairman", a performer who sits facing the others. They rehearse before the performance to develop common vocables of the four types described below. 2. The chairman holds a deck of ordinary playing cards (four complete suits plus Joker and Extra Joker). He tosses each card into the air so that it is free to fall face up or face down, then re-forms the deck and shuffles it, keeping each card in its face-up or face-down direction. 3. He then deals one card at a time to each performer in turn, including himself, until all cards have been dealt. 4. There is a second stack of "phoneme cards", blank cards on each of which a single phoneme from one or more languages familiar to all performers has been written. These are shuffled and dealt, face up, one at a time, to each performer in turn, who keeps them in a stack separate from the playing cards. 5. At a nod from the chairman, each performer takes a playing card from the top of his sub-deck, performs a sound or not, according to the system of cues given below, and discards the card. Unless there is a signal from the chairman to repeat, or stop, the performance, each performer stops at the end of his sub-deck.
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George Brecht, Three Aqueous Events, Summer, 1961.
THREE AQUEOUS EVENTS • ice • water • steam Summer, 1961
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George Brecht, Three Window Events.
THREE WINDOW EVENTS opening a closed window closing an open window
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George Brecht, Suitcase – 1/3 (black suitcase / white objects).
SUITCASE • black suitcase • white objects
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George Brecht, Two Clocks.
TWO CLOCKS • clothes hooks • bird flight
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George Brecht, Realization.
REALIZATION • emotion music
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George Brecht, Keyhole.
KEYHOLE through either side
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George Brecht, Chair Event – 1/2 (Christmas-tree ball).
CHAIR EVENT on a white chair a Christmas-tree ball flag can opener black and spectral colors
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George Brecht, Three Telephone Events, Spring, 1961.
THREE TELEPHONE EVENTS • When the telephone rings, it is allowed to continue ringing, until it stops. • When the telephone rings, the receiver is lifted, then replaced. • When the telephone rings, it is answered. Performance note: Each event comprises all occurrences within its duration. Spring, 1961
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George Brecht, Ladder.
LADDER • Paint a single straight ladder white Paint the bottom rung black. Distribute spectral colors on the rungs between
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George Brecht, Sink – 1/2 (toothbrushes and black soap).
SINK • on a white sink toothbrushes black soap
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George Brecht, Direction.
DIRECTION Arrange to observe a sign indicating direction of travel. • travel in the indicated direction • travel in another direction
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George Brecht, Chair Event – 2/2 (grater and tape measure).
CHAIR EVENT on a white chair a grater tape measure alphabet flag black and spectral colors
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George Brecht, Event.
EVENT pulse start pulse stop
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George Brecht, Egg.
EGG • at least one egg
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George Brecht, Concerto for Clarinet, 1962.
CONCERTO FOR CLARINET • nearby G. Brecht 1962
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George Brecht, Two Vehicle Events, Summer, 1961.
TWO VEHICLE EVENTS • start • stop Summer, 1961
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George Brecht, Mirror.
MIRROR • reflecting • reflecting
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George Brecht, Organ Piece, 1962.
ORGAN PIECE • organ G. Brecht 1962
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George Brecht, Solo for Wind Instrument, 1962.
SOLO FOR WIND INSTRUMENT ( putting it down ) G. Brecht 1962
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George Brecht, Flute Solo, 1962.
FLUTE SOLO • disassembling • assembling G. Brecht 1962
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George Brecht, Bed Event.
BED EVENT Discover or arrange: a white bed a black item on or near it
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George Brecht, Three Dances, Summer, 1961.
THREE DANCES 1. Saliva 2. Pause. Urination. Pause. 3. Perspiration. Summer, 1961 G. Brecht
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George Brecht, Air Conditioning.
AIR CONDITIONING ( move through the place )
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George Brecht, Two Definitions.
TWO DEFINITIONS • 1. Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing, fact, event, feeling, etc.; a sign. A portent. 2. A characteristic mark or indication; a symbol. 3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, power, good faith, etc. 4. A memorial by which the affection of another is to be kept in mind; a memento; souvenir. 5. A medium of exchange issued at a nominal or face value in excess of its commodity value. 6. Formerly, in some churches, a piece of metal given beforehand as a warrant or voucher to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord’s Supper. • ( a cup and saucer )
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George Brecht, Two Exercises, Fall, 1961.
TWO EXERCISES Consider an object. Call what is not the object "other." EXERCISE: Add to the object, from the "other," another object, to form a new object and a new "other." Repeat until there is no more "other." EXERCISE: Take a part from the object and add it to the "other," to form a new object and a new "other." Repeat until there is no more object. Fall, 1961
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George Brecht, Intermission.
INTERMISSION 1. hair growing arrangement (haircut) 2.
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George Brecht, Three Broom Events.
THREE BROOM EVENTS • broom • sweeping • broom sweepings
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George Brecht, Mallard Milk. Text: Dick Higgins.
MALLARD MILK Text: Dick Higgins Counting. Summer. Winter. Summer. Milkmaids counting. Spring fall. Spring winter summer spring.
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George Brecht, Table – 3/3 (glasses, a puzzle and smoking).
TABLE • on a white table glasses, a puzzle and ( having to do with smoking )
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George Brecht, Concert for Orchestra, 1962.
CONCERT FOR ORCHESTRA ( exchanging ) Brecht, 1962
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George Brecht, No Smoking Event.
NO SMOKING EVENT Arrange to observe a NO SMOKING sign. • smoking • no smoking
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George Brecht, Three Gap Events, Spring, 1961.
THREE GAP EVENTS • missing-letter sign • between two sounds • meeting again To Ray J. Spring, 1961 G. Brecht
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George Brecht, Six Exhibits, Summer, 1961.
SIX EXHIBITS • ceiling • first wall • second wall • third wall • fourth wall • floor Summer, 1961
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George Brecht, Suitcase – 3/3 (suitcase).
SUITCASE • suitcase
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George Brecht, Sink – 2/2 (on ( or near ) a white sink).
SINK • on ( or near ) a white sink
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George Brecht, Word Event, Spring, 1961.
WORD EVENT • EXIT G. Brecht Spring, 1961
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George Brecht, Five Events.
FIVE EVENTS • eating with • between two breaths • sleep • wet hand • several words
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Rose Indien
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Fauve
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Sweet Charity
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Le Rouge Chloë
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Guinevere
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Pompei
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Amour
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Afterglow
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La Favorita
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