Category: Temporary Expert

Temp Ex Final Blog Post: return me;

My final project for Temporary Expert was called “return;” (as opposed to my ‘preview’ presentation weeks ago called “return you;”). This was a series of objects that I created in order to learn about Event Scores, which are a series of instructions that are intended to be performed. They can be detailed or abstract, and performers are given agency to interpret them as they wish. Event Scores are usually brief in nature, with some consisting of only one word. One of the most notable instances of this is George Brecht’s Word Event:

George Brecht is the inventor of the Event Score, a concept that he developed while studying under John Cage at the New School for Social Research in New York City between 1958 and 1959. As he refined his concept, he became involved with the Fluxus, a “non-art” movement organized by George Maciunas. Event Scores were increasingly adopted by many other Fluxus artists.

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Temp Ex; misc notes 11/10/17

Facebook Art Event Score:

I’m seeing more of what I might call “emergent” event scores on the internet. Here is a trend that has popped up in my Facebook feed:

This is the most succinct explanation of the rules I saw. Looks like an event score to me. Lots of different people and approaches on this came up over and over again:

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Temp Ex; misc notes 10/29/17

In the interest of showing my research process, I’ll add some bits and pieces here:

I found a pdf copy of The Fluxus Reader online. (If this needs to be taken down, please let me know and I’ll oblige) Plenty to digest here, so I’ll be picking at it as the rest of the semester goes on.

There are some typos in the PDF, I believe from OCR glitches. I’ve cleaned up a little bit, but some were a little too far gone for me to guess the original intent. Ken Friedman says this:

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Temp Ex Daily: 4; Jaycee, Electric Green / Space – Black

Day four of my event score:

  1. When programming visual digital art, at the first point where you decide to use a color, ask someone else to pick the color for you.
  2. Have them explain their choice.
  3. Dedicate the color to them.

I reached out to my friend Jaycee over Facebook Messenger in order to pick my color.

Event Score Daily Practice: Day Four Jaycee

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Temp Ex Daily: 3; Barrett, Sex Lasagna Blue

Day three of my event score:

  1. When programming visual digital art, at the first point where you decide to use a color, ask someone else to pick the color for you.
  2. Have them explain their choice.
  3. Dedicate the color to them.

I reached out to my friend Barrett over Facebook Messenger in order to pick my color. Here is an edited transcript:

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Temp Ex Daily: 1; Lola, Gray

Daily practice time! For Temp Ex, we’ve been asked to do a constraints-based exercise for one week. We need to *make stuff* in relation to our topic. Make make make!

For this week, I have developed an event score. In order to get comfortable with event score ideas, and put my money where my mouth is, I have decided to perform my event score every day.

  1. When programming visual digital art, at the first point where you decide to use a color, ask someone else to pick the color for you.
  2. Have them explain their choice.
  3. Dedicate the color to them.

This is based off a piece I recently made (“Green Apples”, for The Poetics of Space), and I want to make variations on it to explore the idea.

Here is my day one:

Event Score Daily Practice: Day One Lola

Lola picked a neutral shade of gray: RGB 164,167,167