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Jim Leftwich - 25 NON-EVENT SCORES

25 NON-EVENT SCORES
02.20.10

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Jim Leftwich - FOUR SONNETS

THREE SONNETS FOUND ON THE DESK I SHARE WITH SUE
02.20.10

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Found Sonnet #-.001

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Found Sonnet #-.002

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Found Sonnet #-.003

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Found Sonnet #-.004
(02.26.10)

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Jim Leftwich - 5 FLUXUS EVENTS

5 FLUXUS EVENTS
February 2010

one,

from a tarot deck, on your front deck, with a hot poker, pick a card, any card

two,

sing the front page headlines of your local paper
sing them backwards

three,

make a poem for your nose
make a poem for the hairs in your nose

four,

enter, take seventeen steps from the entrance, turn, take eight steps toward the entrance

five,

arrange to have lunch with a stranger
wrap a pizza in blue painter's tape
clap your hands while holding a rose

Jim Leftwich - FOUR EVENT SCORES

FOUR EVENT SCORES
February 2010

A) For two or more performers: do similar things for similar reasons

B) For two or more performers: do similar things for different reasons

C) For two or more performers: do different things for similar reasons

D) For two or more performers: do different things for different reasons

Jim Leftwich - FOUR AND NINETEEN EVENT SCORES

FOUR AND NINETEEN EVENT SCORES
February 2010

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using a knife, your teeth, a magnifying glass or a pistol, compare an apple and an orange.

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using a spoon, your nose, a mirror or a pestle, compare an apple and a zucchini.

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jump up and down
1) on the floor
2) on a chair
3) on a table
4) on a car
5) on the roof of a very tall building

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stand still
1) in your kitchen
2) on a sidewalk
3) with a dog
4) beside a television
5) in front of a police car
6) at a shopping mall

Jim Leftwich - 15 EVENT SCORES

15 EVENT SCORES
February 2010

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1.

SWITCH.

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2.

ENTER.

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3.

A BROOM.
AN ALLEY.
A SQUIRREL IN A TREE.

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4.

LIGHT TWO MATCHES AT ONCE IS PROCESS.

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5.

LIGHT TWO MATCHES AT ONCE.
ONE GOES OUT THEN THE OTHER IS DURATION.

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6.

HAVE THE AUDIENCE ENTER THROUGH AN EMERGENCY EXIT.

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7.

SWITCH ONE BUT NOT THE OTHER.

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8.

STAND SIDEWAYS IN A DOORWAY FOR A LONG TIME.

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9.

MAKE A PAPER SANDWICH.

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10.

WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE UNTIL SOMETHING GETS IN YOUR WAY.

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11.

PUT ON A SHIRT AND BUTTON IT.

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12.

CHANGE THE WORLD ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLY.

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13.

TRANSFORM LIFE DISCONTINUOUSLY.

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14.

ENTRANCE.

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15.

THIS IS A POEM.
CONVINCE YOURSELF.

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Jim Leftwich - 22 EVENT SCORES

22 EVENT SCORES
February 2010

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one

variations in opposition.

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two

do something with a clock.
do it again.

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three

do not.

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four

do not fill in the blank.

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five

an event negates itself.

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six

write an empty sentence.

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seven

perform an unwritten event score.

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eight

variations in opposition to an empty sentence.

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nine

find a different starting point.

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ten

move to the coast.
if you already live on the coast, move to another coast.

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eleven

where can i hide?
have you already asked yourself this question?

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twelve

i can hide from you right here.

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thirteen

write a one-sentence definition of an event score.

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fourteen

draw several crooked lines at once.
follow all of them.

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fifteen

make a salad do something it normally wouldn't do.

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sixteen

write a zen koan in a language you cannot read.

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seventeen

opposition is plural. resistance is singular.

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eighteen

make a soup.
eat it with a fork.

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nineteen

step in the same stream twice.

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twenty

lamp.
chair.
lamp on chair.
lamp off chair.

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twenty-one

for as long as you like, in a public space.

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twenty-two

stop.

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