Radio

Performers and audience listen to a play over the radio.

Ben Vautier, 1961

Theft

A theft is announced and the audience is searched.

Ben Vautier, 1961

Police

Performers disguised as police officers push the audience to the stage.

Ben Vautier, 1961

Smile

5 performers walk about smiling.

Ben Vautier, 1961

Strike

After the audience is admitted to the theater and seated, a member of the actors' union gives a 5- minute talk on low wages and announces a 3-hour strike.

Ben Vautier, 1962

Nothing

Performers do nothing.

Ben Vautier, 1962

Sale

Performers sell the theater.

Ben Vautier, 1962

Meeting

4 people who have never met are invited on stage to talk to each other for 20 minute or more.

Ben Vautier, 1963

I Will be Back in Ten Minutes

Performer positions a poster on the stage announcing, "I will be back in 10 minutes!" and goes across the street to have a cup of coffee.

Ben Vautier, 1963

Curtain I

After the traditional 3 rings or 3 knocks, the curtain doesn't go up. Rings or knocks are repeated 10 time, 20 times, 100 times, 1000 times for 2 hours, but the curtain never goes up.

Ben Vautier, 1963

Curtain II

A noisy performance takes place behind a closed curtain. Curtain is raised only for a bow.

Ben Vautier, 1963

More by Ben Vautier

Sanitas No. 35

Blank sheets are handed to the audience without any explanations. 5 minutes waiting.

Tomas Schmit, Date unknown

Sanitas No. 79

A bus carries the audience a good distance, deposits them in a desolate location and returns empty.

Tomas Schmit, Date unknown

Fluxus Piece for GM

2 events are advertised at 2 adjacent locations. Audience is brought into the same hall by separate entrances. The audiences are separated from each other by a curtain. For the performance, the curtain is raised.

Albert M. Fine, Date unknown