Fiftyeight Propositions for One Page
BEN VAUTIER July 1965
Solo Activity
originally published with each instruction on a separate card
consider printing these instructions out and cutting them into cards before following them
| imagine some unknown color on the left corner of this page |
take a photo of this page | |||
| send this page to Ray Johnson 176 Suffolk Street New York, U.S.A. |
look through this hole at the world |
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| fold this page many times to the smallest possible size |
paint this page white | |||
| write on this page a short definition of art and then write on the opposite side the exact contrary - consider both sides as part of my definition of art |
close your eyes while you look at this page |
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| try to stop thinking while looking at this page |
where is fluxus on this page? | |||
| return to the preceding page | don’t laugh and stare at this page for 1 hour in public |
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| swallow this page | put your finger down your throat and vomit over this page |
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| look everywhere else | listen five minutes before turning this page |
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| don’t forget this page | hang this page on a string - don’t touch it - wait till it disappears |
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| wait until something happens and write it on the next page |
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| wait till a fly settles on this page and watch it closely till it flies away (if necessary put some sugar on the page) |
astonish someone quickly with this page |
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I don’t propose you do anything with this page |
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| read what is written on this page |
change something on this page |
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| what is new on this page? |
just any page would have done as well as this page |
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| this page was written in France on the 25th of July 1965 |
spit on this page | |||
| eat something over this page |
write as much as you can on this page |
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| turn 14 pages slowly | remember details of your first love affair before turning this page |
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| hide this page somewhere | put your nose on this page and keep it there for 5 minutes |
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| write on this page what you think the U.S. President should do to stop the war in Vietnam |
try to put a horse on this page |
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| place your ear on this page and listen until some sound occurs |
place this page in the middle of a street on a windy day |
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| multiply 4673 times 17883 on this page |
touch with one finger the whole surface of this page |
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| draw a vase of flowers on this page |
mount your photo on this page |
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| set fire to this page | hide this page | |||
| miss the next page | turn this page | |||
| return to the preceding page write your name on this page |
erase or scratch out your name from the preceding page |
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| put this page in some obvious place |
tear this page into many small pieces then reconstruct it |
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| hold on to this page for 24 hours |
this page is not a work of art |
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| this page is a work of art |
sign here please __________________ |
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| send this page to the police | think of five interesting things to do with the next five pages |