Do It Yourselves (1990)

Solo voice, tape any amount of instruments (= Do It Yourself iii), indeterminate duration

The title says it all. The performers (at least two) are facilitated to put together sounds and musical clips based on a one-page score (below). Thus far, no single performance as obeyed the six minute maximum duration – doing it yourselves produces loads of ideas to play with. Clearly influenced by Cage’s instruction score works but also from Landy’s focus on recycling, the performers construct their material and can choose to change what they perform from performance to performance. Below, after the score, there is one video of a performance with Jos Zwaanenburg and the composer and an audio of another one which also included Elise Lorraine. They are by no means identical.

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Performance with Jos Zwaanenburg and Leigh Landy

Performance with Elise Lorraine, Jos Zwaanenburg and Leigh Landy