Following many decades of art historical and curatorial work centered on Fluxus performance, much now available online, event scores are more available to young practitioners than ever before. This video documents a group of five performers (Midori Kubota, Rina Matsuo, Konomi Araki, Chikae Akagi, Saika Tsurufusa) who, under the direction of Kubota, creatively interpreted George Brecht’s Drip Music (Drip Event) (1959–62) (specifically “Second Version: Dripping”) to include multiple performers and vessels. They perform the piece not in a concert hall but arrayed on an outdoor staircase, which takes the place of the conventional ladder. Their simple yet compelling realization, which Brecht likely would have appreciated, integrates the sounds of nature, other rehearsal activities at the school, and the sounds of people chatting and coming and going.
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