Constraint #110
The Hidden Talent
Learn something you've never done before. In one day. Show the result.
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The OuViePo creative constraints
Constraint #103
The Body Journal
Write about your body every day for a week. Not what you think... what you feel.
Constraint #100
The Walk Without Destination
Walk out your front door. No plan. Follow what catches your eye.
Constraint #099
The Meal Without Recipe or Shopping
Cook a meal with only what you have right now. No recipe, no shopping.
Constraint #097
The Impossible Schedule
Plan an impossible day. Try to live it anyway.
Constraint #092
The Reversed Backpack
Carry your bag in front of you for a whole day. See what changes.
Constraint #091
Gestural Communication
Spend an hour communicating only through gestures. No words, no writing.
Constraint #088
The Noisy Minute of Silence
One minute of silence. But listen to everything. Write it all down.
Constraint #084
Blind Cooking
Cook an entire dish blindfolded. Trust your other senses.
Constraint #083
The Slow Meal
A meal in slow motion. One hour minimum. Each bite counts.
Constraint #079
The Voice of Another
Record yourself reading a text in someone else's voice. Not an imitation... a channeling.
Constraint #077
The Conversation Without Direct Answers
Have a conversation where every answer is a question. See how long it lasts.
Constraint #068
The Three-Hour Bench
A public bench. Three hours. No phone. Just be there.
Constraint #066
The Day in Verse
Respond in alexandrines all day. At the supermarket checkout too.
Constraint #063
The Album in the Dark
An entire album. In the dark. Lying down. Doing nothing else.
Constraint #056
The Irrational Walk
Have yourself photographed in an impossible position. No digital manipulation.
Constraint #055
Merda d’Artista
Shit in a jar. Label it. Preserve it. It's a work.
Constraint #052
Blind Drawing
Draw an object without looking at your paper. Eyes on the object, hand on the paper.
Constraint #050
The Social Sculpture
Organize an event without a program. Each participant is both artist and spectator.
Constraint #049
The Map of Your Scars
Each scar has a story. Draw them. Tell them.
Constraint #039
SuperMario Sleeping
Recreate Super Mario Bros with photos of you sleeping in improvised settings.
Constraint #033
The Tattooed Autobiography
Draw with marker on your skin a symbol for each significant event.
Constraint #028
Rhythmic Counting
Count absurd things during a day. Share your numbers.
Constraint #017
The Daily Imprint
Each day, an imprint of a different part of your body.
Constraint #016
Measured Pain
Document your daily pains. Scale, drawing, color.
Constraint #015
Body Phase Shift
Slow down an everyday gesture by ten percent each hour.
Constraint #014
The Clapping
Two people, one struck rhythm. One shifts. Hold without getting lost.
Constraint #013
The One-Minute Choreographic Journal
One body sculpture per day. One minute. No more.
Constraint #012
The Daily Mask
Disfigure yourself with what's lying around. One mask per day, never the same.
Constraint #011
The Daily Fall
Fall. Every day. Film the fall. Start again tomorrow.
Constraint #008
Tehching Hsieh Marathon
Same time, same framing, same light. Thirty days. Zero tolerance.
Constraint #006
Existential Exquisite Corpse
Three people, three papers, one blind constraint. Execute the result.
Constraint #005
Domestic Abramović
Look a stranger in the eyes. In silence. As long as possible.
Constraint #004
Gestural Lipogram
Spend an entire day without your dominant hand.
Constraint #003
Wurm × Flanagan Sculpture
Hold an uncomfortable object against your body. Exactly ten minutes.
Constraint #002
Opalka Counter
Every morning, write by hand the number of days you have lived.
Constraint #001
The Daily Event Score
Draw a verb at random. Do it.