Constraint #112
The Daily Scene
Choose a mundane moment. Replay it as if it were a scene in a film.
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The OuViePo creative constraints
Constraint #111
The Multicolored Meal
As many colors as possible on one plate. Photograph before eating.
Constraint #106
World Cuisine
Cook a dish from a country you know nothing about. No shortcuts.
Constraint #101
The Personal Museum
Gather five objects that represent your life right now. Display them. Write the labels.
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 #096
The Sound Map
Map the sounds of your neighborhood. Walk, listen, note everything.
Constraint #094
The Recipe from Memory
Cook a dish from childhood, purely from memory. No recipe, no help.
Constraint #093
The Table Set for Nobody
Set a table for dinner. Beautiful plates, candles. But nobody is coming.
Constraint #091
Gestural Communication
Spend an hour communicating only through gestures. No words, no writing.
Constraint #085
The Off-Grid Day
One full day without any screen. From wake-up to bedtime.
Constraint #084
Blind Cooking
Cook an entire dish blindfolded. Trust your other senses.
Constraint #081
The Reimagined Storefront
Choose a storefront. Redesign it entirely in your mind. Write it down.
Constraint #080
The Personal Anthem
Compose your personal anthem. Sing it every morning for a week.
Constraint #079
The Voice of Another
Record yourself reading a text in someone else's voice. Not an imitation... a channeling.
Constraint #078
The Meal of Colors
Compose a meal based only on colors. Ignore taste.
Constraint #077
The Conversation Without Direct Answers
Have a conversation where every answer is a question. See how long it lasts.
Constraint #071
The Inherited Recipe
Cook a recipe that belongs to someone else. Follow it exactly. Don't adapt anything.
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 #064
The Cuisine of Noise
Cook with sounds as a score. Record it. It's a composition.
Constraint #061
The Unknown Dish
A dish you've never made. No recipe. With your instinct.
Constraint #058
The Imposed Discovery
An unknown artist. One week. A work in response.
Constraint #057
The Google Painting
Choose a website. Paint it by hand. Freeze the digital in matter.
Constraint #055
Merda d’Artista
Shit in a jar. Label it. Preserve it. It's a work.
Constraint #054
The Drawn Network
Draw the path of an email. Compare your drawing to the actual traceroute.
Constraint #048
The jesusswimming
Create a website with a single concept. The URL is the title of the work.
Constraint #046
Dismantled AI
Use an AI for a week. Document everything. The gap is the work.
Constraint #045
The Conscious Pixel
Create an image pixel by pixel in a spreadsheet. Each cell is a pixel.
Constraint #043
The Hand-Written Website
Write the HTML/CSS of a web page... by hand, on paper.
Constraint #042
The Daily Terminal
Use the terminal (cmd/bash) to create a code or data artwork.
Constraint #041
The Polyrhythm of Objects
Create percussion by tapping different everyday objects with a specific rhythm.
Constraint #037
The Weekly Subversion
Transform an everyday object into an absurd sculpture.
Constraint #036
The Exhaustive List
List everything that makes you anxious. Everything. No filter.
Constraint #033
The Tattooed Autobiography
Draw with marker on your skin a symbol for each significant event.
Constraint #032
The Cache Self-Portrait
Export your browser cache. Print everything. That's your self-portrait.
Constraint #031
Intimate Neon
Transform one of your secrets into a glowing sign. Photograph it. Keep it.
Constraint #029
Daily Phasing
Every hour, you change personality. 6-7am you are A, 7-8am you are B...
Constraint #028
Rhythmic Counting
Count absurd things during a day. Share your numbers.
Constraint #025
The Weekly Time Capsule
Lock your week in a box. To open in a year.
Constraint #024
The Intentional Ephemeral
Write a beautiful page. Burn it. That's your creation.
Constraint #020
The Double Gaze
Create a two-layer image. Two gazes, two truths.
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 #012
The Daily Mask
Disfigure yourself with what's lying around. One mask per day, never the same.
Constraint #010
Noise / Silence
Record the silence of a beautiful place, then the worst noise from your home.
Constraint #009
Sol LeWitt Instruction
Write a constraint. Send it to a stranger. Never see the result.
Constraint #006
Existential Exquisite Corpse
Three people, three papers, one blind constraint. Execute the result.