The Day in Verse, Constraint #66 For an entire day, answer every question in iambic pentameter… ten syllables. No exception. At the supermarket checkout too. Reference artist(s): Georges Perec. The protocol Brush up on iambic pentameter the night before: ten…
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Constraint of the Week: The Word of the Day
The Word of the Day, Constraint #62 Pick a random word from a dictionary. Slip it naturally into every conversation throughout the day. Count how many times you succeed. Reference artist(s): Ben Vautier. The protocol In the morning, open a…
OuViePo, Birth of a Workshop for Potential Life
OuViePo was born from three sentences. The first, by Robert Filliou: “Art is what makes life more interesting than art.” The second, by Joseph Beuys: “Jeder Mensch ist ein Kunstler“, every human being is an artist. The third, from the…
Webmaster’s Manifesto
Protocol #000 – The Builder’s Constraint Everyone has a constraint here. Yours, perhaps, is to follow a stranger for an hour. Or to photograph only red things for a week. Or to count the days separating you from your death…