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HOW TO MAKE A HAPPENING Allan Kaprow
Two cars collide on a highway. Violet liquid pours out of the
broken radiator of one of them, and in the
back seat of the other there is a huge
load of dead chickens that is spilling out all
over the ground. The cops check it
out, plausible answers are given, tow trucks
carry off the wrecks costs are paid
and the drivers go home to dinner.
The situations for a happening should come
from what you see in the real world,
from real places and people rather than from
the head.
Break up your spaces.
Break up your time and let it be real time.
Whatever happens should happen in its natural time.
Work with the power around you, not against
it.
To use an old expression, they don’t merely
dig the scene, they make it.
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