Directions to Anyone

Prepare some of your favorite food. Take a walk around the neighborhood, carrying the food. Introduce yourself to someone you do not know, but whom you have seen before. Say your name, find out her/his name, and shake hands. Share the food and have a conversation about your dreams. Document and post on this site.


The performances below were done as performance exchange between Sofia Underground Performance Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria and K.I.D.S., Kindness and Imagination Development Society in NYC.

U7 performance:


Translation:
Out on the street - a round object - add yellow - make it funny - put the *point* end - and write your request to the participant.

B7 to U7

Излез на улицата, намери кръгъл обект и :
добави жълто;
направи го смешно;
сложи "точка" за край;
и напиши твоето пожелание към участниците.

B7 -TO BE SOMEONE ELSE

U6 to B7

There is someone else that is exactly like you, and you are that someone else today.

1. Cut the hair of a loved one.
2. Kiss the nose of a close friend.
3. Extend both hands towards a stranger and bring them close, out of harm's way.

Where am I, when I'm away?

thx bb.

B6 Instructions for U6

A performance - not related with the known forms of art.

Where am I, when I'm away?

Dance with your grandma's skirt,

holding a picture of something you want, but don't have

Directions for B6

Hold a dream in your hand.
Is it heavy or light?

Walk around with it.
Then give it to someone.

the good mood machine

translation

My Translation:

Go out and find some stuff, but don't buy anything.
Make them into a functional object.
Try and use it.

B5 instructions for U5

Излезте навън и вземете (намерете) няколко предмета, като никой от тях не купувате. Направете от тях нов предмет, който да има някаква функция. Да видим дали можем да се справим с това днес, когато всичко имаме наготово.

B5 performance

1998

1998

1998

U4 instruction to B5

instructions:

use a "tooth brush"
eat some "crackers"
tell "a joke"
listen to "the radio"
read "the news"
(as if it's (you) in 1998).
_____ ______ _____ _____

Translation of B4 instructions

1. Select една from любимите си books. Вземи I with теб and отиди on място пълно from chorus. Чети it is selected from теб hour is frequent half. нека we shall disassemble caustically chorus ще се спрат yes послушат. Disassemble distances думите могат yes забавят забързаното ежедневие on хората and distances думите имат още force!

2. Select from books. (with, and, on).
FROM CHORUS:
it is selected from:
hour is frequent half.
We shall disassemble! (Caustically, chorus.... yes.)
Disassemble distances. Yes.
Photo on, and distances.
Force!

3. Books (with, and, on).
Is frequent.
CHORUS!
Disassemble distances. Yes.
Force!

B4 TO U4 Instructions

Избери една от любимите си книги. Вземи я с теб и отиди на място пълно с хора.Чети избрана от теб част половин час. Нека разберем колко хора ще се спрат да послушат. Разбери дали думите могат да забавят забързаното ежедневие на хората и дали думите имат още сила!

B4 Performance:

U3 instructions for B4

Purchase or acquire a 2009 calendar, the kind with a photograph for every month.
Gather various organic materials to mix and make crude paints. (Crushed flowers, mud, vegetable juice, blood, egg yolks, soot, etc.)
Paint a picture which represents the events surrounding the "Donner Party"
see details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party
Paste your picture over the existing picture for December 2009.

Photograph your altered calendar, opened to December, hanging in your kitchen or office.

U3 performance

played sax @ 34th st


played guitar @ 14th st/ 6th ave


sang @ Times Sq.

Instructions translated as: "Select an object from home (reminiscent of a musical instrument), which can be played. Put attractive. Out on the street, ....... put the hat in front of you ...... to see how much money will izkatrash! :)
process documented with video or photos"

Posted by Sam E.

B3 for U3 instructions

Избери някакъв предмет от дома си ( наподобяващ музикален инструмент) , на който може да се свири . Облечи се атрактивно. Излез на улицата, ....... сложи шапка пред себе си ...... да видим колко пари ще изкатраш! :)
документирай процеса с видео или снимки.

B3 performance

Неочакван подарък - performance

U2 Instructions to B3

New Instructions:
Make a gift, wrap it nicely, and give it to a stranger. Document the entire process with photography and/or video.

Translation of Instructions to me:
Make a suit and a hat of a newspaper and request salt from a neighbor. 
Document yourself 
as you are requesting.

U2 Performance

b2 instructions for U2

Направи си костюм и шапка от вестник и поискай сол от съседа.
Документирай както поискаш.

B2 performance

the B2 performance is uploaded on this blog for some tech reasons.

http://qnata.blogspot.com/

U1 to B2 Instructions

Hi. Your instructions are to tell a friend a story based on our photos in the post below - "U1 Performance". Here is a twist. You will invite your friend to participate by choosing the path that your story will take. Use this diagram to follow the possible paths that the story could take.

Once you understand the diagram, do this:

- Take a friend to a coffee shop and order two beverages of your choice.

- Start the story by telling them about 1. The big game.

- Then ask your friend if they want to learn more about 2. We dreamed or 3. He schemed.

- Tell them something about their choice - the dream or the scheme.

- Using the diagram, repeat this process through all of the images until you reach the END of the story at step 14 or 15.

- Document your telling of the story however you want.

U1 Performance - One Judas Is Enough

New York - 11:21 pm EST. This is what we captured according to the instructions given to us by B1:

1. The big game.

2. We dreamed.

3. He schemed.

4. Ambush!

5. Heard it all before.

6. Meat shower!

7. Close ones.

8. Who would sell you?

9. Sleeps with the fishes.

10. Goodbye to 1993.

11. Memory photo.

12. Waiting.

13. Waiting.

14. Don't tell them which is which.

15. Buried at sea.

b1 to u1 instruction

only one judas is enough sometimes. how many judas' do think are in your closest environment?
who would spy and sell you if they could...

grab some friends and close ones, take a couple of memory photos with them.
take one memory photo with these who, you think would sell you...
another with these that you think would not.
dont tell them which is which, friendship is valuable ; )

b1 performance

my immersion into water is like a reversed birth.
i make seven steps and hide back into darkness.

U7 to B1: Become new

Change - become new- Immerse yourself in water

Красная Селедка

“Луковые очки только Красная Селедка" (От U1 до B2)
Возьми две луковици. Зделай в них дырки так что можно видеть из них. Потом сделай очки пользуясь лентой или веревкой для рам. Одень очки когда захочеш плакать о чем то но не хочеш никому сказать причину. Ето тебе даст предлог! Попробуй на друге.

New Instructions:
"The Onion Spectacles are Just a Red Herring" (From U1 to B2)
Get two onions. Cut holes through them so that you can see, and make a pair of glasses to wear using tape or string or something like that for the frame. Wear the glasses when you feel like crying about something, but don't want to tell anyone the reason. This will give you an excuse! Try it out on a friend.

Translation:
This is the First Experiment (From B1 to U1)
Go to your fridge. If you haven't got any fridge, go to the fridge of your friends. Find an object there that interests you. Place this object on your face and take a portrait of yourself with it. Good luck!!

Ето первая попытка (от Б1 до С1)

Иди к своему холодилнику. Если у тебя нету холодилника иди к холодилнику своих друзей. Найди в холодилнике предмет который тебя интересует. Положи етот предмет себе на лицо и фотографируй себя с предметом. Успеха!!