Diagramme pour le Happening "120 Minutes dédiées au Divin Marquis" - 1966

Dessin et annotations sur carton, double face, 44 x 70 cm.

Pièce signée et datée en bas à droite.

Pièce produite lors du Happening réalisé dans le cadre du 3° Festival de la libre expression (Théâtre de la Chimère, Paris, 4 avril 1966).

Ancienne collection Dick Higgins, Barrytown, New York et ancienne collection Marcel Fleiss, Paris.
 

Le diagramme reprend les différents moments du Happening : Projections / Autel / Nuclear Love / Cynthia, etc. Le texte précise : "This chart was used as basis for general timing but never as strict metronome. Actually most actions were (either in 1st or 2nd version) moved around, lenghtened or shortened or simply replaced and discussed by all 26 performers in several meetings prior to happening. It was understood that all elements of the happening were just put of a collective hallucination or day dream that would fall into place in a different order and contact each time. The idea was to permutate these elements with and around the different reactions of the audience. As a result we experienced four completely different happenings instead of 4 variations on one scheme".