Inspired by Fluxus and software programming, many projects have involved instructions as a call to action and participation.
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Drift Relay
The Drift Relay was a collaborative psychogeographic experience in the form of a 24 hour exploration of San Jose. Participants drifted through new and familiar city spaces with a Glowlab coach and a mobile kit of recording tools, contributing to…
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Corporate Commands
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things performs corporate commands where they occur in the urban landscape. We try to perform each command as literally as possible. There have been more than 15 performances of corporate commands in the U.S. and…
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57 Things to Do for Free in Harvard Square
The Institute was commissioned to do a work for a public video screen in Harvard Square, an outdoor mall in Cambridge, MA. The resulting work is a video guidebook for tourists in Harvard Square which instructs them in 57 things…
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Sifting the Inner Belt
A year-long social performance and research art project bridging the Boston Center for the Arts and Berkeley Street Community Garden in the South End of Boston, MA. The project consisted of performances, potluck dinners, conversations and installations.
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100(11) Instruction Works
A series of 11 experimental urban walks and 11 collaborative performances over 11 days in Toronto’s public spaces. The performances were based on instructions uploaded to the website by people from around the world.
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Funerals for a Moment
People from around the world uploaded passed moments to www.funeralsforamoment.net. In May 2004, we staged funerals for the moments that had passed at the location where they originally occurred in New York City. Part of Conflux 2004.
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public alley 818
Via a website, people from around the world submitted instructions for projects that I could do in the alley behind my house in Boston.