No One Has Yet Determined What The Body Can Do

On Sunday, October 1 2011 the Institute joined with Occupy Boston in the 6th HONK! Parade to carry signs with two messages: “NO ONE HAS YET DETERMINED WHAT THE BODY CAN DO” and “#OCCUPYBOSTON”.

At 7AM Thursday, October

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The World’s Largest Potluck Ever

The World’s Largest Potluck Ever would stage a mile-long potluck dinner on the Cambridge Street Corridor in Cambridge, MA, in an attempt to break the Guinness record, showcase the diversity of the businesses and residents, build community, publish a recipe…

It takes 154,000 breaths to evacuate Boston

kanarinka ran the entire evacuation route system in Boston and attempted to measure the distance in human breath. The project also involves a podcast and a sculptural installation of the archive of tens of thousands of breaths .

Digging for Happiness

The Institute for Infinitely Small Things sought happiness through the labor of digging an enormous hole in the front yard of a Cambridge family who volunteered their land for this purposelessness.

Iraq Lullaby Service

Iraq Lullaby Service is a singing syndication service provided by kanarinka for Iraqi blogs during 2009, the year in which the US is to begin ending its occupation of Iraq. I sing one blog post every week (or two…

The Working is the Work

Members of the Institute for Infinitely Small Things took on the role of laborers at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston as part of the programming for the exhibition The World as a Stage. The regular workers went…

Everything is in Order

A performance by the Institute for Infinitely Small Things at the Decordova Museum & Sculpture Park in Lincoln, MA. Visitors were greeted with assurances that everything at the suburban museum was just fine and there was nothing to worry about.…

All for Free (Free for All?)

A performance piece in which we dress in men’s suits, heavily made-up, and smile continuously for four hours while offering mystery packages of free samples to the audience. We can choose to give or withhold a package from an audience…

The Impeach Bush Jogging Circus

A mobile circus whose heyday was the NYC Marathon, 2006.

Impeach Bush outfits (unused ones) are still on sale for $10 per item while supplies last.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

Household Creatures

An installation involving dozens of household appliances on top of women’s shoes. The work was installed in the lobby of the building in a storefront window. A video camera captured reactions from the street audience and projected them inside of…