Variations I

June 2014
London

Limited edition

Riso printed

Variations I consists of a set of instructions that like musical scores have the potential to be realised by anyone other than the original creator. The instructions involve real and imaginary actions, ideas, and objects from everyday life re-contextualised as performance.

Taking its name from an experimental musical score written by the American composer John Cage in 1958, Variations I aims to turn its readers into active interpreters and participants by enabling them to perform, interpret and play with the instructions in different ways.

Inspired by Fluxus and conceptual artistic practices, and curatorial strategies of the 1960s, the publication can be seen as having a tripartite nature: an ‘object’ to be played with, a ‘portable exhibition’ consisting of ‘open works’ or a collection of ‘texts’ to be performed.

Conceived and Curated by
Marta Cacciavillani

Realised by
Central Saint Martins students

Art directed and designed by
Kristian Hjorth Berge and
Francesco Corsini

Printed by
Hato Press