Archive of Benjamin Patterson
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Fluxus Artist 
 

Performance Works


Performance Works within the
Estate of Benjamin Patterson

Catalogue Raisonné


 

  • Ants for Roden, 1960. Also known as “Ants.”
  • Paper Piece, 1960. Also known as "Papierstück"; "Paper Piece for Five Performers."
  • String Music for Double Bass, 1960
  • Lemons, 1960
  • Pavane for Flutes, 1961
  • A Disturbing Composition, 1961
  • Situation for Three Pianos, 1961
  • Décollage Piece for Wolf Vostell, 1961
  • Duo for Voice and A String Instrument, 1961. Also known as “Duo”; “Duo for Voice and String.”
  • Solo for Dancer, 1991·       
  • Septet  (from Lemons) , 1961. Also known as “Septet.”
  • Variations for Double Bass, 1961. Also known as “Variationen für Kontrabass. ”
  • Methods and Processes, 1962. Artist book
  • A Very Lawful Dance for Ennis, 1962. Also known as “A Very Lawful Dance”; “A Very Lawful Dance for Alice.”
  • Examination, 1963. Also known as “Final Examination.”
  • Tour, 1963
  • Notes for a Seminar, 1964
  • First Symphony, 1964. Also known as “Do You Trust Me?”; “Symphony No. 1.”
  • Instruction No. 2, 1964. Also known as “Please Wash Your Face.”
  • Lick Piece, 1964. Also known as “Licking Piece.”
  • How the Average Person Thinks About Art, 1983
  • Smokers’ Rights, 1988
  • Critical Encounters, 1988
  • Artist Greetings, 1988
  • A Pink Dinner, 1990
  • Carmen, 1990. Also known as “A Dozen for Carmen.”
  • Signature #1, 1990
  • Roasted Duck, 1992. Also known as “Ente.”
  • The Clinic of Dr. Ben, 1992
  • Overture (Version II., 1961/1964). Modified, 1992
  • Overture (Version III). Modified, Seoul, 1993
  • Beethoven’s 5 th,1993
  • Madame Butterfly, 1993
  • Tristan and Isolde, 1993
  • An Italian Symphony, 1994
  • Bolero, 1994
  • Fluxus Shopping Club, 1994
  • The Diaries of Orfeo and Eurydice, 1994. Also known as “The Diaries of Orfeo and Eudice,”; “The Diaries of Orpheus and Eurydice.”
  • How the Creative Process Works, 1995
  • Variations for Double Bass and Other Strings No. 2, 1995
  • Das Bahnhof Requiem, 1995
  • Nubbeltreffen, 1995
  • A Simple Opera, 1995-2008. Also known as “A Simple Opera for Emily”;  “#22, How to Tie a Windsor Knot”.
  • 1000 Pints of Lite, 1996
  • Just in Time, 1997
  • The Future Makes Progress, 1997
  • Three Operas, 1997
  • World Weather, 1997
  • Der Meisterspargel von Nürnberg, 1998
  • The Creation of the World, 1998. Also known as “Blackjack for Drinkers.”
  • Lemons Revisited, 1998
  • Parzifal, 1999
  • Let There be Year 2000, 1999
  • The Hunt, 1999
  • A Clean Slate, 1999. Also known as “Colgate, J.S. Bach, etc.”
  • Rhein-Post, 2000. Also known as “Rhein Post.”
  • Sommernachtsträume, 2000
  • Film Music #2, 2000
  • King Lear, 2001. Also known as “King Lear: Allerlei.”
  • Napoleon in St. Helena, 2001
  • Symphony no. 6, 2001. Also known as “Symphony No. 6: Homage to Nam June Paik”; “Symphony No. 2.”
  • What is Fluxus? This is Fluxus, 2001. Also known as “Explaining Fluxus in Polish.”
  • Beethoven Slept Here, 2002. Also known as “Mieko, Please Follow Me.”
  • Ben’s Bar, 2002
  • Das Rheingold, 2002. Also known as “Rhein Gold”; “Das Rheingold - Ein Neuer Versuch.”
  • Kitchen Kitsch: An Opera, 2002. Also known as “Kitchen Opera”; “Don Giovanni - A Kitchen Opera.”
  • Swan Lake, 2002
  • Nano Fluxus, 2002-2008. Also known as “Nano Fluxus, or, Our Circus in a Box (2002-2008).
  • 370 Flies, 2003
  • The Hunt, 2003
  • Festival at Baghdad, 2003
  • My Tone, Your Tone, His Tone, Her Tone, 2004. Also known as “It’s Me.”
  • Die Cookie Oper, 2005
  • Erster Wiesbadener Stadtkehr-Wettkampf, 2005
  • Firebird, 2005. Also known as “The Firebird for Dancer, Bird, Technician and Narrator”; “The Strange Mating and Nesting Habits of the Firebird.”
  • Fluxus Hot and West, 2006
  • Barber of Seville, 2007
  • I Learned My Trade in Sevilla, 2007
  • My Favorite Sin, 2008, Also known as “My Favorite Sin: Seven Deadly Sins.”
  • Liquid & Digits with Glowsticks, 2008
  • Poem No. 6, 2008
  • Golden Age of Fluxus, 2009
  • Letter to Margret Lang Tan, 2009
  • Towers, 2009.  
  • A Shaggy Dog Tale, 2009
  • Carnival des Animaux, 2009
  • Ants Revisited, 2010
  • Duo for Voice and a String Instrument (s), Arranged for Voice and String Quintet, 2010. Also known as “Duo”; “Duo for Voice and String.”
  • Give Me a Break: For Harp, Piano, and Double Bass,  2010
  • Itinerary: Paris, July 3, 1962, 2010
  • Message to Robert Filliou, 2010. Also known as “Message to Francesco” ; “Message to Nam June.”
  • Air Graffiti, 2010-2011
  • A Penny for Your Thoughts, 2011
  • Cloning Society…Recent Developments, 2011
  • Drone, 2011
  • Parkour: Tracing the Wormser, 2011. Also known as “Parkours”; “Parcours.”
  • What More Do You Want or Need, 2011
  • Prince Seeks Princess, 2012
  • American Studies: Seminar II (1965). Modified 2012
  • The Domovoi Project, 2013
  • Dr. Ben’s Waters, 2014
  • Dr. Ben’s Museum Waters, 2014
  • Dr. Ben’s Medicine Show, 2014. Also known as “Dr. Ben’s Fluxus Fountainhead Elixirs
  • Fuji, 2014
  • Picasso's Pig, 2015
  • What Happened on the 29th Day of the Merry Month of May, 2015. Also known as “75 Minutes Concert.”

 
 

Benjamin Patterson - Collaborations:

 

  • 1993, with Dietmar Müller, “A Familiar Symphony”
  • 1993, with Moss, Christiansen, Patterson, “Dust Out of Brain/Staub aus dem Gehirn”
  • 1995, Kunstprozession in St. Georg, “Call Me”
  • 1998, “Trading”
  • 1998, with Mary Bauermeister, “Mary and Ben’s Lustspiel“
  • 1999, with Annegret Heinl and Jan Steklík
  • 2000, with Norbert Koszorski „Heine 2000: Wohnungslos am Rhein“
  • 2002, with Emmett Williams, “Fluxus Mass”
  • 2002, String Quartet No. 2 “Tell Me”
  • 2003, “Zur Post: Ann’s Wunschbox”
  • 2003, “Weinlesung”
  • 2004, Untitled Performance during Arche Noah vom Rhein
  • 2006/2008, with Keith Rowe, “The Titans”
  • 2008, with Jozef Cseres, Hans w. Koch, Thomas Lehn, “Requiem für Einen Flügel”
  • 2009, “A Bunch of Other Bad Boys”
  • 2010, “A New Dance for Clifford Owens”
  • 2012, with Chilo Eribenne “Rehabilitated Rock Chic”
  • 2012, with Patrycja German and Joan Casellas “Nudes do not Descend, They Recline”
  • 2013, with hans k. koch and Stefan Fricke, “Three Required Musics” (1971)
  • 2015, performances with Rhodri Davies, Ben Patterson, Hockyfrilla
  • 2015, with Grzegorz Plesznyski, Bydgoszcz, “Antidepressant Sound Academy”
  • 2016, with Brandstifter, “Silent Refugee Night”
  • 2016, with Joan Cassellas, “The Kaiser Plays Violin”