Benjamin Patterson - Performance Works
· 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”