Alison Knowles, By Alison Knowles. A Great Bear Pamphlet (New York: Something Else Press, 1965): 2-3. Image via University of California, Berkeley Art Museum In 1962 Alison Knowles conceptualised a set of written instructions, also called event scores, titled Propositions. Number two of the set simply states “Make a salad”; a command that she has implemented over the past fifty years at a number of events. The simplicity of the written instructions allows for an expansive interpretation of the score. With no restrictions as to the contents, scale, or assembly of the salad, the performance can be modified or altered as needed. In addition to the textual Proposition, Knowles has repeatedly performed Make a Salad in differing contexts and formats. A typical performance of Make a Salad consists of Knowles alongside a set of performers washing, chopping and assembling a salad with the noises associated with each action producing the sound score of the performance. The “concert” culminates in the creation of a salad offered to the audience for consumption. Alison Knowles, Make a Salad. 1962, Performed at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, October 1962. Reproduced from Julia Robinson, “The Sculpture of Indeterminacy: Alison Knowles’s Beans and Variations,” Art … Continue reading Alison Knowles – Salad