2/3/1991 San Francisco
Five members of The Haters performed by watching mud
dry.
On either side of a stage, a table. On one table, a
small lump of mud and a heating lamp. On the other
table, a small lump of mud with an electric fan. Three
performers sat at one table while two sat at the
other. On the floor between the two tables was a metre
long L.E.D. sign flashing the text: "Oscillate;
oscillation... Watching mud dry... Observing how dirt
outshines the soil. Matter only reacts to matter.
Contrarily, the wreckage of a polywave is the various
velocities involved... All entities interact in a
complete non-interrelationship; with no influence past
on from one type of entity to another."
Erupting from the back of the stage, a sound-sculpture
which consisted of various amplified recordings of
previous Haters' performances.
Entitled "Watching Mud Dry", this performance lasted
33 minutes. (#112)
6/3/1991 Phoenix
Three members of The Haters destroyed a pile of
garbage. Everyone from the gallery audience helped out
in making a mess of the place. Entitled "A Trapeze
Number". (#113)
9/3/1991 Austin
Staged at a gallery. Jupitter-Larsen performed by
counting, one by one, the number of soil particles in
the dirt covered floor of an elevator. During the 4
hours of this untitled live-insulation, a metre long
L.E.D. sign in the elevator flashed the text: "truth
is not the answer to any problem... there are no
solutions to problems... there are only solutions for
answers...". The number of soil particles counted was
30,142 (later estimated to be 10% of the total
amount). (#114)
11/3/1991 Palm Springs
In the company of a few, Jupitter-Larsen dug a small
hole by grinding a calculator against the sand of the
desert. Entitled both "Building An Empty Hole" and
"The Thinking Ross Does". (#115)
15/4/1991 San Francisco
While one member of The Haters used an amplified
shovel to dig dirt from a wheelbarrow to a large
shallow box, another member used an unamplified shovel
to dig dirt from the same box back to the wheelbarrow.
Collaterally, two other members tore paper. Throwing
the pieces over the two that were digging.
Off to one side, a fifth member did a live mix of the
amplified shovel with pre-recorded sounds of fire,
glass smashing, auto crashes, and explosions.
During this ten minute performance, the audience
quickly became inspired to an enraptured silliness.
Running amok while covering most of the club in a thin
layer of dirt and torn bits of paper. Entitled "A
Trapeze Number". (#118)
18/5/1991 San Francisco
Staged at 02h30 in the basement of a warehouse, five
members of The Haters were involved. The main props
were paper, a telephone, a motorcycle, three car
hoods, four car doors, six tires and a hundred
phonograph records. The Haters performed by first
tearing paper, and then smashing up the metal objects
with crowbars and large hammers. The records were
thrown about by both performers and audience members
alike. In fact, many from the audience joined in on
the smashing as well. During this 15 minute
performance, tearing sounds & white noise were
amplified in a field of ear-piercing feedback.
Entitled "A Trapeze Number". (#119)
1/6/1991 San Francisco
Full of on-lookers; the most dilapidated club on the
most derelict block in the city. On stage; two members
of The Haters sat in front of a TV set watching blank
static. Behind the TV; two other members made a great
deal of noise by destroying things. Entitled
"Ishittal", the performance lasted 35 minutes. (#120)
13/7/1991 Denver
Fabric cut. Glass smashed. Metal thrown about.
Untitled laughter. (#122)
28/7/1991 Denver
Jupitter-Larsen performed an ventriloquist act at a
small club. Both he and the dummy were wearing hoods
which covered all but their eyes. The dialogue
suggested that the two characters were debating the
nature of rot and decay. Entitled "The Ventriloquist
Act", this performance lasted 15 minutes. (#124)
3/8/1991 Chicago
Four members of The Haters were tearing paper and
cutting up mattresses. After ten minutes of this
mirth, many from the club audience ran up on stage to
take part in the celebration. Hereafter both
performers & audience members alike started tossing
about refuse. And smashing up various wooden objects
with large metal clubs. Amplified white noise &
feedback sludged throughout this 21 minute
performance. Entitled "A Trapeze Number". (#125)
10/8/1991 Cleveland
Five members of The Haters cut, ripped, teared &
slashed away at a chair, mattress, table, VCR,
oversized highway pylon with flashing orange light,
two sofas, three car seats, four car tires, and five
motorcycle tires. They started slowly at first.
Hacking away at the fabric for about ten minutes.
Thereafter, many from the audience would join in on
the celebration. Everything got smashed. The
performance ended when one performer set off a rather
large smoke-bomb. Polite applause from the audience.
During the whole of this 22 minute performance, pre-
recorded "popping-tearing" sounds were amplified.
Entitled "A Trapeze Number". (#127)
11/8/1991 Detroit
After the 10 minute untitled performance, several
members of the audience met with Jupitter-Larsen just
outside the club. There on the street, they debated
thought probabilities for hours into the night. (#128)
12/8/1991 Toledo
A mental activity vibrating in a specific manner might
be perceived as being the emotion of hate. The same
activity shaking in a different way may be perceived
as being the emotion of perfection. Noise abound.
Untitled. (#129)
14/8/1991 Charleston
While the pre-recorded sounds of tearing were
amplified, five members performed by playfully tearing
up hundreds & hundreds of books. Everyone in the
audience threw the rippings around & about. Rivers of
torn books frolicsomed through the air. Performance
lasted 20 minutes. Untitled. (#130)
16/8/1991 Philadelphia
Through all the pre-recorded noise & feedback, five
members of The Haters could be seen cutting up fabric.
Then a rather large smoke-bomb was set off. Through
all the smoke, one could see sparks fly as inside
agitators used power-tools to slice & dice various
auto parts. Performance lasted 20 minutes. Entitled "A
Trapeze Number". (#131)
24/8/1991 New York
Pre-recorded sounds of "breaking & smashing" were
being amplified while junk was just pouring out from
the gallery's freight elevator. Performing inside the
elevator itself were four members of The Haters. Two
were cutting up fabric & foam. One was tearing up
books. And the other was throwing hundreds upon
hundreds of bits of costume jewellery at the audience.
Many in the audience threw the junk right back him.
Some even threw themselves into the garbage. This
performance ended after 15 minutes when one performer
set off a rather large smoke-bomb. Entitled "A Trapeze
Number". (#133)
31/8/1991 New York
While standing over a girl seated in front of him,
Jupitter-Larsen performed by breaking one raw egg over
her head every 30 seconds. For 15 minutes, while his
fingers danced through egg shell, her body became
increasingly soaked in yoke & white. Staged in a
gallery's freight elevator, this performance was
entitled "Breaking". (#136)
25/9/1991 Copenhagen
Sitting alone on the side of a road; traffic rushed
around. Jupitter-Larsen performed by rubbing a
calculator against the sandy surface of a cobbled
street. Entitled "The Thinking Ross Does", this solo
performance lasted 4 hours. (#137)
28/9/1991 Budapest
Over 200 people packed a small club to see four
members of The Haters tear paper and cut fabric and
break wood and smash glass. During this 30 minute
performance, the pre-recorded sounds of "breaking &
smashing" were amplified. Entitled "A Trapeze Number".
(#138)
4/10/1991 Berlin
Centre stage were two large padded chairs. In one of
the chairs sat a pile of wood. Standing just behind
this chair stood a member of The Haters. He was using
an electric drill to build lots of little empty holes
in the wood. In the other chair sat another member. He
was cutting the chair up with a razor-blade. During
the whole of this 20 minute untitled performance, the
pre-recorded sounds of "breaking & smashing" were
being amplified. (#139)
5/10/1991 Berlin
At a table at the back of a club stage, one member of
The Haters was grinding a calculator against very
abrasive sandpaper. Just in front of him, a second
member tore paper. And just in front of him was a
third member who was electrically manipulating the
sanding & tearing sounds into an amplified mess of
noise. Simultaneously entitled "The Thinking Ross
Does" and "Teeaarrr" and "The Potential". This
performance lasted 30 minutes. (#140)
11/10/1991 Nijmegen
Centre stage a member of The Haters sat with his back
to the club audience, watching blank static on a TV
set. There were also two other members involved. One
on either side of him. They were both facing the
audience. Each had a pile of wood in front of him.
They both used electric drills to build lots of little
empty holes in the wood. During the 25 minutes of this
performance, the pre-recorded sounds of "breaking &
smashing" were amplified. Entitled both "Ishittal" and
"Building Empty Holes". (#142)
13/10/1991 Zurich
Two performances. The first was staged at 18h00 at an
abandoned train station. On one side of the rails, a
sizable audience gave polite applause. On the other
side, Jupitter-Larsen stood over a girl seated just in
front of him. The two were illuminated by a single
electric light. He broke one raw egg over her head
every 30 seconds. His hands and her face became yellow
with egg yoke. During the 15 minutes of this
performance, a soft quiet hiss was amplified. Entitled
"Breaking". (#143)
The second performance was staged at 20h00 at a small
gallery a kilometre away from the train station. By
using electric drills, three members of The Haters
calmly transformed a large wooden table into sawdust.
During the 25 minutes of this performance, the pre-
recorded sounds of "breaking & smashing" were
amplified. Polite applause from the audience. Entitled
"Building Empty Holes". (#144)
24/10/1991 Paris
The club was packed with an attentive audience. Two
members of The Haters were involved. For 25 minutes,
while the pre-recorded sounds of "breaking & smashing"
were being amplified, one performer tore paper while
the other used an electric drill to build lots of
little empty holes in an variety of large wooden
objects. Entitled "Meuble pour Trous". (#146)
30/10/1991 Bordeaux
Staged at a small gallery overflowing with on-lookers.
Two members of The Haters used electric drills to make
hundreds of little holes in an variety of large wooden
objects. Transforming wood into sawdust by building
empty holes. During the 28 minutes of this
performance, the pre-recorded sounds of "breaking &
smashing" were amplified. Entitled "Building Empty
Holes". (#147)
31/10/1991 Bordeaux
Two members of The Haters performed for 25 minutes by
cutting up foam & cardboard with amplified knifes. The
sounds of the cutting vibrated & twitched in a thick
mass of feedback. Polite applause rang out from the
audience. Entitled "DECHIRURES SOURIANTES". (#148)
10/11/1991 Vienna
Staged at the Museum Moderner Kunst with on-lookers
abound. Jupitter-Larsen performed by digging a hole in
a garbage-bin full of dirt & small radios. All of the
radios were tuned to static. So as the hole got
larger, the radio static got louder. Entitled
"Building Empty Holes", this solo performance lasted
15 minutes. (#150)
15/11/1991 Bologna
Staged in a small courtyard illuminated with open
flame. Four members of The Haters were involved. For
25 minutes, they used electric drills to build lots of
little empty holes in an variety of large wooden
objects. Polite applause from the audience. Entitled
"Building Empty Holes". (#151)
17/11/1991 Rovereto
For 25 minutes, three members of The Haters used
electric drills to build lots of little empty holes in
an variety of large wooden objects. During the
drilling, the pre-recorded sounds of "breaking &
smashing" were amplified. After the performers were
all done drilling, most of the gallery audience ran up
on stage; appreciatively laughing & smashing up all
the props to rubble. Later, some of the audience took
it upon themselves to arranged the rubble on stage
according to size & colour. Entitled "Building Empty
Holes". (#152)
28/11/1991 Lyon
Two members of The Haters used electric drills to
build lots of little empty holes in an variety of
large wooden objects. Sawdust filled the air of the
small gallery. After the performers were all done
drilling, many from the audience started kicking &
breaking the props into rubble. Entitled "Building
Empty Holes", this performance lasted 40 minutes.
(#153)
3/12/1991 Barcelona
Two members of The Haters were each sitting in a
padded chair. For 5 minutes they would use knifes to
slowly slice into the chairs. Right after this
cutting, the performers both tuned to an variety of
large wooden objects that were just behind them. And
for 20 minutes used electric drills to build lots of
little empty holes. During the whole performance, the
pre-recorded sounds of "breaking & smashing" were
amplified. Polite applause followed from the audience.
Entitled "Building Empty Holes". (#154)
28/12/1991 New York
A "clici-clic" is a hand-held hole-punch mounted with
a contact-mic for amplification. Three members of The
Haters each used a clici-clic to pop hundreds upon
hundreds of little holes through numerous sheets of
paper & cardboard. For 28 minutes, the sound of the
crushing was amplified into a fragile expansion of
textural noises. The technical name for the little
discs of paper left behind by a paper punch is "chad".
The stage area would be covered in chad. Staged in a
gallery's freight elevator, this performance was
entitled both "Building Empty Holes" and "The
Potential". (#155)
29/12/1991 New York
The tattooist used needles empty of any ink to tattoo
the mathematical equation "0 + 0 = 0". Staged at a
friend's home, Jupitter-Larsen got a tattoo of nothing
on his left arm. Entitled "Tattoo of Nothing". (#156)
11/1/1992 Denver
Four members involved. A burst of noise followed by
quiet. Soonafter an electric drill exploded in a
performer's hands. A disproportionate amount of smoke
poured out from the drill's casing. The small venue
quickly filled with a smell of burning abeyance. Then
bits of books started to fly from the action of
tearing. Appreciative laughter & cheers from the
audience during the whole of this 12 minute untitled
performance. (#157)
9/4/1992 San Francisco
Alone in a room at a friend's house, Jupitter-Larsen
stood over two nude girls while they kissed. For 90
minutes he broke one raw egg over their heads every
120 seconds. Entitled "Breaking". (#165)
28/6/1992 Vienna
At an art school lecture hall Jupitter-Larsen
performed by giving a speech on his transexpansion
numeral units (TNU). The discourse focused on the TNU
as a transcendental relationship between two linear
counting numbers which do not neighbour each other.
Assuming that each individual linear number is a
particular location along a counting order, one then
would assume that each individual TNU is the distance
between two selected linear locations. The main
example used was "I" (pronounced "a") which is located
in between 1 & 4 but not 2 & 3. Performance lasted a
hour, and was entitled "Lecture on the TNU". (#167)
10/7/1992 Amsterdam
Just another regular night at the club, until two
members of The Haters walked onto the stage
unannounced, clici-cliced for 5 minutes, then
abruptly walked off. Chad covered everything.
Untitled. (#168)
11/7/1992 Nijmegen
While one performer tore pages out of books, two
others used the rippings for clici-clicing. Polite
applause followed from the audience. This 15 minute
performance was entitled both "Teeaarrr" and "The
Potential". (#169)
12/7/1992 Frankfurt
Two performers clici-cliced, while a third
electrically manipulated the resulting sounds into an
oscillation of various different tones & noises.
Cheers & applause followed from the audience. Staged
at a club, this untitled performance lasted 11
minutes. (#170)
15/8/1992 Paris
Whenever one sits down, one still continues to move.
Carried by the spinning planet along its orbit. In
commemoration of this polywave, Jupitter-Larsen
mounted a different discarded chair on five public
benches around the city. It was the irrational thing
to do. Staged at daybreak, this performance lasted 90
minutes. Entitled "Facts On Polywave". (#171)
25/10/1992 Pordenone
Three members of The Haters were involved with more
clici-clicing than you could shake a stick at.
Everything got covered in chad. Untitled 35 minutes.
(#172)
26/10/1992 Venice to Paris
From the first departure to the final arrival,
Jupitter-Larsen was continuously wandering up & down
the span of a passenger-train. All the while counting
the number of steps taken. He counted 184,000. In the
context of this event's location, the counting
describes the nature of a particular concept. That any
single direction is just a cross-section of a larger
accumulative wave form. Entitled "Comb About
Polywave", this performance lasted 12 hours. (#173)
The term "comb about polywave" means to search by
counting. To search for whatever probabilities one can
sum up for one's self.
30/10/1992 Paris
Monitors placed around the gallery were used for a
screening of the videos "Frequency", "Counting The
Sand" and "Facts On The Polywave". Right after the
last video was shown, two members of The Haters
appeared centre stage. While one performer held an
electric drill mounted with a grinding wheel, the
second performer slowly pushed a live microphone into
the spinning grinder to gently wear it down to a stub.
Erosion as penetration; penetration of the void. For
erosion is the only way a solid object can truly
penetrate the void. The audience cheered on. Entitled
"The Grinding Gig", this performance lasted 20
minutes. (#174)
1/11/1992 Lyon
Over 175 people crammed into the small club. Standing
centre stage, one performer held an electric drill
mounted with a grinding wheel, while the second
performer slowly pushed a live microphone into the
spinning grinder. The loudest noise that came from the
mic was a solid buzz made after the grinding wheel
got passed the diaphragm, and came into contact with
the wires down the mic's handle. The audience cheered
on. Entitled "The Grinding Gig", this performance
lasted 25 minutes. (#175)
Right after was a screening of the video "Facts On The
Polywave". A projector was used to cover a whole wall
with the orchestrated static.
5/11/1992 Bordeaux
Two members of The Haters stood at opposite ends of
the club stage. Both held a power-grinder in one hand,
and a live microphone in the other. Slowly they ground
the mics down to stubs. Standing between the two
grinding, a third performer clici-cliced. For 25
minutes both the noise & feedback from the
performance, as well as the screaming & cheers from
the audience were perpetual. At several instances
during the performance, a girl from the audience took
it upon herself to jump up on stage hitting and
kicking the performers. The performers were surprised
and amused. Entitled "The Grinding Gig". (#176)
19/11/1992 Leeds
While one performer held a power-grinder, a second
performer pushed a live mic into it. Cheers from the
club audience. Entitled "The Grinding Gig", this
performance lasted 15 minutes. (#177)
21/11/1992 Leeds
Two members of The Haters clici-cliced a chorus of
distortion & feedback for 20 minutes. Chad everywhere.
Polite applause. Untitled. (#178)
23/11/1992 Liverpool
Another variation of "A Trapeze Number". (#179)
12/12/1992 Leeds
Each using his own TV set, two performers watched
blank static for 20 minutes. Another variation of the
"Ishittal" performance. (#180)
18/12/1992 New York
Two members of The Haters were involved in more wear &
tear by performing "The Grinding Gig" in a dark
warehouse basement full of junk. The main source of
lighting was the blank static from a TV set hung just
above the performers. During the whole 25 minutes, a
petrol-like fragrance poured out from the grinder's
motor. As the microphone was slowly pushed into the
grinding wheel, it turned into a fine black powder
which filled the air. (#181)
Afterwards, a few from the audience committed to
Jupitter-Larsen how fascinated they were by the
process of "...breathing plastic".
1/1/1993 New York
With screwdriver in hand, Jupitter-Larsen quietly
removed 100 screws from the Coney Island Boardwalk.
Staged during most of the day, this performance was
another variation of "Building Empty Holes". (#182)
23/1/1993 Denver
Two members of The Haters, each with a live mic in
hand, stood on either side of a duel-wheel bench-
grinder mounted on a small table in the middle of a
club stage. Sparks were flying as their microphones
were slowly pushed into the grinding wheels. A third
member electrically manipulated the motor sounds from
the grinder into an oscillation of thick distortion
mixed with some pre-recorded clici-clicing.
Affectionate cheers followed from the audience.
Entitled "The Grinding Gig", this performance lasted
18 minutes. (#183)
3/3/1993 Boulder
Four members of The Haters, all with a live mic in
hand, stood around a duel-wheel bench-grinder mounted
on a small table in the middle of a club stage. An
audience member would later comment how the
performance resembled "...four guys warming themselves
by an open fire..." Sparks were flying as their
microphones were slowly pushed into the grinding
wheels. Entitled "The Grinding Gig". 21 minutes.
(#184)
21/5/1993 San Francisco
Seven members of The Haters were crowded onto the
small club stage. Every performer had a live mic and
some kind of grinding tool. Two in the back each had
their own electric drill mounted with a grinding
wheel. Two up front shared a combination electric
drill & grinding wheel. One in the middle had a small
bench-grinder. And two others off to one side shared a
hand-powered grinding mill. All slowly ground away at
their mics in this 22 minute blast of feedback,
crackles & pops. The audience was mesmerized till the
end when they broke out in applause. Entitled "The
Grinding Gig". (#186)
7/7/1993 San Francisco
Centre stage, seven members of The Haters sat watching
blank static on a TV while slowly cutting up large
pieces of cardboard with small knifes. The same TV
static was also being projected, covering three of the
four walls of the club. The hiss of the static was
amplified loudly enough to rattle the whole space.
Hung from above, during this 20 minute untitled
performance was a 6.5 square metre ion-gun. This
device propelled massive clouds of ions into the 160
member audience. Once charged, little arcs of
electricity started bouncing from person to person. It
was an austere spectacle of audio static, video
static, and static electricity.
Custom designed & built for The Haters by Greg Leyh,
the ion-gun consisted of a high voltage wire grid that
created an uniform static electric field. The entire
audience was charged to five thousand volts. Persons
with a higher capacity for charge would transfer that
charge to those with a lesser capacity. The transfer
was accompanied by a visible spark and an audible
crackle. Muscle twitching occurred as well as some
spontaneous vocalization. Thorough fun was had by all
as audience members chased one another giving each
other shocks. People were even getting up on tables
and chairs, reaching towards the ion-gun, hoping to
get more of a charge to give bigger shocks to their
friends. All the while, The Haters remained on stage
peacefully slicing cardboard. (#188)
9/9/1993 San Francisco
The club was hot & crowded, and then were was the
presentation on stage. Puppeteers pumped away at large
peddles to animate two large metal puppets mounted on
stands. The puppets swung about wildly, whacking
everything with the long rods they held. These two
puppets were placed on opposite sides of a marionette
made from a pile of garbage-cans propelling up & down.
It looked as if the two performers were smashing up
junk, however during the course of this performance,
it was the performers who fell apart, leaving the
pile of garbage intact.
Custom designed & built for The Haters by Chip Flynn,
each of the puppets were equipped with a contact-mic
so a third performer could mix the puppet noises with
pre-recorded sounds of glass breaking. During the 10
mintues of this presentation, the audience, feeling
exhausted by encountering such a thing, broke into
unfetter cheer. Entitled "The Puppet Show". (#190)
23/10/1993 Los Angeles
The convenience of an accident is measured by degrees
of deliberateness. The more convenient an event, the
more deliberate it was. To be deliberate is to
perceive accident. Likewise, the inconvenience of an
accident is measured by degrees of synchronicity. The
more inconvenient any event, the more synchronized it
is. Synchronicity is the inability to perceive
deliberateness. Another hot & crowded club; another
deliberate celebration. Three members of The Haters
appeared centre stage. While one performer held an
electric drill mounted with a grinding wheel, the
other two slowly pushed live microphones into the
spinning grinder; wearing them down to stubs. During
much of the 22 minute performance, audience members
were throwing bottles and cans at the performers.
Polite applause followed. Entitled "The Grinding Gig".
(#191)
1/12/1993 San Francisco
The 250 member club audience cheered on as eight
puppeteers were taking turns animating two large
mental puppets that swung about wildly beating on a
motorized junk pile placed between them. Shifting
around in a circular motion, this garbage gadget ran
continuously during the 12 minute performance. As the
puppets beat on the trash, they became covered with
much of the refuse which consisted of plastics,
cardboard, food byproduct and small machine parts. An
audio recording of the previous Haters' puppet show
was mixed with live sounds from this show. Entitled
"The Puppet Show". (#192)
5/1/1994 San Francisco
A reading in five simultaneous sections was performed
at a poetry recital. With each reading from a
different chapter, five members of The Haters read
simultaneously from "Raw Zed & The Condor". A large
number of hecklers in the audience completed the
verbal polywave. Untitled. (#193)
10/3/1994, Berkeley
Two members of The Haters drilled a large wooden desk
into a small pile of sawdust. Gleeful applause from
the club audience. Entitled "Building An Empty Hole".
(#194)
23/3/1994 San Francisco
The video "Zero Plus Zero" was premiered, projected
through the club's multi-screen video system.
Immediately after followed another video. Ten minutes
depicting a nude girl popping balloons with a pin.
During this second video, nine performers came up on
stage, popping balloons by other various means.
Untitled. (#195)This performance continued in 2003 when a commemorative balloon was issued in ten assorted colours.
4/4/1994 San Francisco
During an poetry reading, a girl sat in the middle of
the stage tearing paper, while Jupitter-Larsen broke
raw eggs over her head. One egg every minute for 12
minutes. A third member of The Haters mixed per-
recorded tapes of grinding & scratching sounds. The
attentive audience sat in amazement. Entitled
"Breaking". (#196)
19/5/1994 San Francisco
It was opening night for "Not An Exhibition of The Totimorphous" at The Living Room; a retrospective of 40 paintings by Jupitter-Larsen from 1979 to 1994. Most of the works were assemblages of garbage & litter coated with various layers of acrylic paint & varnish. In conjunction with this opening was a performance, which consisted of Jupitter-Larsen slowly & carefully cutting up the sofa he was sitting in with a single-sided razor-blade. Sitting next to him on the sofa was a second member of The Haters mixing pre-recorded sounds of ripping & cutting. Entitled "Slice", this performance lasted 25 minutes. The exhibition ran a total of four weeks & three days. (#197)
18/6/1994 Lost Skulls Mine
Staged in the Nevada desert, The Haters unceremoniously detonated a series of explosions. Loud orange fire balls rose towards the night sky. Several from the cheering audience quickly joined in the festivity by helping to put out the resulting small brush-fires. Entitled "Orchestrated Explosions". (#198)
25/6/1994 Los Angeles
It was opening night for "Not An Exhibition of The Totimorphous" at Anomalous; an exhibit of 20 recent paintings by GX Jupitter-Larsen. There was a screening of the videos "Zero Plus Zero" and "Frequency". The Haters also made an appearance. For 20 minutes, four puppeteers were taking turns animating two large mental puppets that recklessly swung beating on a marionette made from a pile of trash & garbage-cans. Contact-mics were mounted on each of the puppets, and the performers would also take turns mixing the puppet noises with recordings of previous puppet shows. Attentive applause & cheers from the audience. This was the 200th performance and it was entitled "The Puppet Show". (#200)
1/7/1994 Livermore
By skydiving with a large drill-bit in hand, GX Jupitter-Larsen drilled a hole through the sky. Staged near the Byron Airport, the jump was made from about 3,000 metres. About 40 seconds of freefall was followed by a descent under canopy for about 4 minutes. A small audience on ground applauded. Entitled "Building An Empty Hole". (#201)
5/11/1994 Los Angeles
For 28 minutes six performers were using electric sanders to wear away the motorcycle tires each of them are wearing over their shoulders. The audience applauded. Entitled "Changing The Tire". (#203)
17/1/1995 San Francisco
For 15 minutes while one performer did a live mix of pre-recorded tearing sounds, 3 others tore pages out of books. They tore out one page at a time, and then hurled the ripping out into the audience. Inside agitators in the crowd tore up their own books, leading the audience to throw stuff back at the performers on stage. Merriment was everywhere as a rain of paper. Entitled "Teeaarrr". (#204)
4/2/1995 San Francisco
Four performers were taking turns throwing fire-works into a large metal box. All kinds of fire-works were used; nearly a thousand pieces in total. Sparks were flying; and not only did the smoke billowed out from the opening on top, but it spouted from creaks along the edges as well. The front of the box was made of a clear bullet-proof plastic, so the audience could watch the glow. Contact-mics in the box were used to amplify the noise. Two other performers also operated a variety of noise generators during the 20 minutes of this performance. Prolonged applause from the audience. Entitled "Bang Box". (#205)
10/2/1995 San Francisco
The amplified shrieking resonance of electric drills and feedback filled the venue as five performers drilled holes into a very large wooden pallet. The pallet was being held upright by the performers as they drilled into it again and again for 22 minutes. Sawdust and applause were all over the place. Entitled "Building Empty Holes". (#206)
25/3/1995 Phoenix
For 25 minutes GX Jupitter-Larsen was counting entropy by sanding a calculator. He sat at a table and rubbed a calculator against some very abrasive sandpaper. A contact-mic was mounted on the calculator. The sound of the rubbing was loud! A second performer off stage manipulated the resulting sounds into an oscillation of tones & noises. During this presentation, a video of the 1990 San Francisco version of this performance was shown on a monitor next to Jupitter-Larsen. Entitled "The Thinking Ross Does". (#207)
29/3/1995 San Francisco
Four members of The Haters slowly pushed live microphones into power grinders, while a fifth processed the resulting sounds into a monumental racket. During this 28 minute presentation, a video of the 1992 Paris version of this performance was projected on a large screen above the performers. Polite applause followed. Entitled "The Grinding Gig". (#208)
22/4/1995 Sacramento
For 25 minutes Jupitter-Larsen sat at a table and rubbed a calculator against some very abrasive sandpaper, while a second member of The Haters behind him processed the resulting noises. During this presentation, a video of the 1990 San Francisco version of this performance was shown on a monitor next to the performers. Entitled "The Thinking Ross Does". (#209)
20/5/1995 Sacramento
The original intent was for a version of "Teeaarrr" in which three performers would tear pages out of books that had contact-mics inserted into the spines. The amps were blown in 30 seconds. (#210)
31/5/1995 Chicago
Four members of The Haters destroyed a pile of garbage. Everyone from the gallery audience helped out in making a mess of the place. Entitled "A Trapeze Number". (#211)
9/6/1995 Buffalo
For 20 minutes Jupitter-Larsen sat on the edge of the club stage and rubbed a calculator against some very abrasive sandpaper, while a second performer processed the resulting noises. During this presentation, a video of the 1990 San Francisco version of this performance was projected over and behind him. Entitled "The Thinking Ross Does". (#212)
18/6/1995 New York
A young girl dressed in a gown was wearing an auto tire over their shoulder like a sash. Using an electric drill mounted with a sanding wheel, Jupitter-Larsen was wearing away at this tire for 30 minutes. A third performer was processing the resulting sounds. The smell of rubber filled the small club. Polite applause followed. Entitled "Changing The Tire". (#213)
25/6/1995 Sacramento
Crowded onto a small stage were five members of The Haters. Three sat watching blank static on a TV set. The other two were drilling and sanding away at a highway detour sign. During the 24 minutes of this performance, the TV static was amplified. Entitled both "Ishittal" and "Building Empty Holes". (#214)
27/6/1995 San Francisco
Two performers used electric sanders to wear away the motorcycle tires that two other performers were wearing over their shoulders. A fifth performer was processing the resulting sounds. And a sixth was slowly cutting away at a tire with a razor-blade. It lasted 22 minutes. The smell of rubber was everywhere. Applause followed. Entitled "Changing The Tire". (#215)
2/7/1995 Seattle
One performer was drilling holes in oversized scraps of wood, while two others were pounding on a large mental box. The drill was amplified. A fourth member of The Haters was tearing up sheets of paper, and throwing plastic flower-pots into the audience. About a hundred flower-pots in total. For 15 minutes, inside agitators got the club audience to throw the stuff right back at the performers. A spirit of fun was everywhere. Entitled "A Trapeze Number". (#216)
5/10/1995 Graz
Sitting at a desk, centre stage, GX Jupitter-Larsen rubbed a calculator against sandpaper nonstop for 40 minutes. Two contact-mics were mounted on the calculator. Staged at the Grazer Congress, the entire performance was also broadcast live on Austrian national radio. Entitled "The Thinking Ross Did". (#217)
5/11/1995 Bordeaux
One member of The Haters was grinding a calculator against some sandpaper, while a second member was using an electric sander to wear away at the car tire the first had over his shoulder. For amplification contact-mics were placed on both the calculator and the sander. It was very loud. So loud in fact that after 12 minutes into the performance, all the lights & power went out in the whole building. A brief quiet was followed by applause in the dark. The end. The show was staged as the final event of an all-day book-fair. Simultaneously entitled "The Thinking Ross Does" and "Changing The Tire". (#218)
11/11/1995 Paris
Over 200 people crammed into the small theatre. Also performing this night were Smell & Quim, and Manon Anne Gillis, but first there was a screening of the video "Holes On The Neck". Then for 25 minutes, while wearing a car tire over his shoulder, a performer stood rubbing a calculator against some sandpaper which had been taped to the top of a TV set. A second performer was using an angle grinder to cut large holes through this tire. During the whole performance there was smoke, sparks and the strong smell of burning rubber. Contact-mics were placed on both the calculator and the grinder. Playing on the TV was a video of the June 27 1995 San Francisco version of "Changing The Tire". The show was followed by frenzied applause & cheers. Simultaneously entitled "The Thinking Ross Does" and "Changing The Tire". (#219)
27/11/1995 Toulouse
After a screening of "Holes On The Neck", one performer sat on the floor and rubbed a calculator against sandpaper. Another stood behind using an electric drill mounted with a sanding wheel to wear away at the car tire the first had over one shoulder. Contact-mics were on both the calculator and the drill. Next to the two performers was a TV set. During this 15 minute performance, a video was being shown of the June 27 1995 San Francisco version of "Changing The Tire". Entitled both "The Thinking Ross Does" and "Changing The Tire". (#220)
5/12/1995 Birmingham
While one performer rubbed a calculator on sandpaper, a second used an electric sander to wear away at the car tire the first had over his shoulder. Contact-mics were on both the calculator and the sander. A third performer off-stage manipulated the resulting sounds. This 15 minute performance was entitled both "The Thinking Ross Does" and "Changing The Tire". (#221)
9/12/1995 Leeds
While one performer rubbed a calculator on sandpaper, a second used an angle grinder to cut away at the car tire the first had over his shoulder. Contact-mics were on both the calculator and the grinder. The smoke & smell of burning rubber drove out most the audience. The few that stayed for the whole 20 minute performance cheered on. Entitled both "The Thinking Ross Does" and "Changing The Tire". (#222)
14/12/1995 Bradford
One performer rubbed a calculator against some sandpaper taped to the top of a TV set, while a second performer used an angle grinder to chew up the car tire the first performer had over his shoulder. Contact-mics were on both the calculator and the grinder. The club quickly filled with the smoke & smell of burning rubber. A great deal of sparks thoroughly coated the TV in a black dust mixed with little burnt bits of melted tire. Playing on the TV, during this 20 minute performance, was a video of the June 27 1995 San Francisco version of "Changing The Tire". Applause followed. Entitled both "The Thinking Ross Does" and "Changing The Tire". (#223)
17/12/1995 Nottingham
While one performer rubbed a calculator against sandpaper, a second used an angle grinder to cut away at the car tire the first had over his shoulder. Contact-mics were on both the calculator and the grinder. A third performer off-stage manipulated the resulting sounds. Next to the two on stage was a TV set. A video of the June 27 1995 San Francisco version of "Changing The Tire" was screened during the 20 minute performance. The stench of burning tire became overpowering. The venue would smell of burnt rubber for weeks afterwards. Entitled both "The Thinking Ross Does" and "Changing The Tire". (#224)
19/12/1995 London
Not all flying saucers are from outer space. The sky
will occasionally sang on itself, leaving a temporary
saucer-shaped rip. During this 25 minute performance,
a still image of such a rip in the sky was projected
over the three performers. One performer stood centre
stage with a motorcycle tire over his shoulder. A
second performer behind him used an electric sander to
wear away at the tire. A third in front rubbed a
calculator on some sandpaper which had been taped to
the tire. Contact-mics were on both the sander and the
calculator. Entitled both "The Thinking Ross Does" and
"Changing The Tire". (#225)