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Information: No Theory (1971)
Christine Kozlov


1. THE RECORDER IS EQUIPPED WITH A CONTINUOUS LOOP TAPE.

2. FOR THE DURATION OF THE EXHIBITION (APRIL 9 TO AUGUST 23) THE TAPE RECORDER WILL BE SET AT "RECORD" ALL THE SOUNDS AUDIBLE IN THIS ROOM DURING THAT TIME WILL BE RECORDED.

3. THE NATURE OF THE LOOP TAPE NECESSITATES THAT NEW INFORMATION ERASES OLD INFORMATION. THE "LIFE" OF THE INFORMATION, THAT IS, THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE INFORMATION TO GO FROM "NEW" TO "OLD" IS APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) MINUTES.

4. PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE INFORMATION DOES IN FACT NOT EXIST IN ACTUALITY, BUT IS BASED ON PROBABILITY.

March, 1971

ACTIVITIES FROM 1965: (1) NEUROLOGICAL COMPILATION. MAJOR RESEARCH ON THE PHYSICAL MIND. (2) INFORMATION: NO THEORY. A RECORDER EQUIPPED WITH A LOOP TAPE SO THAT AS NEW SOUNDS ARE RECORDED THE PREVIOUS SOUNDS RECORDED ARE ERASED. (3) TELEGRAM WITH STATEMENT CONTAINING NO INFORMATION. (4) A SERIES OF CABLES SENT DURING THE EXHIBITION SUPPLYING FACTS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CONCEPTS REJECTED DURING THAT TIME. (5) FIGURATIVE WORK. A LISTING OF EVERYTHING EATEN FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. (6) 271 BLANK SHEETS OF PAPER CORRESPONDING TO 271 DAYS OF CONCEPTS REJECTED. (7) RECORDED SOUND OF BELL TELEPHONE OPERATOR STATING TIME (DURATION 24 HOURS). (8) INFORMATION DRIFT: COMBINED RECORDING OF NEWS BULLETINS OF THE SHOOTINGS OF ANDY WARHOL AND ROBERT KENNEDY. (9) FILM NO. 2 WHITE LEDER-16MM-100 FEET. (10) FILM NO. 1 ALL BLACK (EXPOSED) 8MM-100 FEET. (11) PRACTICE PROJECT, SYSTEM/STRUCTURE: CONTEXT OF LEARNING HOW TO TYPE. (12)



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