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Exercise Three: Destroy. Combine. Deconstruct. Rebel.

Destruction is also creation.
         — Marcel Duchamp

Working with a partner, create a 30 second to two minute performance piece that is created using one or more of the following methods: Generative Processes; Cut-Ups; Mashups; Chance and/or Indeterminism.

Specifically consider the following issues:
What sources are you using, and why?
What are some of the cultural assumptions and knowledge we must have to understand these sources?
How much illusion of control do you have in this piece?
Would this piece be radically different each time you perform it?
Do you see destruction also as creation?

You must document this work.

Due at the beginning of the next class.