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3 Selections from Aus den Sieben Tagen (1968) by Karlheinz Stockhausen that might be adapted to film practice

1. Richtige Dauern (Right Durations)

Play a sound
Play it for so long
until you feel
that you should stop

Again play a sound
Play it for so long
until you feel
that you should stop

and so on

Stop
when you feel
that you should stop

But whether you play or stop:
keep listening to the others

At best play
when people are listening

Do not rehearse

2. Unbergrenzt (Limitless)

Play a sound
with the certainty
that you have an infinite amount of time
and space

3. Goldstaub (Gold Dust)

Live completely alone for four days
without food
in complete silence, without much movement
Sleep as little as necessary
Think as little as possible

After four days, late at night,
without conversation beforehand

play single sounds

WITHOUT THINKING which you are playing

Close your eyes
Just listen