Stockhausen’s Originale had avant-garde figures play themselves

Evidence

Originale (meaning “originals,” a term for “real people”) combined a performance of Stockhausen’s hybrid live and taped Kontatke with appearances by a half dozen avant-garde figures, referred to as “guests,” playing themselves and doing their thing. Facilitating the greatest Happening to ever confound midtown (at least since the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus last played Madison Square Garden), Kaprow reconfigured the 275-seat auditorium. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 560

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Originale concept: ‘real people’ playing themselves, which is the core of the Happening form.