I would like to add the graphic notation scores of Lance Austin Olsen to this wonderful thread. Olsen is a Canadian sound artist, composer, and painter who feeds each medium into a continuous cycle - paintings becoming scores, audio becoming the departure for new paintings, the objects of his painting studio appropriated as sound-making devices.
I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with Olsen for the past 20 years and, now in his late 70’s, his output in all his mediums is exceptional and inspiring, to say the least. He continues to carve out his own path with little regard for the outside art world, and vice versa.
Olsen’s published scores can be downloaded below. I’ve just started gathering together and posting works spanning over 50 years:
