is a flexible concept that can be used as a gestalt or theoretical framework to generate performance actions, poetry, music, or visual work. The piece consists of 235 digits in succession, randomly derived from the numeric categorizations and labeling methods applied by the scientific community to classify and map the human genetic code. The website maintained by the National Cancer Institute provided most of the primary source material. Performance of this work requires the musicians to more or less abandon the conventional playing techniques associated with their instrument. To summarize the process, the performers' fingers behave like toggle switches activated by numbers rather than specifically written pitches. While processing the numeric flow, complexities arise due to the vast amount of possibilities available to the performer at any given moment. Appropriate interpretations are detailed in performance notes that accompany the score. 14 July 2001 New Langton Arts, San Francisco CA 4 August 2001 Cellspace, San Francisco CA coming soon