- Robert Filliou
Robert Filliou (Born Jan 17, 1926, Sauve, France - Died 1987, Les Eyzies, France) is a French
Fluxus artist, who produced works as a filmmaker, "action poet," sculptor, andHappenings maestro.Filliou first proposed "
Art's Birthday " in 1963. He suggested that 1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. But one day, on January 17th to be precise, Art was born. Filliou says it happened when someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water.Video works by Filliou include: 14 Songs and 1 Riddle (1977), And So on, End So Soon: Done 3 times (1977), Porta Filliou (1977), Telepathic Music Nø7 - The Principle of Equivalence Carried to a Series of 5 (1977), Teaching and Learning as Performings Arts, Part 2, Video (1979).
External links
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/68/lang/1 "Current exhibitions and connection to galeries at artfacts."]
* [http://www.newmedia-art.org/cgi-bin/show-art.asp?LG=GBR&DOC=IDEN&ID=D000657 The New Media Encyclopedia - Robert Filliou Profile]
* [http://artsbirthday.net Art's Birthday, the Eternal Network]
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