Art's Birthday

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The Art's Birthday (French: anniversaire de l'art ) is that in 1963 by the French Fluxus artist Robert Filliou (1926–1987) arbitrarily for the day of his own birth, January 17 and 1,000,000 years before 1963 (998.038 BC) set birthday of art . The day of action, which was founded as a homage to art and is intended to honor the presence of art in everyday life, is now celebrated annually and has resonated worldwide. The 1,000,049. Art's Birthday was celebrated on January 17, 2012.

The principle of the action is to offer gifts to art in the sense of Fillious “création permanente” (permanent creation) via an “eternal network” by mail, fax, e-mail, internet and radio as well as in any other conceivable way . The only rule is that everyone should send and receive gifts or exchange them.

history

The Art's Birthday is based on an excerpt with the following wording:

“It all began on January 17th 1,000,000 years ago. A man [un homme] took a dry sponge and dropped it into a bucket of water. It doesn't matter who this man was. He is dead, but art is alive ” . He went on to write, in accordance with one of the Fluxus basic principles ("Art is life"): "ART was LIFE a million years ago, in a million and ten years it will still be"

Robert Filliou celebrated the day himself until his death. In 1973, ten years after writing the above sentences, he celebrated the 1,000,010. Public art birthday in Aachen . In line with his own statement, "Art is what makes life more interesting than art" , he previously demanded: "No art on the walls" and let the paintings hang in the museums because he wanted art to be on their feast day (without works of art ) be absorbed in life and control the activities of the participants consciously or unconsciously. As a result, he moved the festivities from the cultural sites to the streets decorated with banderoles and lanterns, where, among other things, balls were organized, orchestras marched and fireworks were set off. Filliou wished for the day “international school holidays, paid holidays for workers from all over the world and spontaneous festivities and amusements around the globe” and declared the day a public holiday . In fact, the Aacheners took time off. Factories, offices and schools remained closed. The artist signed his congratulations on Art's Birthday with: "Robert Filliou, né en 999.963 aa (après l'art)" , German Robert Filliou, born 999.963 n. K (after art) .

After Filliou's death, friends and sympathizers continued the birthday tradition.

In France, on January 16, 2007, the nationwide campaign “Un million et quarante-quatrième anniversaire de l'art / 24 heures pour célébrer l'art contemporain en France” (1,000,044th birthday of art / 24 hours, to the contemporary Celebrating art in France) opened at midnight sharp in the Palais de Tokyo with a "minute of scream", the opposite of the minute of silence. Around 40 FRACs (Fonds régionales d'art contemporaines), art and cultural centers and art schools took part in the action.

Radio stations have been particularly active on Art's Birthday for several years . On this day they exchange their "sound art" via satellites.

Art's Birthday 2013

Participants in Art's Birthday 2013 included:

Art's Birthday 2008

Participants in Art's Birthday 2008 included:

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ PHILIPPE DELVOSALLE: 17 janvier: l'anniversaire de l'art! | Arts / Artistes. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
  2. ^ Robert Filliou: L'histoire chuchotée de l'art , 1963
  3. ↑ "L'art est la vie"
  4. ↑ “Voici un million d'années ART était VIE, dans un million et 10 ans il le sera encore”. Robert Filliou: L'histoire chuchotée de l'art , 1963
  5. ↑ "L'art est ce qui rend la vie plus interesting que l'art."
  6. ↑ "Pas d'art sur les murs"
  7. ↑ Fluctuat.net
  8. ↑ "vacances scolaires internationales, congés payés pour les ouvriers du monde entier et festivités spoontanées et réjouissances de par le globe"
  9. ↑ comARTiment
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