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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Happy Birthday to Art!

Today is the birthday of art, as designated by Fluxus artist Robert Filiou. We went to the Western Front and watched videos of RF explaining his playful theories of the Eternal Network.

He saw art as an eternal creative process, and helped to create a communications art network that spanned the globe and will be celebrated with live broadcasts linked up at art venues and radio stations around the world.

I love Art's Birthday! Especially when it is a huge culture jam linked up with webcasts from several different parties.

This year we watched grainy black and white footage of Filiou and Clive Robertson sitting on a toilet and we decorated cupcakes. Some kids play soccer on Saturdays, mine is forced to make art with baked goods.

I had a concept, so I brought Smarties and Pocky.

Ullie had his own free-form entry into the cupcake contest and we collaborated on the Dalek cupcake. We won the second round! Woot! Two martini glasses and a Whispered Art History Catalogue. We are not worthy!

Hope you all are having fun at parties around the world making art and raising hell! Exterminate boredom!

2 comments:

Winger said...

oh yeah them's what i call cup cakes.
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Winger said...

I wonder if you could mail me a cup cake?
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