Art's Birthday

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Art’s Birthday was a tradition started by French Fluxus artist Robert Filliou who declared, on January 17, 1963, that Art had been born exactly 1,000,000 years prior when somebody dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. Over many decades, artists have continued to organize annual celebrations in the spirit of Filliou’s “Eternal Network” or “La Fête permanente.”

This year’s festivities featured national and international fax exchanges, a videophone jam with arts organizations in Alberta, and a multimedia installation by Elizabeth Vander Zaag and participants in her digital arts workshop.