Art's Birthday: French Fax

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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.”

To open a week of Art’s Birthday festivities, Western Front hosted a tea party and fax exchange with Sauve, France—the birthplace of Robert Filliou.