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art's birthday sculpture 17jan2009 - tin cans, hand truck, fence post driver, pavers, cord, candle, sledgehammer |
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| a couple initial ideas (above) and party favors (below) |
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| a convenient 'X' on an old scrap of wood |
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| video of the proceedings > |
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| An annual event, 'Art's Birthday' was first proposed in 1963 by the artist Robert Filliou. He suggested that 1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. One day, the 17th of January to be precise, Art was born when, according to Filliou, someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. |
| block drop for art's birthday 2011 |
| pigeon song for art's birthday 2010 |
| sculpture for art's birthday 2008 |
| sculpture for art's birthday 2007 |
| to sculpture page |
| to video page |