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Actions		Games at the Cedilla, or the Cedilla Takes Off Remove from selection Add to selection Object number1976.0078 TitleGames at the Cedilla, or the Cedilla Takes Off Creator George Brecht (vervaardiger)‎, Robert Filliou (vervaardiger)‎, Something Else Press Inc. (uitgever)‎ DescriptionA collection of writings, poems, plays, games, and correspondence culled from the notebooks of George Brecht and Robert Filliou, artists who, at the time of the book’s publication, lived in France, where they ran a storefront gallery and research space, La Cédille Qui Sourit (the Smiling Cedilla). Located in Villefranche-sur-Mer, near Nice, La Cédille Qui Sourit was a convivial collaborative space that the artists claimed handled “everything which does or does not have a cedilla in its name.” Operating on the principles of a gift economy, it presented the works and ideas of an international network of friends and collaborators and is a prime example of the collective, anti-commercial Fluxus activities of the 1960s. Production date 1967 Production period20e eeuw Object namekunstenaarsboeken Object categorykunstenaarsboeken Materialdrukinkt, drukpapier Techniqueoffsetdrukken Dimensions hoogte: 20.5 cm pagina-aantal: 160

Object number1976.0078

TitleGames at the Cedilla, or the Cedilla Takes Off

Creator George Brecht (vervaardiger)‎, Robert Filliou (vervaardiger)‎, Something Else Press Inc. (uitgever)‎

DescriptionA collection of writings, poems, plays, games, and correspondence culled from the notebooks of George Brecht and Robert Filliou, artists who, at the time of the book’s publication, lived in France, where they ran a storefront gallery and research space, La Cédille Qui Sourit (the Smiling Cedilla). Located in Villefranche-sur-Mer, near Nice, La Cédille Qui Sourit was a convivial collaborative space that the artists claimed handled “everything which does or does not have a cedilla in its name.” Operating on the principles of a gift economy, it presented the works and ideas of an international network of friends and collaborators and is a prime example of the collective, anti-commercial Fluxus activities of the 1960s.

Production date 1967

Production period20e eeuw

Object namekunstenaarsboeken

Object categorykunstenaarsboeken

Materialdrukinkt, drukpapier

Techniqueoffsetdrukken

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