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Robert Filliou

Robert Filliou has been played on NTS in shows including 150 Session, featured first on 31 October 2020. Songs played include Imitating The Sound Of The Birds and Imitating The Sound Of Birds.

Robert Filliou (Born Jan 17, 1926, Sauve, France - Died 1987, Les Eyzies, France) is a French Fluxus artist, who produced works as a filmmaker, "action poet," sculptor, and Happenings maestro.

Filliou first proposed "Art's Birthday" in 1963. He suggested that 1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. But one day, on January 17th to be precise, Art was born. Filliou says it happened when someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket…

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Imitating The Sound Of The Birds
Robert Filliou
Recorthings & Zona Archives1989
Imitating The Sound Of The Birds
Robert FilliouRecorthings & Zona Archives1989
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Imitating The Sound Of Birds
Robert Filliou
Eichborn LIDO2003
Imitating The Sound Of Birds
Robert FilliouEichborn LIDO2003
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