Ben Vautier
Also Known As: Ben, Benjamin Vautier
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Naples, Italy
Birthday: July 18, 1935
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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365 Day Project
Overview: This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for an entire year, as indicated in the title, a large public (the artist's friends, as well as unknowns) were invited to view a diary of short films of various lengths (from one to twenty minutes) on the Internet. A movie was posted each day, adding to the previously posted pieces, resulting altogether in nearly thirty-eight hours of moving images.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-31
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Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien
Overview: Seeing, Hearing, Saying Nothing. Ben stands with ears, eyes, mouth bandaged.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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La traversée du port de Nice á la nage
Overview: Swimming across Nice harbour fully clothed. Ben swims across a bay in Nice.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Faire un effort
Overview: Lifting and holding up a chest of drawers.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Regardez moi cela suffit
Overview: Sitting on a promenade in nice with a sign: Watch me, that’s all.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Overview: “Drawing on his personal archives, Mekas has assembled a Fluxus vaudeville starring Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, and the late Nam June Paik. Most of the material is relatively recent although Ben Vautieur shows some early 1960s work to hilarious effect and Mekas channels Fluxus founder George Maciunas throughout.” – J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Flux-Concert
Overview: On March 24, 1979, The Kitchen presented a two-part program dedicated to the work of various Fluxus artists. The programming began with the premiere of Alison Knowles’s “Natural Assemblages and the True Crow.” For the piece, Knowles engaged in a dialogue with her own taped voice, which read aloud selections from various natural history books. Simultaneously, violinist Michael Goldstein provided an improvised score while dancer Jessie Higgins executed a number of one-movement phrases by following instructions on index cards. The second part of the night’s programming consisted of forty rapid performances—most sixty seconds or less—by various Fluxus members, including Yoko Ono, George Brecht, La Monte Young, and Nam June Paik. Ken Friedman and Larry Miller coordinated this portion of the event.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-24
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