'' Leafleting | A history of performance art on the Riviera from 1951 until now

Leafleting

Creator: 
Ben
Performer: 
Ben
Bibliographical sources: 
in Fluxus International & C°, 1979, non paginé
in catalogue A propos de Nice, Centre Pompidou, 1977, p 20
in Chroniques niçoises I, 1945-1972, 1990, p.334
Producer: 
Ben
Website: 
//www.ben-vautier.com/
Occurence: 
Places: 
Fondation Maeght
Starting date: 
1966
Topology: 
museum/fondation
Background: 
At the John Cage concert, during one of the famous Foundation Maeght Nights
Adress: 
623, chemin des Gardettes
Saint Paul de Vence
France
Documents: 

Le tract ayant servi à la performance "Distribution de tracts", 1966

Type: 
Imprimé
Technique description référence: 
Le tract ayant servi à la performance "Distribution de tracts", 1966 | © Ben - ADAGP - Paris 2012 | courtesy de l'artiste
Ben

Trace de la performance "Distribution de tracts", 1966

Type: 
Imprimé
Technique description référence: 
Trace de la performance "Distribution de tracts", 1966 | © Ben - ADAGP - Paris 2012 | courtesy de l'artiste
Ben
Trace de la performance "Distribution de tracts", 1966 | © Ben - ADAGP - Paris 2012 | courtesy de l'artiste
Trace de la performance "Distribution de tracts", 1966 | © Ben - ADAGP - Paris 2012 | courtesy de l'artiste
Description: 
During these nights, the Foundation program several concerts of John Cage and Merce Cunningham and Company 's ballets. This is the first coming of Cage in France. Ben distributed a leaflet against the event, in which he says that Cage betrays his message, that is to always perform something new.
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