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Disque de musique TOTAL (1963)

Ben Vautier

Ben Vautier

Title of the single: Disque de musique TOTAL
Publisher: Centre d'Art Total, Nice
Date: 1963
Medium: record 17cm

 

This work by the French-Swiss artist Ben Vautier consists of a record sleeve printed with a list of instructions. These instructions describe the procedure for the reception of his total music. These instructions can be used for of his any musical recordings. The idea of total art underlying this idea is based on Marcel Duchamp's concept of ready-mades and encompasses everything tangible and intellectual to define it as art. With this in mind, Vautier signed for a limited time everything he wanted to elevate to his art, from random objects to his body to works by other artists. The piece heard here is also an arbitrary one, played at the wrong speed.

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