Carried to a Series of 5 (1977), Teaching and Learning as Performings Arts, Part 2, Video (1979). Filliou also produced video works at Vehicule in Montréal, and an obscure work done in the basement of the Pompidou. A large number of editions and multiples were as important to Filliou as the 'unique' works. In 1970 Filliou produced his 'multi-book' called Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts, it covers a great amount of the artist’s radical ideas on participatory art making and teaching. Filliou worked together with artists such as Emmett Williams and George Brecht. In 1982, Filliou received the first Schwitters prize of the city of Hanover. Among the many artists who cherished Robert Filliou's work was Maurizio Nannucci, who actually published him as editor and owner of an avant-garde publishing house. In 1977, Filliou moved to Canada and continued to work with video. Later, with his wife Marianne Staffels, Filliou withdrew for 3 years 3 months and 3 days to a Buddhist center in Les Eyzies, France. Underscoring Filliou's work is an interest in what defines and constitutes an artwork. A trained political scientist, Filliou was greatly inspired by the work of the feminist and utopian communist philosopher Charles Fourier, especially his concept of 'attractive passions' that championed the concept of work as pleasure. Play and joy occupy crucial roles for Filliou, who believed art making was part of a permanent, universal and endless process deeply embedded everyday life. Works This is an incomplete list of video works that were produced in Canada (Arton's in Calgary and the Western Front in Vancouver) Porta Filliou (1977) (Arton's) 14 Songs and 1 Riddle (1977) (a performance at the Western Front with the Four Horsemen and other poets) And So on, End So Soon : Done 3 times (1977) (Western Front) Telepathic Music Nø7 - The Principle of Equivalence Carried to a Series of 5 (1977) (Western Front) Teaching and Learning as Performings Arts, Part 2, Video University (1979) (Western Front) Project for Sky-Writing (planche n°1) External links Example of Filliou poetry Robert Filliou profile at New Media Encyclopedia Art's Birthday, the Eternal Network "Imitating the Sound of Birds", audio art by Robert Filliou, 1979, on Ubuweb Robert Filliou links at artpool References Books Robert Filliou, From Political to Poetical Economy, 1996, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, 96 pgs, Sharla Sava, Hank Bull, Scott Watson, Specific Fluxus 1926 births 1987 deaths