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Arturas Bumsteinas - Jonathan's October

from UN​/​RELEASED VARIA by Arturas Bumšteinas

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Text from “Whispered Art History” (1963) by Robert Filliou :

ten years ago
precisely, on the 17th of October
a man caught a frog.
who that man was is not important.
he will die soon, but art is alive.
I mean, let’s keep names out of this.
the 17th of October, I said, ten years ago.
a man caught a frog.
he held it in his hand.
he looked at it closely and wondered: can the frog hear noises.
he looked for the frog’s ears on its head.
a friend of mine
whose eyesight is perfect
likes to read the morning newspaper by holding in front of it
a shortsighted man’s eyeglasses
and, in the evening, he reads the newspaper by holding in front of it
a longsighted man’s eyeglasses.
he says he finds it fun.
but perhaps what my friend finds fun is not important.

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from UN​/​RELEASED VARIA, released July 7, 2014
performed by Jonathan Powell in Prague, recorded by Jakub Rataj

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