{"id":5699,"title":"Optimistic Box N°1","dimensions":"11 x 11 x 11 cm","date_begin":"1968-01-01","material":"wood (beech), lock, labels, 1 stone","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":72,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"M00006","stream_count_app":73,"permalink":"optimistic-box-n-1","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Robert Filliou","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Object","nl":"Object","fr":"Objet"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/251/large/Filliou__0089_Robert__Optimistic_Box_No.1__2.jpg?1343048521","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOther works and editions that afford an enlightening peek into a world structured by such an anarchic sense of humor are the so-called \u0026ldquo;Optimistic Boxes\u0026rdquo;, the first of which, from the fabled year 1968, contains a pavement stone: an inscription on the outside of \u003cem\u003eOptimistic Box Nr. 1\u003c/em\u003e (1968) reads \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;thank God for modern weapons\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e, countered by an inscription that states \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;we don\u0026rsquo;t throw stones at each other anymore\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e \u0026ndash; yet the paving stone was effectively that year\u0026rsquo;s most popular weapon.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOptimistic Box n\u0026deg;2\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;from 1969 contains Filliou\u0026rsquo;s scathing view of modern marriage; yet another, later work, \u003cem\u003eA More Curious Invention of the Gaga Yogi\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(1976) consists of a box containing hundreds of thumbnails inside, and sporting one lonely, hammered nail outside.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOptimistic Box N\u0026deg;3\u003c/em\u003e \u0026quot;So much the better if you can\u0026#39;t play chess\u0026quot; on the outside and \u0026quot;You won\u0026#39;t imitate Marcel Duchamp\u0026quot; on the inside. \u003cem\u003eOptimistic Box N\u0026deg; 4 and 5\u003c/em\u003e is one object, it is about the overall importance of money. The object is a pink piggy bank, on the one side is written \u0026quot;\u003cem\u003eone thing I learned since I was born\u0026quot; on the other side : \u0026quot;that I must die since I was born\u0026quot;.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eVertrekkend vanuit zijn idee dat goed gedaan; slecht gedaan en niet gedaan evenwaardige principes zijn cre\u0026euml;ert Robert Filiou een reeks \u003cem\u003eOptimistic boxes \u003c/em\u003eals nieuwjaarsgeschenken. \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Nouvel an Pour vous et vos amis renouvelez l\u0026#39;art d\u0026#39;offrir. Ces artistes ont con\u0026ccedil;u et r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; pour vous des cadeaux...inqui\u0026eacute;tants insolents et baroques... De 30 \u0026agrave; 3000 F.\u0026rdquo; (Nieuwjaar Voor u en uw vrienden, hernieuw de kunst van het geven. Deze kunstenaars ontwierpen en realiseerden storende, onbeschaamde en barokke geschenken voor u ... Van 30 tot 3000 franc.)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDe edities van Robert Filliou bieden vaak een directe toegang tot de denkwereld van de kunstenaar, zoals ook bij de bekende \u003cem\u003eOptimistic Boxes\u003c/em\u003e het geval is. Het gaat om objecten die afwisselend langs binnen en aan de buitenkant kunnen worden gelezen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDe buitenkant van \u003cem\u003eOptimistic Box N\u0026deg; 1\u003c/em\u003e zegt bijvoorbeeld \u0026ldquo;laat ons god danken voor moderne wapens\u0026rdquo;, terwijl we aan de binnenkant het volgende kunnen lezen: \u0026ldquo;we werpen geen stenen meer naar elkaar.\u0026rdquo; In de doos zelf bevindt zich een plavuis, van het type dat tijdens de Parijse studentenrevolte van 1968 voor heel andere doeleinden werd gebruikt. \u003cem\u003eOptimistic Box N\u0026deg;2\u003c/em\u003e uit 1969 bezingt langs buiten de lof van het huwelijk, terwijl we langs binnen de schertsende toevoeging met drie kunnen lezen \u0026ndash; het complementerende beeld binnenin is een pornografische prent waarop twee mannen en \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n vrouw staan afgebeeld.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePartant de l\u0026rsquo;id\u0026eacute;e selon laquelle \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;bien fait\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;mal fait\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; et \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;non-fait\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; sont des principes \u0026eacute;quivalents, Robert Filliou a cr\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute; la s\u0026eacute;rie \u003cem\u003eOptimistic Boxes \u003c/em\u003ecomme cadeaux de nouvel an. \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Nouvel an, Pour vous et vos amis, Renouvelez l\u0026#39;art d\u0026#39;offrir. Ces artistes ont con\u0026ccedil;u et r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; pour vous des cadeaux... inqui\u0026eacute;tants, insolents et baroques... De 30 \u0026agrave; 3000 F.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eLes \u0026eacute;ditions de Robert Filliou proposent souvent un acc\u0026egrave;s direct \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;univers de pens\u0026eacute;e de l\u0026rsquo;artiste, comme c\u0026rsquo;est le cas pour les c\u0026eacute;l\u0026egrave;bres \u003cem\u003eOptimistic Boxes\u003c/em\u003e. Il s\u0026rsquo;agit d\u0026rsquo;objets qui peuvent \u0026ecirc;tre lus tant du c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; int\u0026eacute;rieur que du c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; ext\u0026eacute;rieur.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eLe c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; ext\u0026eacute;rieur d\u0026rsquo;\u003cem\u003eOptimistic Box N\u0026deg; 1 dit par exemple \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Remercions dieu pour les armes modernes\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, tandis qu\u0026rsquo;\u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;rieur, on peut lire \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Nous ne lancerons plus de pav\u0026eacute;s\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;. Dans la bo\u0026icirc;te se trouve un carreau semblable \u0026agrave; ceux utilis\u0026eacute;s \u0026agrave; des fins bien diff\u0026eacute;rentes pendant la r\u0026eacute;volte estudiantine de Paris en 1968. Le c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; ext\u0026eacute;rieur d\u0026rsquo;Optimistic Box N\u0026deg; 2\u003c/em\u003e (1969) loue le mariage, tandis qu\u0026rsquo;\u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;rieur, on lit avec humour \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026agrave; trois\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; en d\u0026eacute;couvrant une image pornographique repr\u0026eacute;sentant un homme et deux femmes.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":52,"name":"Robert Filliou","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}