ROBERT FILLIOU, Do you mean me?, 1962 [Ample Food for Stupid Thought, set of cards]

ROBERT FILLIOU, Do you mean me?, 1962
from series of Ample Food for Stupid Thought
12,7 x 17,8 cm
5 cards with questions, letterpress
uncommon as loose cards
edition 500, of which 104 were published in a wooden box
condition: gently yellowed due to age
published by Something Else Press, Inc. New York, USA
€ 495,- per set of 5 plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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Apart from loose cards sold in sets of 5-6 cards, the work Ample Food for Stupid Thought consists of a small wooden box containing 96 postcards, each with a question. Also, Filliou published it as a booklet. On the flap, Jackson Mac Low stated that he had seen Filliou using these questions as a performance on February 8, 1965, at Café Go Go in Greenwich Village. These were addressed to someone in the audience, and if one spectator did not answer, the question was asked to someone else until an answer was given.
Ref. A vocabulary of Filliou-sophy, Dr. Antje von Graevenitz, De Witte Raaf, Nr. 243, September – October 2026

These cards were once sold for 5 dollarcents each.