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Prince of Space, Musik der Leere a vinyl LP conceived by Yves Klein and produced by Charles Wilp, released by Sight & Sound Productions in Germany. The record contains no music whatsoever — only the crackling of a stylus tracing an empty groove.
Added: February 18, 2026
Symphonie 'Monoton-Silence' a conceptual musical work by French artist Yves Klein, conceived between 1947 and 1949 and first performed publicly in Paris in 1960. Scored for a large orchestra and chorus, the piece consists of two equal parts: a sustained D major chord held for twenty minutes, followed by twenty minutes of absolute silence.
Added: February 18, 2026
History of the Parish of Cumbel a parish history written in Sursilvan Romansh by the historian and priest Felici Maissen, published in 1983 by Casa editura Desertina at Mustér (Disentis), Switzerland. Spanning sixteen chapters and 264 pages, it chronicles the Catholic parish of Cumbel in the Val Lumnezia from the early medieval period through the 1980s, drawing on parish archives, baptismal and death registers, communal protocols, cantonal records, and oral tradition to document the ecclesiastical, political, demographic, and cultural life of a small Alpine community across six centuries.
Added: February 15, 2026
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Asger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International.
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Henning Christiansen (May 28, 1932, Copenhagen – December 10, 2008) was a Danish composer and an active member of the Fluxus-movement.
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Joseph Beuys (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening, and performance artist as well as a painter, sculptor, medallist, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist, and pedagogue.
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Wolf Vostell (14 October 1932 – 3 April 1998) was a German painter and sculptor, considered one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of Happening and Fluxus.
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