Robert Filliou (17 January 1926 – 2 December 1987) was a French artist associated with Fluxus, who produced works as a filmmaker, action poet, sculptor, and happenings maestro.
After the war in 1947, he travelled to the United States where he worked as a laborer for Coca-Cola in Los Angeles while gaining a master's degree in economics.
In 1973 Robert Filliou performed with Jannis Kounellis, Wolf Vostell, Allan Kaprow, and Mario Merz in Berlin at the ADA - Aktionen der Avantgarde.
Later, with his wife Marianne Staffels, Filliou withdrew for 3 years 3 months and 3 days to a Buddhist center near Les Eyzies, France.
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.
This is an incomplete list of video works that were produced in Canada (Arton's in Calgary and the Western Front in Vancouver) Books Specific