Porta Filliou (1977)

A video work jointly produced by Robert Filliou and Clive Robertson and mystery guest, Marcella Bienvenue, during Robert Filliou's artist-in-residency (October 1st-21st, 1977) at the artist-run centre Arton's in Calgary, Canada. "Porta Filliou" was made as a video supplement to Robert Filliou's book "Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts", 1970. "Porta Filliou" includes "The Gong Show", a performance Robert Filliou made with Brian Dyson, and earlier Fluxus films including a joint performance with Emmett Williams ("What's Happening?") and a non-continuity film made with George Brecht, Marianne Staffels-Filliou, and Donna Jo-Jones. Robert Filliou's work and ideas were the catalyst for the founding of the artist-run centre movement in Canada and Quebec.