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„Moi Aussi, je me suis demandé si je ne pouvais pas vendre quelque chose et réussir dans la vie. Cela fait un moment déjà que je ne suis bon à rien.  Je suis âgé de quarante ans … […]“

In 1964, the Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976) wrote in the invitation to his first solo exhibition: " I also asked myself whether I could sell something and be successful in life. For some time I had been useless. I am forty years old ... [...]". He showed objects in the exhibition. These included fifty unsold copies of his last book of poetry, Pense-Bête (1964), which were transformed into a plaster object.
In 2024, Pense-Bête will be 60 years old, Broodthaers 100 years old and the HGB library 150 years old. An opportunity to celebrate together: a deceased artist who made and buried books, with the library of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst!

The students of the seminar "100XMb or 'What to do to make love?", supervised by Michal B. Ron. are "also" wondering whether they can show "something" new about Broodthaers and "succeed" in the seminar. Does showing Marcel Broodthaers mean de-plastering or over-plastering books? In the field of tension between IMITATION COPY COPY ORIGINAL | IMITATION FALSE COPY ORIGINAL, the students will present their first results on July 12, 2024.
 
>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...