This document provides information on several artists and their works through images and captions. It includes brief biographies of Ferdinand Cheval, Georges Perec, Peter Watkins, Armand Schulthess, Adolf Wolfli and images of some of their notable creations such as Le Palais Ideal, written works by Perec, films by Watkins, and drawings by Wolfli. The document also mentions Russian prison tattoos and research by Danzig Baldaev.
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1. Fe rdinand Che val,
Po s tman
(1836-1924)
Le Palais Idé al
Charme s -s ur-l’He rbas s e (Drô me ) 1879-1912
“93,000 ho urs , 10,000 days , 33 ye ars o f hards hip”
9. Quand le s c ine s de no tre c ie l s e re jo indro nt
Ma mais o n aura un to it
Whe n the pe aks o f o ur s ky c o me to g e the r
My ho us e will have a ro o f
Paul Eluard - Dig ne s de vivre
11. In winte r like in s umme r
Night and day I walke d
Ove r the plain , the hills
And the rive r too ,
To bring bac k the hard s tone s
Chis e lle d by nature .
My bac k paid his s hare
I brave d e ve rything
Eve n de ath .
In the e ve ning afte r dark
Whe n man is re s ting
I work on my palac e .
No one will e ve r know
How hard it was .
With the mome nts of le is ure
My oc c upation gave me
I built this Arabian nights ’ palac e
Whe re my me mory is e ngrave d .
12. Ge o rg e s Pe re c Write r
(1936-1982)
" All I kno w is that the puzzle is c alle d 'The Life and Wo rks o f Ge o rg e s Pe re c .'
But I do n 't kno w what the s o lutio n is !"
Ge o rg e s Pe re c
15. Ruimten
Rondom
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16. The halluc inato ry e ffe c t de rive s
fro m the e xtrao rdinary c larity
and no t fro m mys te ry o r mis t.
o thing is mo re fantas tic ultimate ly than pre c is io
André Ro bbe -Grille t
17. Pe te r Watkins ,
Cine mato g raphe r
(1935-)
Cullo de n
1964
has happe ne d with my o wn wo rk is but a mic ro c o s m o f the bro ade r c
18. Armand S c hulthe s s ,
Enc yc lo pe dis t
(1901-1972)
Aure s s io Pro to We b
1951-1972
has happe ne d with my o wn wo rk is but a mic ro c o s m o f the bro ade r c
35. Ado lf Wö lfli, S aint
(1864-1930)
Vo n de r Wie g e bis zum Graab
1895-1930
Die Kre uzig ung me ine r We nig ke it, auf de r
Bis kaya ,
38. Ado lf Wö lfli
Irre n = ans talt Band = Hain
1910
41. Rus s ian Pris o n Tatto o s
Danzig Baldae v , re s e arc h