20 VI 1972

Andrzej Partum’s Poetry Office, Warszawa

Manifestation description:

Andrzej Partum’s Bureau of Poetry, a studio flat on the top floor of 38 Poznañska Street in Warsaw.

A one-day philosophical symposium takes place there. The artist, after taking off his jacket and shirt, sits down with his legs crossed on the floor in front of a small provisional podium. In the middle of the podium, he then places a bag containing one kilogram of edible salt, bread, a knife, paints and a brush. He slices the bread and carefully paints each slice using paints of different colours. He arranges the painted slices on a podium around the bag of salt. A circle is formed in the colors of a rainbow. Finally, he opens the bag of salt and offers it to people who are present there.