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Oblique Strategies by Brian Eno & Pae White 1996 Peter Norton Christmas Project

$400
£301.97
€351.37
CA$564.54
A$566.32
CHF 330.72
MX$6,895.06
NOK 3,797.62
SEK 3,910.96
DKK 2,626.43

About the Item

Oblique Strategies (subtitled Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas) is a card-based method for promoting creativity jointly created by musician/artist Brian Eno and multimedia artist Peter Schmidt, first published in 1975. Physically, it takes the form of a deck of printed cards in a black box. Each card offers a challenging constraint intended to help artists (particularly musicians) break writer's block by encouraging lateral thinking. In 1970, Peter Schmidt created "The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts", a box containing 55 sentences letterpress printed onto disused prints that accumulated in his studio, which is still in Eno's possession. Eno, who had known Schmidt since the late 1960s, had been pursuing a similar project himself, which he had handwritten onto a number of bamboo cards and given the name "Oblique Strategies" in 1974. There was a significant overlap between the two projects, and so, in late 1974, Schmidt and Eno combined them into a single pack of cards and offered them for general sale. The set went through three limited edition printings before Schmidt suddenly died in early 1980, after which the card decks became rather rare and expensive. Sixteen years later, software pioneer Peter Norton convinced Eno to let him create a fourth edition as Christmas gifts for his friends. Eno's decision to revisit the cards and his collaboration with Norton in revising them is described in detail in his 1996 book A Year with Swollen Appendices. This is an original Peter Norton Christmas Project gift from 1996.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Style:
    Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Paper,Plastic
  • Place of Origin:
    United States
  • Period:
    1990-1999
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1996
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Appears to be a small chip where the housing case for the cards meets (see detail photo).
  • Seller Location:
    San Juan Capistrano, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5767251493382

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