Misfit Artist (1962)

London. Swiss-born artist, Ben Vauthier sleeps in a shop window and calls it art - part of the Festival of Misfits art show at Gallery One. C/U of an alarm clock ringing next to Ben’s ’bed’. He opens a drawer, takes out a bowl of water and washes himself. Various M/Ss of people looking at Ben through the shop window. Ben pulls on some string to bring down a towel. C/U of a bicycle wheel attached to a wall. A man spins the wheel, it stops at a message of a scrap of paper. A woman pulls a lever made from a spade that lifts a flap on the wall. The woman and the man walk around the gallery testing out different machines made from junk. An older man takes a book from a shelf. C/U of a page covered in scribbles and bits of rubbish with the words - ’the end’. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT