Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt
Great Britain
b. 1948 & 1931 - 1980

Oblique Strategies: One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas, 1996
6 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Playing cards in a Corian container
Sweeney Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Gift of the Norton Family
96.4.1

Oblique Strategies was created by British musician Brian Eno and his artist friend Peter Schmidt as a tool for addressing difficulties in the creative process. The "difficulties" were framed in the form of one hundred worth- while dilemmas and evocative phrases, each suggesting a way to approach problems in a new light. Published in the form of a deck of cards, they could be shuffled, drawn and dealt in patterns to facilitate their use in a variety of ways. Oblique Strategies has been translated into Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.

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