Iepe Rubingh
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Iepe B. T. Rubingh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈipə]; born 17 August 1974) is a Dutch performance artist and chess boxing founder.
As a performance artist, Rubingh blocked off intersections in Berlin and Tokyo to create major traffic congestion. He was jailed for 10 days for the Tokyo action.[1]
Rubingh founded chess boxing in 2003, drawing inspiration from Enki Bilal's comic book Froid Équateur.[2] He is the current president of the World Chess Boxing Organisation.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ "Wanna piece of this?". The Guardian. 2005-11-09. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2005/nov/09/boxing.chess. Retrieved 2009-11-20. "...performance artist whose oeuvre includes blocking off intersections in Berlin and Tokyo to create monster traffic jams (he was jailed for 10 days for his Japanese provocation)..."
- ^ chessboxing.com (2005-11-08). "Chessboxing: Life Imitates Art". Newsback. http://www.newsback.com/forums/news-201-chessboxing-life-imitates-art.html. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
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