{"id":12614,"title":"It is Kill or Cure","dimensions":"01:00:00","date_begin":"1982-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":128,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"57, actie, Jan Fabre, action","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":22,"permalink":"it-is-kill-or-cure","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Performance","nl":"Performance","fr":"Performance"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/027/587/large/Jan_Fabre__It_Is_Kill_Or_Cure_.jpg?1426250740","poster_credits":"(c)Angelos bvba, photo: Patrick Sellitto","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.3.1982\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York, Franklin Furnace\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis performance is conceived as a reaction to an abandoned idea. The original design was to have art critics take shots at the artist, as Russian roulette, with only one gun with one bullet. The organiser vetoed the idea however.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;New York isn\u0026#39;t good for me.\u003cbr /\u003eI get too many impressions, too many ideas\u003cbr /\u003eand consequently too much energy.\u003cbr /\u003eI want to promise myself not to do any drawings\u003cbr /\u003efor the next three days and not to write either.\u003cbr /\u003eThe only thing I\u0026#39;m allowed to do tomorrow is\u003cbr /\u003edesign and make a sort of mask / muzzle in leather\u003cbr /\u003e(as if for a dangerous dog). It\u0026#39;s meant to stop me\u003cbr /\u003eeating and seeing. So I can fast, both physically\u003cbr /\u003eand visually, and withdraw into my imagination.\u003cbr /\u003eAs a sort of preparation for my performance\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026#39;It is Kill or Cure\u0026#39;, which I\u0026#39;m going to do at Franklin\u003cbr /\u003eFurnace (the last true artistic santuary in\u003cbr /\u003eManhattan. With the fantastic Martha Wilson\u003cbr /\u003ewho keeps the business running).\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, New York, 7 February 1982)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;I\u0026#39;m too agitated.\u003cbr /\u003eI change my ideas every day.\u003cbr /\u003eWhat actions will I carry out during\u003cbr /\u003emy performance \u0026#39;It is Kill or Cure\u0026#39;?\u003cbr /\u003eI have to give a place to my dark side.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd realise that ecstasy can\u0026#39;t be invented.\u003cbr /\u003eThe action of the ecstasy is turned completely\u003cbr /\u003ein on itself.\u003cbr /\u003eSo it\u0026#39;s a matter of creating at the moment itself.\u003cbr /\u003eImprovising and surviving.\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, New York, 27 February 1982)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.3.1982\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York, Franklin Furnace\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeze performance is opgevat als reactie op een verlaten idee. Het originele idee bestond eruit om kunstcritici te laten schieten op kunstenaars, zoals in een Russische roulette, met enkel \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n geweer en \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n kogel. De organisator stelde echter zijn veto.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;New York isn\u0026#39;t good for me.\u003cbr /\u003eI get too many impressions, too many ideas\u003cbr /\u003eand consequently too much energy.\u003cbr /\u003eI want to promise myself not to do any drawings\u003cbr /\u003efor the next three days and not to write either.\u003cbr /\u003eThe only thing I\u0026#39;m allowed to do tomorrow is\u003cbr /\u003edesign and make a sort of mask / muzzle in leather\u003cbr /\u003e(as if for a dangerous dog). It\u0026#39;s meant to stop me\u003cbr /\u003eeating and seeing. So I can fast, both physically\u003cbr /\u003eand visually, and withdraw into my imagination.\u003cbr /\u003eAs a sort of preparation for my performance\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026#39;It is Kill or Cure\u0026#39;, which I\u0026#39;m going to do at Franklin\u003cbr /\u003eFurnace (the last true artistic santuary in\u003cbr /\u003eManhattan. With the fantastic Martha Wilson\u003cbr /\u003ewho keeps the business running).\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, New York, 7 February 1982)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;I\u0026#39;m too agitated.\u003cbr /\u003eI change my ideas every day.\u003cbr /\u003eWhat actions will I carry out during\u003cbr /\u003emy performance \u0026#39;It is Kill or Cure\u0026#39;?\u003cbr /\u003eI have to give a place to my dark side.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd realise that ecstasy can\u0026#39;t be invented.\u003cbr /\u003eThe action of the ecstasy is turned completely\u003cbr /\u003ein on itself.\u003cbr /\u003eSo it\u0026#39;s a matter of creating at the moment itself.\u003cbr /\u003eImprovising and surviving.\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, New York, 27 February 1982)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4.3.1982\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York, Franklin Furnace\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;New York isn\u0026#39;t good for me.\u003cbr /\u003eI get too many impressions, too many ideas\u003cbr /\u003eand consequently too much energy.\u003cbr /\u003eI want to promise myself not to do any drawings\u003cbr /\u003efor the next three days and not to write either.\u003cbr /\u003eThe only thing I\u0026#39;m allowed to do tomorrow is\u003cbr /\u003edesign and make a sort of mask / muzzle in leather\u003cbr /\u003e(as if for a dangerous dog). It\u0026#39;s meant to stop me\u003cbr /\u003eeating and seeing. So I can fast, both physically\u003cbr /\u003eand visually, and withdraw into my imagination.\u003cbr /\u003eAs a sort of preparation for my performance\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026#39;It is Kill or Cure\u0026#39;, which I\u0026#39;m going to do at Franklin\u003cbr /\u003eFurnace (the last true artistic santuary in\u003cbr /\u003eManhattan. With the fantastic Martha Wilson\u003cbr /\u003ewho keeps the business running).\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, New York, 7 February 1982)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;I\u0026#39;m too agitated.\u003cbr /\u003eI change my ideas every day.\u003cbr /\u003eWhat actions will I carry out during\u003cbr /\u003emy performance \u0026#39;It is Kill or Cure\u0026#39;?\u003cbr /\u003eI have to give a place to my dark side.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd realise that ecstasy can\u0026#39;t be invented.\u003cbr /\u003eThe action of the ecstasy is turned completely\u003cbr /\u003ein on itself.\u003cbr /\u003eSo it\u0026#39;s a matter of creating at the moment itself.\u003cbr /\u003eImprovising and surviving.\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, New York, 27 February 1982)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":110,"name":"Jan Fabre","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}