{"id":12658,"title":"Action: The Man Measuring the Clouds","dimensions":"various","date_begin":"1997-01-01","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":"77, actie, Jan Fabre, action","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2000-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":23,"permalink":"action-the-man-measuring-the-clouds","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/000/027/160/large/0257.jpg?1425653765","poster_credits":"(c)Angelos bvba","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDifferent locations\u003cbr /\u003eDuration: various\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn homage to his dead twin brother Emile Fabre, the artist attempts to measure the immeasurable: the clouds. This action, which led to the famous bronze sculpture, is based on a quote from the prisoner and ornithologist Robert Stroud after his release:\u003cem\u003e \u0026lsquo;I\u0026rsquo;m going to measure the clouds\u0026rsquo;.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;I\u0026#39;m in a poetic hell!\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eToday I installed a new work in a window display\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ebox in Offerandestraat (the only-free pedestrian\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eshopping street in Antwerp, masses of pf people pass\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ealong it).\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eI modelled a little man measuring the clouds, in clay.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd above him hang clouds of expanded\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003epolystyrene.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eI painted it all light grey-blue.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is an offering, a tribute,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eto my dead brother, Emile Fabre\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Antwerp, 3 December 1978)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiverse locaties\u003cbr /\u003eDiverse tijdspannes\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAls hommage aan zijn dode tweelingbroer, Emile Fabre, probeert de kunstenaar het onmetelijke te meten, de wolken. De actie, en later bronzen sculptuur, is gebaseerd op de uitspraak van de gevangene en ornitholoog Robert Stroud bij zijn vrijlating:\u003cem\u003e \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m going to measure the clouds\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;I\u0026#39;m in a poetic hell!\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eToday I installed a new work in a window display\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ebox in Offerandestraat (the only-free pedestrian\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eshopping street in Antwerp, masses of pf people pass\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ealong it).\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eI modelled a little man measuring the clouds, in clay.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd above him hang clouds of expanded\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003epolystyrene.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eI painted it all light grey-blue.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is an offering, a tribute,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eto my dead brother, Emile Fabre\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Antwerp, 3 December 1978)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"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"}}]}