{"id":12689,"title":"Sanguis / Mantis","dimensions":"05:00:00","date_begin":"2001-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":128,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":12,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"Sanguis/Mantis, Fabre, 80","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":68,"permalink":"sanguis-mantis--2","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/000/027/188/large/2001_SANGUIS%EF%80%A2MANTIS_MVDA_HiRes_005.jpg?1425910335","poster_credits":"(c)Angelos bvba, Collection M HKA, photo: Maarten Vanden Abeele","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e22.05.2001\u003cbr /\u003eLyon, Les Subsustances\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over five hours Jan Fabre, moving in a heavy armour based on the praying mantis, writes a manifest in his own blood, \u0026lsquo;there\u0026rsquo;s no getting used to art\u0026rsquo;. The performance is divided into different actions in which he makes his blood drawings with various tools.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Tomorrow I want to question myself\u003cbr /\u003eTo the extreme again.\u003cbr /\u003eI shall examine myself with a magnifying glass.\u003cbr /\u003eThe inside and outside of my body.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd give Performance art new meaning\u003cbr /\u003efor myself.\u003cbr /\u003e(So I no longer hear myself telling my actors\u003cbr /\u003eabout the performances I did in \u0026#39;the past\u0026#39;.)\u003cbr /\u003eI\u0026#39;m dead nervous.\u003cbr /\u003eIt\u0026#39;s been a couple of years since I last carried\u003cbr /\u003eout an unannounced apparition of death.\u003cbr /\u003eWill I be able to physically and mentally sustain\u003cbr /\u003ethe twelve stages of my new performance\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026#39;Sanguis / Mantis\u0026#39;?\u003cbr /\u003eWe shall discover tomorrow!\u003cbr /\u003eI, the armoured seer, intend to write a manifesto\u003cbr /\u003ewith my own blood.\u003cbr /\u003eThe title of my performance-manifesto is \u0026#39;There\u0026#39;s no getting used to art\u0026#39;.\u003cbr /\u003eThe rest of the text will flow out of my body\u003cbr /\u003etomorrow (I hope).\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Lyon, 21 May 2001)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Just arrived from Lyon.\u003cbr /\u003eThree o\u0026#39;clock in the night.\u003cbr /\u003eI\u0026#39;m Mediaevally broken.\u003cbr /\u003eThe performance of \u0026#39;Sanguis / Mantis\u0026#39; lasted\u003cbr /\u003emore than five hours.\u003cbr /\u003eDuring the last hour I fell ill.\u003cbr /\u003eSick and constantly feeling like vomiting.\u003cbr /\u003eI had the feeling I was making my own\u003cbr /\u003egravestone right there.\u003cbr /\u003e(Later it turned out that I had been inhaling the rust that\u003cbr /\u003emy breath had formed inside the metal helmet).\u003cbr /\u003eBut right now I am happy that I have done this new\u003cbr /\u003eperformance.\u003cbr /\u003eWhat an indispensable physical sensation for an artist!\u003cbr /\u003eFor me personally it was also a tribute to the French\u003cbr /\u003eperformance artist Orlan.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd a birthday present for the performance festival.\u003cbr /\u003e(Orlan was the first to invite me to put on a performance\u003cbr /\u003ein France, twenty years ago, at this same festival.)\u003cbr /\u003eWhat a pleasant night.\u003cbr /\u003eI have brought a treasure with me from Lyon.\u003cbr /\u003eA series of fantastic blood drawings created during\u003cbr /\u003ethe performance.\u003cbr /\u003eNow I\u0026#39;m going to select the best ones.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd destroy the rest and bury them in my Southern\u003cbr /\u003eFrench dustbin.\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Avignon, 22 May 2001)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e22.05.2001\u003cbr /\u003e​Lyon, Les Subsustances\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVijf uur lang schreef Jan Fabre in Lyon met zijn eigen bloed een manifest, \u0026ldquo;there\u0026rsquo;s no getting used to art\u0026rdquo;. De performance was opgedeeld in verschillende acties waarin hij met behulp van gereedschap zijn bloedtekeningen maakte.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Tomorrow I want to question myself\u003cbr /\u003eTo the extreme again.\u003cbr /\u003eI shall examine myself with a magnifying glass.\u003cbr /\u003eThe inside and outside of my body.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd give Performance art new meaning\u003cbr /\u003efor myself.\u003cbr /\u003e(So I no longer hear myself telling my actors\u003cbr /\u003eabout the performances I did in \u0026#39;the past\u0026#39;.)\u003cbr /\u003eI\u0026#39;m dead nervous.\u003cbr /\u003eIt\u0026#39;s been a couple of years since I last carried\u003cbr /\u003eout an unannounced apparition of death.\u003cbr /\u003eWill I be able to physically and mentally sustain\u003cbr /\u003ethe twelve stages of my new performance\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026#39;Sanguis / Mantis\u0026#39;?\u003cbr /\u003eWe shall discover tomorrow!\u003cbr /\u003eI, the armoured seer, intend to write a manifesto\u003cbr /\u003ewith my own blood.\u003cbr /\u003eThe title of my performance-manifesto is \u0026#39;There\u0026#39;s no getting used to art\u0026#39;.\u003cbr /\u003eThe rest of the text will flow out of my body\u003cbr /\u003etomorrow (I hope).\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Lyon, 21 May 2001)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Just arrived from Lyon.\u003cbr /\u003eThree o\u0026#39;clock in the night.\u003cbr /\u003eI\u0026#39;m Mediaevally broken.\u003cbr /\u003eThe performance of \u0026#39;Sanguis / Mantis\u0026#39; lasted\u003cbr /\u003emore than five hours.\u003cbr /\u003eDuring the last hour I fell ill.\u003cbr /\u003eSick and constantly feeling like vomiting.\u003cbr /\u003eI had the feeling I was making my own\u003cbr /\u003egravestone right there.\u003cbr /\u003e(Later it turned out that I had been inhaling the rust that\u003cbr /\u003emy breath had formed inside the metal helmet).\u003cbr /\u003eBut right now I am happy that I have done this new\u003cbr /\u003eperformance.\u003cbr /\u003eWhat an indispensable physical sensation for an artist!\u003cbr /\u003eFor me personally it was also a tribute to the French\u003cbr /\u003eperformance artist Orlan.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd a birthday present for the performance festival.\u003cbr /\u003e(Orlan was the first to invite me to put on a performance\u003cbr /\u003ein France, twenty years ago, at this same festival.)\u003cbr /\u003eWhat a pleasant night.\u003cbr /\u003eI have brought a treasure with me from Lyon.\u003cbr /\u003eA series of fantastic blood drawings created during\u003cbr /\u003ethe performance.\u003cbr /\u003eNow I\u0026#39;m going to select the best ones.\u003cbr /\u003eAnd destroy the rest and bury them in my Southern\u003cbr /\u003eFrench dustbin.\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Avignon, 22 May 2001)\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"}}]}