{"id":12696,"title":"Lancelot","dimensions":"04:00:00","date_begin":"2004-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":128,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"Lancelot, 84, Jan, Fabre","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":21,"permalink":"lancelot","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/000/027/195/large/Lancelot.JPG?1425914833","poster_credits":"(c)Angelos bvba","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e28.2.2004\u003cbr /\u003eAntwerp, Troubleyn/Laboratorium\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a knight of despair the artist combats himself. For five long hours Jan Fabre wages battle in a cold dark location in front of the camera. The investigation he does here serves as an example to his dancers and actors, his warriors of beauty.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Just back from my favourite hospital.\u003cbr /\u003eThe Stuivenberg Hospital, where since my youth I have let them patch me up\u003cbr /\u003eand put fresh heart into me (that\u0026#39;s the best medicine for me).\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026#39;No, Mr Fabre, it won\u0026#39;t kill you. It is not life-threatening.\u0026#39;\u003cbr /\u003eAnd there we go, I\u0026#39;m bursting with life again.\u003cbr /\u003eHad X-rays of my ribs and right thigh-bone.\u003cbr /\u003eResult: I have two prizes.\u003cbr /\u003eMy smallest left rib is broken\u003cbr /\u003eand I have a small fracture in the bone just below my right hip.\u003cbr /\u003eIt\u0026#39;s now three hours since I stopped my performance.\u003cbr /\u003eBut I still feel ice cold.\u003cbr /\u003eToday I have fought for four hours\u003cbr /\u003ein armour and with a sword\u003cbr /\u003eagainst an imaginary opponent (or was it against myself?)\u003cbr /\u003ein a room painted entirely black\u003cbr /\u003eat the Troubleyn/Laboratorium.\u003cbr /\u003eBy the end of the performance I could no longer bend my fingers\u003cbr /\u003efrom the cold and could no longer pick up my sword.\u003cbr /\u003eTwo steadycams and one camera on a crane followed\u003cbr /\u003eand filmed me throughout the performance.\u003cbr /\u003eI am more than curious to see the rushes.\u003cbr /\u003eOne thing that will definitely work well on film is my breath.\u003cbr /\u003eMy breath and my cries took material form\u003cbr /\u003ebecause the temperature in the room was like a freezer.\u003cbr /\u003eBut for the next few days Lancelot (the title of the performance)\u003cbr /\u003ewill first lick his wounds and recuperate.\u003cbr /\u003eThe knight of despair has triumphed over himself.\u003cbr /\u003e(As I write this my ego is floating around in the living room.\u003cbr /\u003eI occasionally have to pull my ego back down\u003cbr /\u003elike a balloon and put it back inside me.)\u003cbr /\u003eIt will be a long and fine night.\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Antwerp, 28 February 2004)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e28.2.2004\u003cbr /\u003eAntwerp, Troubleyn/Laboratorium\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAls een ridder van wanhoop vecht de kunstenaar hier tegen zichzelf. Vijf uur lang strijdt Jan Fabre in de koude regen voor het oog van de camera. Het onderzoek dat hij hier doet dient als voorbeeld voor zijn dansers en acteurs, zijn krijgers van de schoonheid.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Just back from my favourite hospital.\u003cbr /\u003eThe Stuivenberg Hospital, where since my youth I have let them patch me up\u003cbr /\u003eand put fresh heart into me (that\u0026#39;s the best medicine for me).\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026#39;No, Mr Fabre, it won\u0026#39;t kill you. It is not life-threatening.\u0026#39;\u003cbr /\u003eAnd there we go, I\u0026#39;m bursting with life again.\u003cbr /\u003eHad X-rays of my ribs and right thigh-bone.\u003cbr /\u003eResult: I have two prizes.\u003cbr /\u003eMy smallest left rib is broken\u003cbr /\u003eand I have a small fracture in the bone just below my right hip.\u003cbr /\u003eIt\u0026#39;s now three hours since I stopped my performance.\u003cbr /\u003eBut I still feel ice cold.\u003cbr /\u003eToday I have fought for four hours\u003cbr /\u003ein armour and with a sword\u003cbr /\u003eagainst an imaginary opponent (or was it against myself?)\u003cbr /\u003ein a room painted entirely black\u003cbr /\u003eat the Troubleyn/Laboratorium.\u003cbr /\u003eBy the end of the performance I could no longer bend my fingers\u003cbr /\u003efrom the cold and could no longer pick up my sword.\u003cbr /\u003eTwo steadycams and one camera on a crane followed\u003cbr /\u003eand filmed me throughout the performance.\u003cbr /\u003eI am more than curious to see the rushes.\u003cbr /\u003eOne thing that will definitely work well on film is my breath.\u003cbr /\u003eMy breath and my cries took material form\u003cbr /\u003ebecause the temperature in the room was like a freezer.\u003cbr /\u003eBut for the next few days Lancelot (the title of the performance)\u003cbr /\u003ewill first lick his wounds and recuperate.\u003cbr /\u003eThe knight of despair has triumphed over himself.\u003cbr /\u003e(As I write this my ego is floating around in the living room.\u003cbr /\u003eI occasionally have to pull my ego back down\u003cbr /\u003elike a balloon and put it back inside me.)\u003cbr /\u003eIt will be a long and fine night.\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Antwerp, 28 February 2004)\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"}}]}