{"id":12712,"title":"I am the shame pole","dimensions":"00:32:00","date_begin":"2010-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":128,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"Pole, Shame, 89, Jan, Fabre, performance","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":32,"permalink":"i-am-the-shame-pole","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/000/027/271/large/2010_I_AM_THE_SHAME_POLE_212.jpg?1425990366","poster_credits":"(c)Angelos bvba, Collection M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e28.10.2010\u003cbr /\u003eTokyo, MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor his first performance in Japan in the eighties Jan Fabre had been pelted with tomatoes. In 2010 he invites the audience to throw tomatoes while he recites all the titles of the exhibitions, performances and theatre productions he presented in Japan.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Today I arranged the room in the museum\u003cbr /\u003ewhere tomorrow\u003cbr /\u003eI shall be doing the performance I am the shame pole.\u003cbr /\u003eAs a backdrop, from wall-to-wall, I\u0026#39;m using an\u003cbr /\u003eenlargement of a twenty-year-old photo\u003cbr /\u003eshowing the head curator Yuko Hasegawa,\u003cbr /\u003edressed in traditional kimono,\u003cbr /\u003eand myself in a three-piece suit, both in the kendo\u003cbr /\u003esitting position.\u003cbr /\u003eThe floor is covered with a grey dance mat with a\u003cbr /\u003epile of typical Belgian cobblestones\u003cbr /\u003ein the middle.\u003cbr /\u003eI will stand on top of them dressed in\u003cbr /\u003ea grey suit by Martin Margiela.\u003cbr /\u003eA white cord will be stretched in front of me from\u003cbr /\u003ewall to wall. From the other side of this cord\u003cbr /\u003ethe Japanese public are permitted to pelt me\u003cbr /\u003ewith 5000 overripe tomatoes.\u003cbr /\u003e(And if they don\u0026#39;t want to throw them at me,\u003cbr /\u003ethey can throw the at the photo of my Japanese\u003cbr /\u003eJoan of Arc, Yuko Hasegawa.)\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Tokyo, 28 October 2010)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;I have withdrawn into my modern Japanese shrine.\u003cbr /\u003eFor three hours -in the restaurant, in the hospital and now\u003cbr /\u003ein this superb hotel room -I have spent my time with a plastic\u003cbr /\u003ebag full of ice cubes on my private parts.\u003cbr /\u003eMy dearly beloved balls are still swollen and very painful.\u003cbr /\u003eThe Japanese public (I had specifically only invited artists,\u003cbr /\u003ecurators, actors, dancers, directors and choreographers)\u003cbr /\u003ewas not at all modest, retiring and exaggerated in their\u003cbr /\u003epoliteness.\u003cbr /\u003eThey were extremely enthusiastic during my performance\u003cbr /\u003eof\u0026nbsp;I am the shame pole.\u003cbr /\u003eBut I had bad luck:\u003cbr /\u003ethe Museum staff had not bought 5000 overripe tomatoes.\u003cbr /\u003eIn spite of the fact that \u0026#39;overripe\u0026#39; was an important word\u003cbr /\u003e(lost in translation)\u003cbr /\u003ebecause an overripe tomato is soft and immediately bursts.\u003cbr /\u003eInstead of that the 5000 tomatoes felt like stones.\u003cbr /\u003eI managed to hold out to the bitter end purely by concentrating\u003cbr /\u003eon my lines (a list of dates, places and titles of performances\u003cbr /\u003ethat I had put on in Japan).\u003cbr /\u003eUntil the excessively giggling and extremely enthusiastic\u003cbr /\u003eJapanese art public pelted me with the final tomatoes.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt the moment I feel miserable, but I\u0026#39;m very happy to have\u003cbr /\u003econtinued a tradition.\u003cbr /\u003e(The first time I did a performance in Tokyo, in 1984, I was\u003cbr /\u003epelted with tomatoes very politely.)\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre,Tokyo, 29 October 2010)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e28.10.2010\u003cbr /\u003eTokyo, MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTijdens zijn eerste performance in Japan in de jaren \u0026lsquo;80 kreeg Jan Fabre tomaten naar zijn hoofd geslingerd. In 2010 nodigt hij het publiek uit tomaten te gooien terwijl hij al de tentoonstellingen, performances en theaterproducties die hij in Japan heeft gedaan voorleest.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Today I arranged the room in the museum\u003cbr /\u003ewhere tomorrow\u003cbr /\u003eI shall be doing the performance I am the shame pole.\u003cbr /\u003eAs a backdrop, from wall-to-wall, I\u0026#39;m using an\u003cbr /\u003eenlargement of a twenty-year-old photo\u003cbr /\u003eshowing the head curator Yuko Hasegawa,\u003cbr /\u003edressed in traditional kimono,\u003cbr /\u003eand myself in a three-piece suit, both in the kendo\u003cbr /\u003esitting position.\u003cbr /\u003eThe floor is covered with a grey dance mat with a\u003cbr /\u003epile of typical Belgian cobblestones\u003cbr /\u003ein the middle.\u003cbr /\u003eI will stand on top of them dressed in\u003cbr /\u003ea grey suit by Martin Margiela.\u003cbr /\u003eA white cord will be stretched in front of me from\u003cbr /\u003ewall to wall. From the other side of this cord\u003cbr /\u003ethe Japanese public are permitted to pelt me\u003cbr /\u003ewith 5000 overripe tomatoes.\u003cbr /\u003e(And if they don\u0026#39;t want to throw them at me,\u003cbr /\u003ethey can throw the at the photo of my Japanese\u003cbr /\u003eJoan of Arc, Yuko Hasegawa.)\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre, Tokyo, 28 October 2010)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;I have withdrawn into my modern Japanese shrine.\u003cbr /\u003eFor three hours -in the restaurant, in the hospital and now\u003cbr /\u003ein this superb hotel room -I have spent my time with a plastic\u003cbr /\u003ebag full of ice cubes on my private parts.\u003cbr /\u003eMy dearly beloved balls are still swollen and very painful.\u003cbr /\u003eThe Japanese public (I had specifically only invited artists,\u003cbr /\u003ecurators, actors, dancers, directors and choreographers)\u003cbr /\u003ewas not at all modest, retiring and exaggerated in their\u003cbr /\u003epoliteness.\u003cbr /\u003eThey were extremely enthusiastic during my performance\u003cbr /\u003eof\u0026nbsp;I am the shame pole.\u003cbr /\u003eBut I had bad luck:\u003cbr /\u003ethe Museum staff had not bought 5000 overripe tomatoes.\u003cbr /\u003eIn spite of the fact that \u0026#39;overripe\u0026#39; was an important word\u003cbr /\u003e(lost in translation)\u003cbr /\u003ebecause an overripe tomato is soft and immediately bursts.\u003cbr /\u003eInstead of that the 5000 tomatoes felt like stones.\u003cbr /\u003eI managed to hold out to the bitter end purely by concentrating\u003cbr /\u003eon my lines (a list of dates, places and titles of performances\u003cbr /\u003ethat I had put on in Japan).\u003cbr /\u003eUntil the excessively giggling and extremely enthusiastic\u003cbr /\u003eJapanese art public pelted me with the final tomatoes.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt the moment I feel miserable, but I\u0026#39;m very happy to have\u003cbr /\u003econtinued a tradition.\u003cbr /\u003e(The first time I did a performance in Tokyo, in 1984, I was\u003cbr /\u003epelted with tomatoes very politely.)\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Jan Fabre,Tokyo, 29 October 2010)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e28.10.2010\u003cbr /\u003eTokyo, MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Today I arranged the room in the museum\u003cbr /\u003ewhere tomorrow\u003cbr /\u003eI shall be doing the performance I am the shame pole.\u003cbr /\u003eAs a backdrop, from wall-to-wall, I\u0026#39;m using an\u003cbr /\u003eenlargement of a twenty-year-old photo\u003cbr /\u003eshowing the head curator Yuko Hasegawa,\u003cbr /\u003edressed in traditional kimono,\u003cbr /\u003eand myself in a three-piece suit, both in the kendo\u003cbr /\u003esitting position.\u003cbr /\u003eThe floor is covered with a grey dance mat with a\u003cbr /\u003epile of typical Belgian cobblestones\u003cbr /\u003ein the middle.\u003cbr /\u003eI will stand on top of them dressed in\u003cbr /\u003ea grey suit by Martin Margiela.\u003cbr /\u003eA white cord will be stretched in front of me from\u003cbr /\u003ewall to wall. 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