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    Zeno X (performance with my tortoises Janneke & Mieke), 1978-1981
    Jan Fabre
    Performance , 04:00:00

    Antwerp, Volksstraat

    At the inauguration of a new art gallery Jan Fabre places candles on the backs of his tortoises. They go like this from the old gallery to the new one. This new gallery, still well-known today, is given the name of the performance: Zeno X. 

     

    "I'm really glad.
    After hours of talking, I've persuaded Hedwig
    Van Laer and his assistant Frank to change the
    name of the gallery The Printshop.
    He has opted for the name Avant Grade Gallery
    (like the title of one of my small objects, the
    cardboard shirt collar).
    And for his new, second place in the same
    Volksstraat, he has chosen the name Zeno X Gallery
    (the title of my tortoise performance)."

    (Jan Fabre, Antwerp, 3 June 1981)

     

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