Jan Fabre in the NIMk collection

From Autumn 2011, the Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk / Montevideo) preserves and distributes the audiovisual works of visual artist Jan Fabre. We are very proud of this new collaboration with a prominent artist.

To celebrate this new collaboration, we showcase a selection of Jan Fabre's audiovisual works in our mediatheque.

 Jan Fabre: Money Performance (1979)
 Jan Fabre: Ilad of the Bic-Art (1980)
 Jan Fabre: De Schelde: Hé, wat een plezierige zottigheid! (1988)
 Jan Fabre and Ilya Kabakov: Een Ontmoeting / Vstrecha (1997)
 Jan Fabre and Marina Abramovic: Virgin/Warrior (2004)
 Jan Fabre and Edward O. Wilson: Is the Brain the Most Sexy Part of the Body? (2007)

For more than 25 years, Jan Fabre (1958, Antwerp) plays a prominent role as a multidisciplinary visual artist, stage director, choreographer and playwright. He is internationally renowned for his innovative and multifaceted work. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Hortus/Corpus’ at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, 'The years of the hour blue' at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and ‘Pietas’ at the 2011 Venice Biennial.

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Since 1992, NIMk carries out a research program on the preservation and documentation of media art. We offer preservation and storage services for art institutions and artists. NIMk’s distribution collection dates back to 1978 and is a living, vast collection of video and media art, varying from the first experiments in video art to recent productions by renowned (inter)national artists and upcoming talents. 

Open:
Tue-Fri 11AM - 5PM
Sat and 1st Sun of the month 1PM - 5PM
Admission free together with mediatheque or exhibition visit.