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Wednesday, April 19, 2006


De Amerikaanse kunstenaar Janine Antoni maakte met twee stalen haspels een enorm spinnewiel, dat garen spint uit een berg van tweeduizend kilo hennep - van de onschuldige soort - wanneer Antoni er als een koorddanseres overheen loopt. Artnet's Jerry Saltz was bij de première en zag er hoe Antoni haar circusact opvoerde:

"Before her opening, Antoni appeared atop one of the spools as the invitation-only crowd fell into rapt silence. Calmly extending both arms, she began walking this tightrope. Initially, she was wobbly. I thought she'd fall immediately. Soon she gathered herself and shakily then steadily edged on. At the middle of the rope, she intentionally stopped as if to say, This far and no further. Then she inched backward. After some rickety jitters, and after overcoming the whines and cries of babies, a cell phone rang in the crowd, Antoni fluttered back and forth, jerked to the left, tried to regain her balance, couldn't, then gave in."

> The Artist Who Fell to Earth - Jerry Saltz voor Artnet over Janine Antoni en haar installatie To Draw a Line, die deze maand te zien is in galerie Luhring Augustine in New York.

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