I am a mistake MITEM

I am a mistake is a theatre text written by Jan Fabre in 1988.  It is a manifest that amounts almost to a profession of faith by the artist. The blunt confession I am a mistake is like a mantra that repeats and divides; the voice in this text weaves his web of confessions and meanings, sometimes as a metaphor of an artist sometimes in a protesting tone. It comes as no surprise that this piece is dedicated to the subversive film-maker (and amateur entomologist) Luis Buñuel and to Antonin Artaud. 'I am a mistake because I shape my life and work organically in accordance with my own judgement with no concern for what one ought to do or say', this is the character's frank summary of her world view and she is the first person to know that there is a price to be paid for this: that of gradual self-destruction.

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