Jan Fabre ― Troubleyn/Laboratorium

This handsome book peers into the theatre workshop, collective art space, and creative incubator of Belgian multidisciplinary artist Jan Fabre (b. 1958), whose dissentient performances, staged since the 1980s, have brought him international acclaim and recognition. Expressing the collective aims of Fabre’s theatre company, Troubleyn/Laboratoriumfunctions as his workshop as well as a nurturing space for the activities of his theater company and young artists alike, in which artists are free to develop and materialize their creative impulses. The building, situated in a popular neighborhood in northern Antwerp, houses a uniquely integrated collection of art works from around the globe, representing Fabre’s personal tastes and the overall cooperative spirit of the space itself. Fostering an environment that is as progressive as the artist’s varied oeuvre,Troubleyn/Laboratorium provides the grounds for an idealistic hotbed of artistic activity and this publication offers a glimpse of that possible utopia.

Sigrid Bousset and Katrien Bruyneel work closely with Jan Fabre.Frank Peeters is professor and honorary dean of the Institute for Translation at Antwerp University.Koen Van Synghel is an architect and architecture critic. Jan Dekeyser is the architect of the Troubleyn/Laboratorium building.Nadia Sels is a professor in the department of literary studies at the University of Ghent and in the department of architecture at the University of Antwerp.Luc Van den Dries is a professor of theatre studies at the University of Antwerp.