“C’est La Vie de Nicolas Janssens”: the (refusal of) Belgian nationality as an artistic principle in urban intervention ; “C’est La Vie de Nicolas Janssens”: a (recusa da) nacionalidade belga como princípio artístico em intervenção urbana

The essay contemplates the context of creation and execution of the urban intervention “C’est La Vie de Nicolas Janssens”, carried out in three Belgian cities in April 2018, when it was performed by the artist-researcher, author of this writing, for 15 consecutive days. The action, which involved elements normally considered within the spectrum of artivism, anti-art, relational art and durational performance, consisted in the construction of a fictitious identity based on the conceptions of what a typical Belgian would be, collected in loco interviews with native Belgians and their closest acq... Mehr ...