Suddenly we get a lot of media attention and reactions because Hermann Nitsch (See never before seen videos here) will perform on Incubate.

It seems that a couple of animalright activists have pressed charges against Incubate because of the Action that will take place during Incubate. The problem for them? Nitsch uses a dead pig in his performance.

A lot of (printed) media picked this up, and this stirred a lot of reactions (in Dutch).

Politicians: Smolders, a local populist politician (former driver of Pim Fortuyn) calls art “retarded” and “Nitsch a perverted and so-called artist.” The major of Tilburg said that the government should leave a lot of space to art in the city. Reminds us of the famous politician Thorbecke who is believed to have said “Art is not the business of the government.” And Dyon Graus of the PVV (you probably heard about their leader Geert Wilders) says he will do anything to stop this from happening.

A  responce with some more in-depth knowlegdge comes from Thomas Crombez, who studied philosophy and theater sciences. He published in the Brabants Dagblad the opinion that Nitsch nowadays is almost a sort of parody of ancient rituals and therefor of himself. In that same paper, but on Saturday, Gerard van Hove published an article with the title “Art should be a moral sanctuary”, wherein he defends Nitschs work.

To read a lot of reactions by the public check the reactions below this article in Sp!ts. Or this article on FOK!

Inlog also published the following related posts:

• Incubate on national television
• [Read] 3VOOR12/Tilburg article on Ben Chasny’s Project
• The official Incubate opinion on Adje Gate
• Nitsch performance in photos
• Tilburgers over Kunst en dode varkens (Dutch)