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Jan Fabre, Cultural Ambassador of UNESCO-IHE
The
artist, author and theatre maker Jan Fabre and his theater company
Troubleyn have been appointed Cultural Ambassadors of UNESCO-IHE
Institute for Water Education for five years. Jan Fabre/Troubleyn will
carry out and spread the message of UNESCO-IHE through their
performances around the world.
Water is of strategic
importance, with strong environmental, social and economic
implications. Challenges and threats tests water professionals'
capacity to respond to these risks every day. One message is clear: a
more integrated and effective approach to water and environmental
resources management calls for professionals with a high degree of
specialization. That is the mission of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water
Education.
The collaboration between Troubleyn/Jan Fabre
and UNESCO-IHE has commenced symbolically with the performance
"L'Histoire des larmes" (History of tears) (in December 2005 in
deSingel in Antwerp, Belgium).
In this piece, Jan Fabre has shaped
the essence of water, by seeking inspiration in the energy, imagination
and talent of his artistic group. "I wrote a text on the water that is
nearest to and part of us: the water in our own body. Troubleyn and
myself have the intention to contribute all that is possible to the
success of UNESCO-IHE and her humanistic ideals from our artistic
projects and through our international activities."
www.unesco-ihe.org
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