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tax-free prices foods such as salami, cheese, cake and pasta. He had bought
the foodstuff in France, paid taxes at the border, and imported it to
Switzerland. In FRI-ART, visitors to his exhibition could do their grocery shopping
at prices 35% less than normal. These actions throw a mischievous wink at
social structures and economic systems, but ultimately they are sooner generous
than conflict-arousing.
Back in Gwangju. Jens and the Korean chauffeur have safely returned from their
ride to Imgingak. Twice they have shared each other's company for eight hours,
cooped up in the cabin of a truck. I try to imagine how they communicated. Jens,
who knows nothing of the Korean language or signs, with a head full of questions
about the country passing him by; and the Korean chauffeur, who does not speak
one word of English, full of thousands of questions about the artist’s work. Both
of them cut off from each other's world. How do you bridge the distance, the
contradictions? I can picture it before my eyes. The chauffeur making gestures,
pointing left and right, miming the words. Jens nodding his head and answering
with his eyes. Empathizing, sympathizing.
Translated from Dutch by Jane Bemont, Amsterdam.
NFA
P.119