"My Life as a Dove" by Christian Jankowski

"In My Life as a Dove (1996), Christian Jankowski collaborated with a magician who transformed him into a dove for a duration of three weeks. The message from the magician to the audience was "You're standing in front of Christian's transformation into a dove...be kind to him...and remember that a real artist may sometimes be inscrutable, but a true person as well."

"The master magician Wim Brando transformed Jankowski for the duration of his exhibition in the Antwerp Gallery Lokaal 01 into a dove. The message from the magician to the audience was "You're standing in front of Christian's transformation into a dove. Be kind to him and remember that a real artist may sometimes be inscrutable, but a true person as well." With the aid of the gallery owner, visitors responded to Jankowski as dove, feeding him, taking photos and video documentation and documented his life as a dove in a guestbook. After the three weeks show, the magician came one more time to the gallery and transformed Jankowski back to a man." Share