{"id":7885,"date":"2012-03-05T22:12:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T02:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=7885"},"modified":"2012-03-05T22:17:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T02:17:09","slug":"a-change-of-underwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/a-change-of-underwear\/","title":{"rendered":"A Change of Underwear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>News from Trier, Germany, home of a major Catholic Cathedral & birthplace of Karl Marx:<\/p>\n

From 13 April to 13 May a highly publicized mise-en-scene by the catholic church will propose a pilgrimage to the \u201cHoly Dress,\u201d a historically dubious piece of vestment (see below) the church claims to be Jesus\u2019 own, that will be on show in the cathedral. To counter this piece of middle age metaphysical propaganda, a more modernist action will be mounted: the exhibition of Karl Marx\u2019 long johns (see above), which\u00a0contrary\u00a0to the Jesus frock is claimed to be an original piece having indeed belonged to Karl, which had already been exhibited in 1994 in the \u201cGlasmost\u201d bar in South Trier. \u00a0This installation \u00a0by local artist Helmut Schwickerath, when shown in 1996 \u00a0had\u00a0profoundly angered the religious authorities which had protested most forcefully.<\/p>\n

Legends & witty anecdotes\u00a0have meanwhile accrued to the long johns. Thus they disappeared without a trace after the\u00a0first\u00a0exhibition, supposedly spirited away by the \u201cSecret Society of Holy Underwear\u201d to be hidden in a chapel. But now the long johns have returned, somewhat moth-eaten & with the left back leg seriously torn.<\/p>\n

This time the exhibition\/installation (a portraits of Helena Demuth, Marx\u2019s house-mistress, will flank the object) will be set up in the window of the skater-paraphernalia shop \u201cZupport,\u201d right next to the Karl-Marx-House. It has not been possible to verify if this is why Pope Benedict has annulled his visit to Trier & is sending Canadian Cardinal Marc Quellet in his place.<\/p>\n

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