jan hoet

frank zappa's present for jan hoet

jan hoet

Among many other things, Jan Hoet is the founder of the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Modern Art Museum SMAK) in Gent, Belgium.

Jan Hoet was the curator of Documenta IX in Kassel, Germany, in 1992.

Jan wanted to bring Frank Zappa to Documenta and visited Zappa a couple times. Zappa's contribution to Documenta didn't happen because of Zappa's illness. Initially, Zappa wanted to participate with a piece performed by the Ensemble Modern.

"Lux XL", a belgian television show, had Jan Hoet as a guest on its 2007/03/30 show. Jan talked about his meeting with Zappa and even showed the present that he had received from FZ.

During a radio-interview to promote the "Lux XL" tv-show, Jan Hoet had already elaborated a bit on the project he wanted to do with Frank Zappa. This radio interview got broadcast on belgian radio one on 2007/03/16.