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His approach is raw, direct and often humorous. As such, some of the actions verge on the absurd or are presented in an exaggerated way. By focusing on the basic actions of daily life, the artist searches for an estranged identity beyond the sphere of social or political life.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe meeste films van Hovsepian zijn opnames van eenvoudige, dagelijkse, ogenschijnlijk nietszeggende menselijke handelingen. In \u003ci\u003eYawning\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003ezien we Hovsepian bijvoorbeeld minutenlang geeuwen, zittend op een stoel. Zijn aanpak is rauw, direct en vaak humoristisch. De handelingen grenzen soms aan het absurde of worden op een overdreven manier voorgesteld. Op deze manier zoekt de kunstenaar naar een nieuwe identiteit die niet aan banden is gelegd door de logica van het sociale en politieke bestel.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":75,"title":"Earth","dimensions":"00:00:11 min, 00:00:21 min, 00:00 min","date_begin":"2003-01-01","material":"dvd","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"M HKA, Antwerp / Donated by the Artist","cached_tag_list":"video","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0434_1","stream_count_app":37,"permalink":"earth","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Hamlet Hovsepian","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/234/large/272Hovsepian,%20Hamlet%20Earth,%202001%20video%20still1.jpg?1298290767","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe video \u003ci\u003eEarth\u003c/i\u003e\u0026nbsp;is a more recent work of Hamlet Hovsepian, and much shorter than the other videos in the M HKA collection. It shows the artist literally arising from the earth. Revolving around one short event frozen in time, it differs from his older works, which record long repetitions of seemingly meaningless gestures or events from everyday life.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe video \u003ci\u003eEarth\u003c/i\u003e is een recenter werk van Hamlet Hovsepian, en veel korter dan de andere video's uit de collectie van het M HKA. In het werk komt de kunstenaar letterlijk uit de aarde voort. Dit werk legt dus één korte gebeurtenis vast, bevroren in de tijd, en verschilt hierin van zijn oudere werken; die leggen juist langdradige herhalingen van schijnbaar onbeduidende gebaren of gebeurtenissen uit het dagelijkse leven vast.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":77,"title":"Untitled","dimensions":"00:05:00 min","date_begin":"1976-01-01","material":"dvd","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0434_3","stream_count_app":47,"permalink":"untitled--115","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Hamlet Hovsepian","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/228/large/295Hovsepian,%20Hamlet,%20Untitled,%201976%20video%20still1.jpg?1298290313","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis untitled video shows Hovsepian walking in circles around a gigantic piece of rock. His movement seems without purpose. Several minutes pass, but nothing happens and nothing changes: there is just his almost meditative pacing around the rock. Most of Hovsepian’s films are recordings of simple, ordinary, seemingly meaningless human actions, such as yawning, scratching or thinking. His approach is raw, direct and often humorous. As such, some of the actions verge on the absurd or are presented in an exaggerated way. By focusing on the basic actions of daily life, the artist searches for an estranged identity beyond the sphere of social or political life.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn deze titelloze video zien we Hovsepian rond een gigantisch rotsblok cirkelen. Zijn beweging lijkt geen doel te hebben. Minuten strijken voorbij, maar er gebeurt of verandert niets: de video toont slechts het haast meditatieve gestap van Hovsepian rondom de rots. De meeste films van Hovsepian zijn opnames van eenvoudige, dagelijkse, ogenschijnlijk nietszeggende menselijke handelingen zoals geeuwen, zich krabben of nadenken. Zijn aanpak is rauw, direct en vaak humoristisch. Sommige handelingen grenzen aan het absurde of worden op een overdreven manier voorgesteld. Op deze manier zoekt de kunstenaar naar een nieuwe identiteit die niet aan banden is gelegd door de logica van het sociale en politieke bestel\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]}]