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The work consists of two bottles of fizzy drink, coke and diet coke, with the label showing a view of the New York skyline with the Twin Towers. K\u0026ouml;rmeling positions the bottles alongside one another like twin towers, as a sort of remembrance of 9/11/ (This type of bottle is no longer on sale.)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e*Memorial Cola*, een multipel uit 2001, is eigenlijk een objet trouv\u0026eacute; dat aantoont dat de onschuldige werkelijkheid door een speling van het lot pijnlijk absurd kan worden. Het werk bestaat uit twee flessen frisdrank, cola en cola light, met op het etiket een zicht op de skyline van New York, inclusief de Twin Towers. K\u0026ouml;rmeling heeft de flessen in de winkel gekocht en als een soort aandenken aan 11 september als tweelingtorens naast elkaar gezet. (De flessen werden ondertussen uit de handel genomen.)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003e*Memorial Cola*, un multiple de 2001, est un objet trouv\u0026eacute; qui d\u0026eacute;montre que la r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; innocente peut devenir douloureuse par un jeu absurde du destin : sur l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tiquette de bouteilles s\u0026rsquo;affiche une vue de l\u0026rsquo;horizon de New York, avec les tours jumelles. K\u0026ouml;rmeling pose les bouteilles l\u0026rsquo;une \u0026agrave; c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; de l\u0026rsquo;autre, comme une sorte de comm\u0026eacute;moration du 11 septembre et des tours jumelles. (Entre-temps, les bouteilles ont \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; retir\u0026eacute;es du commerce.)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":4090,"title":"Gat in de wolk [Hole in the Cloud]","dimensions":"200 x 120 x 75 cm","date_begin":"1989-01-01","material":"wood, plastic, styrofoam, irom, halogen lamp","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK5774_M89","stream_count_app":29,"permalink":"gat-in-de-wolk-hole-in-the-cloud","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/584/large/2010__K%C3%B6rmeling__Gat_in_de_wolk__1989__photo_M_HKAclinckx_9.jpg?1343305965","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026ldquo;When I had to think up a scheme for the Eendrachtsplein in Rotterdam my first thought was that I could just do as I wanted, because when it rains it\u0026rsquo;s always rubbish. You always prefer sitting on an ugly square in the sun to an attractive square in the rain. What a country! First it\u0026rsquo;s so flat down here and then there\u0026rsquo;s that flat surface up there, a roof, a leaking roof, and above: beautiful weather. It\u0026rsquo;s what you see when you travel by air; up through the clouds and there\u0026rsquo;s the sun. I thought: I\u0026rsquo;ll just leave the Eendrachtsplein in its present chaos and make a hole in a cloud where a ray of light can come through. It will then automatically be the loveliest place in the Netherlands.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the artist John K\u0026ouml;rmeling\u0026rsquo;s explanation of his work \u003cem\u003eHole in the Cloud\u003c/em\u003e. Like many of the works by this artist, who studied architecture, this one was of course never carried out. Since he hasn\u0026rsquo;t yet developed a machine to dissolve clouds or push them aside, his idea was carried out in Madurodam, the park in the Netherlands that contains a miniature city. K\u0026ouml;rmeling uses playful ideas for and critical commentary on existing architecture and urban planning situations. He prefers clever solutions to conventional plans. The cloud with its hole measures 1.4 by 2 metres and is made of foam sprayed silver. It hangs in the air and above it hangs a lamp, eight times more powerful than a car headlight.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Toen ik een plan moest bedenken voor het Eendrachtsplein in Rotterdam was mijn eerste gedachte: je kunt het net zo goed doen als je wilt, als het regent is het altijd klote. Je zit liever op een lelijk plein in de zon dan op een mooi plein in de regen. Wat een land, h\u0026eacute;. Eerst al zo vlak beneden en dan ook nog zo\u0026rsquo;n vlak erboven, een dak, een lekkend dak en daarboven is het prachtig weer. Zoals je ziet als men met een vliegtuig op vakantie gaat, even door de wolken en boven schijnt de zon. Ik dacht: ik laat het Eendrachtsplein gewoon de chaos die het is en maak een gat in een wolk waar een spetter licht doorheen komt. Dan wordt het vanzelf het mooiste plekje van Nederland\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e, licht de Nederlandse kunstenaar John K\u0026ouml;rmeling zijn werk \u003cem\u003eGat in de wolk\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;toe.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNet als veel van de werken van deze kunstenaar, die een opleiding als architect heeft gevolgd, is dit werk, uiteraard, nooit uitgevoerd. Aangezien hij (nog) geen machine heeft ontwikkeld om wolken opzij te schuiven of op te lossen is het plan uitgevoerd in Madurodam, het park in Nederland waarin een ministad is gebouwd. K\u0026ouml;rmeling werkt met speelse idee\u0026euml;n over en kritische commentaar op de bestaande architectuur en stedenbouwkundige situaties. Hij verkiest slimme oplossingen boven conventionele plannen. De wolk met het gat is 1,40 bij 2 meter groot, van schuim en zilver gespoten. Hij hangt in de lucht met een lamp erboven, acht keer zo sterk als het grote licht van een auto.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":4092,"title":"Verboden te roken [No Smoking]","dimensions":"16 x 9.5 x 4 cm","date_begin":"1995-01-01","material":"cardboard, cigarettes, aluminum foil, plastic","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":79,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"edition, multiple","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0251","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"verboden-te-roken-no-smoking","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/008/778/large/K%C3%B6rmeling__0001_John___No_Smoking__1995__foto_A4A_vzw.jpg?1334757149","poster_credits":"(c)image: A4A vzw.","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e*No Smoking* is a revolutionary cigarette brand for non-smokers. Its creator, K\u0026ouml;rmeling, says: \u0026ldquo;The only thing I do is refill spaces. No-smoking signs make a space smaller, but transforming them into a new cigarette brand makes the space larger again: there is the whole world to advertise in for free.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e*No Smoking* is een revolutionair sigarettenmerk voor niet-rokers. K\u0026ouml;rmeling zegt hierover: \u0026ldquo;Het enige wat ik doe, is ruimtes her invullen. Verboden-te-roken-tekens maken een ruimte kleiner, maar doordat ik ze tot nieuw merk van sigaretten maak, wordt de ruimte weer groter: de hele wereld biedt gratis reclame.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003e*No Smoking* est une marque r\u0026eacute;volutionnaire de cigarettes pour non-fumeurs. K\u0026ouml;rmeling dit \u0026agrave; ce sujet : \u0026laquo; La seule chose que je fasse, c\u0026rsquo;est r\u0026eacute;affecter des espaces. Les panneaux d\u0026rsquo;interdiction de fumer rendent l\u0026rsquo;espace plus petit, mais comme j\u0026rsquo;en fais une nouvelle marque de cigarettes, l\u0026rsquo;espace s\u0026rsquo;agrandit \u0026agrave; nouveau : le monde entier offre de la publicit\u0026eacute; gratuite. \u0026raquo;\u003c/p\u003e"}]},{"id":5837,"title":"Een goed boek (John Körmeling)","dimensions":"29.5 x 21 cm, 75 p., language : Dutch, English, publisher : Centraal Museum Utrecht in collaboration with Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, ISBN : 90-73285-28-3","date_begin":"1994-01-01","material":"Ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Artist publication ; Artist catalogue","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 1994/980","stream_count_app":16,"permalink":"een-goed-boek-john-kormeling","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/016/187/large/DSC_5330.jpg?1366020007","poster_credits":"(c)image:  M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eTexts by Susanne Helmer \u0026amp; John K\u0026ouml;rmeling.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSold out!\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eTexts by Susanne Helmer \u0026amp; John K\u0026ouml;rmeling.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUitverkocht!\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003eTexts by Susanne Helmer \u0026amp; John K\u0026ouml;rmeling.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026Eacute;puis\u0026eacute;!\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":4094,"title":"Starthuisje [Starting House]","dimensions":"28 x 10 x 12.5 cm","date_begin":"1991-01-01","material":"steel, plaster","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"construction","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK5968","stream_count_app":39,"permalink":"starthuisje-starting-house","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":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/583/medium_500/K%C3%B6rmeling__0006_John__Strathuisje__01__1991___foto_Syb%27l_S._-pictures.jpg?1343305693","cached_actor_names":"John Körmeling","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/583/large/K%C3%B6rmeling__0006_John__Strathuisje__01__1991___foto_Syb'l_S._-pictures.jpg?1343305693","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis model of a starter\u0026rsquo;s hut is the design for one of the few projects realised by the Dutch artist John K\u0026ouml;rmeling. This odd building has stood at the rowing match site at Harkstede near Groningen in the Netherlands since 1992.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Although I do have a penchant for conceptual art, I find durable projects great fun. My first building, the Starting House, has now been standing at the rowing competition course in Harkstede for ten years. It isn\u0026rsquo;t being used anymore, because they\u0026rsquo;ve discovered that it\u0026rsquo;s too windy there to row! They have now given the wind some purpose by setting up windmills there, but the Starter\u0026rsquo;s Hut is deserted. It\u0026rsquo;s a pity. If I were to drive past it, not knowing who had designed it, I would certainly take a photo because I think it\u0026rsquo;s so beautiful. I like that, art that confuses you, where you have to make a mental adjustment to understand it.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp; (John K\u0026ouml;rmeling)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJohn K\u0026ouml;rmeling studied architecture. But he does not like linear solutions, compromises, or purely functional or decorative things. So it is easier for him to use his energy, creativity and absurd ideas as an artist rather than as an architect, although his fascination with space can be felt in all his work.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDeze maquette van een starthuisje is het ontwerp van \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n van de weinige daadwerkelijk gerealiseerde projecten van de Nederlandse kunstenaar John K\u0026ouml;rmeling. Het eigenzinnige starthuisje staat sinds 1992 aan een wedstrijdroeibaan te Harkstede nabij Groningen in Nederland.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;Hoewel ik wat heb met conceptuele kunst vind ik duurzame projecten erg prettig. Mijn eerste bouwwerk, Starthuisje, staat nu tien jaar aan de wedstrijdroeibaan in Harkstede. Het wordt niet langer gebruikt, want men heeft ontdekt dat het daar te hard waait om te roeien! Aan de wind heeft men nog betekenis gegeven door er windmolens neer te zetten, maar Starthuisje staat er verlaten bij. Jammer. Als ik er voorbij zou rijden, niet wetende wie het heeft gemaakt, dan zou ik zeker een foto maken omdat ik het z\u0026oacute; mooi vind. Kunst die verwart, waarvoor je wat moet bijsturen in je hoofd om het te begrijpen, daar houd ik van.\u0026quot; (\u003c/em\u003eJohn K\u0026ouml;rmeling)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJohn K\u0026ouml;rmeling is van opleiding architect. Hij houdt echter niet van rechtlijnige oplossingen, compromissen, het louter functionele of het zuiver decoratieve. Zijn energie, creativiteit en absurde idee\u0026euml;n kan hij dan ook eerder kwijt als kunstenaar dan als bouwmeester, hoewel zijn fascinatie voor ruimte in al zijn werk voelbaar blijft.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eCette maquette d\u0026#39;une maison de d\u0026eacute;part est le concept de l\u0026#39;un des rares projets effectivement r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;s de l\u0026#39;artiste n\u0026eacute;erlandais John K\u0026ouml;rmeling. Cette maison de d\u0026eacute;part particuli\u0026egrave;re se trouve au bord d\u0026#39;un bassin de comp\u0026eacute;tition \u0026agrave; Harkstede, pr\u0026egrave;s de Groningen aux Pays-Bas, depuis 1992.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Bien que je me sente \u0026agrave; l\u0026#39;aise avec l\u0026#39;art conceptuel, j\u0026#39;adore les projets durables. Ma premi\u0026egrave;re construction, Starthuisje (la maison de d\u0026eacute;part), se trouve au bord d\u0026#39;un bassin de comp\u0026eacute;tition \u0026agrave; Harkstede depuis dix ans. Il n\u0026#39;est plus utilis\u0026eacute; car il s\u0026#39;est av\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute; que le vent souffle trop fort \u0026agrave; cet endroit pour faire de l\u0026#39;aviron ! Une signification a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; donn\u0026eacute;e au vent gr\u0026acirc;ce \u0026agrave; des moulins mais la Starthuisje est abandonn\u0026eacute;e. Dommage. Si je passais devant, ne sachant pas qui l\u0026#39;a faite, je prendrais certainement une photo car je la trouve tellement jolie. J\u0026#39;aime l\u0026#39;art qui d\u0026eacute;concerte, qui oblige \u0026agrave; r\u0026eacute;orienter un peu ses r\u0026eacute;flexions pour le comprendre.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; (John K\u0026ouml;rmeling)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJohn K\u0026ouml;rmeling est architecte de formation. Cependant, il n\u0026#39;aime pas les solutions rectilignes, les compromis, ce qui est purement fonctionnel ou purement d\u0026eacute;coratif. Il est plus \u0026agrave; m\u0026ecirc;me d\u0026#39;exploiter son \u0026eacute;nergie, sa cr\u0026eacute;ativit\u0026eacute; et ses id\u0026eacute;es absurdes en tant qu\u0026#39;artiste qu\u0026#39;en tant que ma\u0026icirc;tre d\u0026#39;oeuvre, bien que sa fascination pour l\u0026#39;espace reste perceptible dans toute son oeuvre.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]}]