M HKA gaat digitaal

Met M HKA Ensembles zetten we onze eerste échte stappen in het digitale landschap. Ons doel is met behulp van nieuwe media de kunstwerken nog beter te kaderen dan we tot nu toe hebben kunnen doen.

We geven momenteel prioriteit aan smartphones en tablets, m.a.w. de in-museum-ervaring. Maar we zijn evenzeer hard aan het werk aan een veelzijdige desktop-versie. Tot het zover is vind je hier deze tussenversie.

M HKA goes digital

Embracing the possibilities of new media, M HKA is making a particular effort to share its knowledge and give art the framework it deserves.

We are currently focusing on the experience in the museum with this application for smartphones and tablets. In the future this will also lead to a versatile desktop version, which is now still in its construction phase.

A Staff to Mark The Center of the World, Gwangju Biennale, 2004

Sculpture, 3 pieces, each ca 250 x 10 cm.

Courtesy of Christine König Galerie, Vienna

Collection: Courtesy of Christine König Galerie, Vienna.

Jimmie Durham has made a series titled Staffs for The Center of the World. The first staff was made in Brussels in 1995, and others in Yakutsk, Rheims, Pläsy, Antwerp, Jølster, Prague, Berlin, Vancouver, Winnipeg, and this one in Gwangju, South Korea, in the occasion of the Gwangju Biennale in 2004. These poles always have a mirror attached to them, which according to the artist reflect the bad thoughts and bad spirits onto themselves. “Be warned, therefore, that a moveable pole cannot support the center of the world. Only trees can.” - writes Durham in a text belonging to the installation The Center of the World or How to Get to Chalma - “There are seven continents. Each has seven sacred trees. (maybe more, and I’m not sure what happens on all the smaller islands.) Find one that you like and place your own umbilical cord or its equivalent among the tree’s branches. Do not salute.”

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Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham – A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.

> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1994 - 2012.

> Ensemble: The Center of The World.