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.

Three Pretentious Rocks, 2001

Mixed Media, 40 x 105 x 24 cm.

©image: M HKA

Collection: Collection of Jone Kvie, Sweden.

The three rocks presented here side-by-side on a shelf are like many others of Jimmie Durham’s stones: pretentious. A small gesture made by the artist transforms them into something else. Here, instead of painting them in a pretty colour or giving them human features like eyes or limbs, the artist placed three name plates underneath each one, labeling them as “doctor”, “lawyer” and “indian chief”.

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Media

>Three Pretentious Rocks

>detail: Indian chief

>"Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" by Betty Hutton [video]

Artist

> Jimmie Durham.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

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

> Ensemble: Stone as stone.