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.

The Plague, 2018

Installation

© Dora García. Photo: M HKA

Collection: Courtesy ProjecteSD, Barcelona.

In the installation, García references Albert Camus' famous novel The Plague from 1947. In the book, the disease appears as an allegory of the scourge of misfortune in all its forms: totalitarianism, fascism, war, the deprivation of freedom that leads to exile – and is also a non-metaphoric study of a community afflicted by an infectious disease, something we can very much relate to now. The work expands Camus' narrative to touch on colonialism (Camus' plague happens in Algeria) and consists of several elements: a chart (Mapping the Plague), a diagram drawn on the floor, several study drawings, and a performance that activates the floor drawing (The Drawing on the Floor: A Monologue).

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Artist

> Dora García.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: She Has Many Names . M HKA, Antwerp, 10 February 2023 - 21 May 2023.

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>Dora García, The Drawing on The Floor, 2018.Performance.

>Dora García, The Plague Annotated , 2018.Drawing, graphite and pencil on paper laid down on canvas , 330 x 371cm.

>Dora García, Mapping The Plague, 2018.Other, chart made of photographic reproductions, handwritten texts, and annotated copies in english and french of the plague (camus, 1947).

>Dora García, The Drawing on the Floor: A Monologue, 2018.Performance.