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.

LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN

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° 1983

Born in Amman (Jordan), lives in London (United Kingdom).

Lawrence Abu Hamdan, who has a background in DIY music, has often re-purposed the format of the radio documentary for the contemporary art context as a form of text–sound composition enlarged with live performance elements and graphic or three-dimensional visualisations. His work connects the fundamentals of how the human body conveys meaning by setting airwaves in motion – tone, voice, words – with the demands and pitfalls of legal systems. His work, much of it made within the framework of the doctoral research at Goldsmiths College in London, helps us re-appraise the precision of speaking, and of remaining silent. Abu Hamdan usually analyses fundamental concepts – the oath, the right to silence, freedom of speech – and demonstrates that the battle for free speech is now about control over the conditions in which we are being heard. (AK)

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Works

>LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN, Double-Take: Leader of the Syrian Revolution Commanding a Charge, 2014.Installation.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Don't You Know Who I Am? – Art After Identity Politics. 13 June 2014 - 14 September 2014.

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