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.

Zachary Cahill

° 1973

Lives in Chicago (US).

Zachary Cahill is an American interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago. He studied at the University of Chicago, Masters of Fine Arts (2005-2007) and at Cornell University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Ithaca, New York, 1991-1995).  His work examines the nature of propaganda, state power and its relation to the individual, religion, and a variety of forms of socio-political infrastructures. Cahill’s practice focuses primarily on a fictional nation, the USSA, as a metaphorical tool for investigating real-world political narratives. Through boldly colorful, fantastical, and quasi-authoritarian projects, the artist plays with the objects, places, and rituals that make up a society. Since 2010, the USSA has incorporated installations, paintings, sculptures, séance performances, video works, artistic writings, and a variety of ephemera; which have focused on several zones of ideological indoctrination including: an orphanage, a gift shop, a wellness center, the state farm, a state church/assembly, and a postal service.

His work has been exhibited in numerous venues in the United States and Europe, including the Berlin Biennale, Germany; ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; Regina Rex, New York; Threewalls, Chicago; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Contemporary Art Brussels (CAB), Belgium, among others. His writings have appeared in Afterall, Artforum, Critical Inquiry, Frieze, Mousse and other arts and academic publications.

 

Works

>Zachary Cahill, The Black Flame of Paradise, 2018.Artist Novel, ink, paper, 20 x 15 cm, 160 p., language : English, publisher : Mousse Publishing , ISBN : 9788867493395.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.

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