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.

>Otobong Nkanga

Infinite Yield, 2015

Mixed Media

Courtesy of the Artist

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community (Inv. no. BK7924).

Otobong Nkanga made the tapestry Infinite Yield as part of her exhibition Bruises and Shine at M HKA. She started from her drawings and redesigned them on a large scale. The work thematizes the natural wealth of the earth and its exploitation under the influence of supply and demand in a globalized world. Nkanga wants to expose the relationships between the landscape, people and labour. The artist not only addresses situations, but also makes active proposals for thinking about contemporary problems. For example, she investigates the possibility of reinterpreting extracted pits from abandoned mines as underground monuments. This image may seem to refer to surrealistic paintings in the form the artist develops, but her content is very different; the human body is presented as a part of the global natural ecosystem. 

 

Nowadays human intervention into the natural environment and the harm to it is so strong even during a relatively peaceful time. Wars also becoming a part of the ecosystem and have their impact on the economical and ecological global environment both quite literally and indirectly.

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>Otobong Nkanga, Infinite Yield, 2015

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> Otobong Nkanga.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: The Collection. M HKA, Antwerpen, 28 April 2017 - 31 December 2021.

> Exhibition: IN SITU: Otobong Nkanga – Bruises and Lustre. M HKA, Antwerpen, 14 October 2015 19:00 - 17 January 2016 18:00.

> Exhibition: When Faith Moves Mountains. PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, 17 July 2022 - 09 October 2022.

> Exhibition: Worth Fighting For. Oskar Jager Strasse 97-99, Keulen, 14 November 2022 - 14 December 2022.

> Exhibition: The Situation is Fluid. M HKA, Antwerp, 25 January 2025 - 03 January 2027.

> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.

> Ensemble: Audiodescriptie - De Collectie.

> Ensemble: Worth Fighting For.

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> Ensemble: Space of World Making .

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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.

> Ensemble: Aanwinsten 2016 [Acquisitions 2016].

Related Items

>Otobong Nkanga, The Weight of Scars, 2015.Other, textile.

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