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.

>Koen van den Broek

Requiem, 2015

Painting, 210 x 140 cm.

©photo: Studio Koen van den Broek, Merksem

Collection: Courtesy Studio Koen van den Broek, Merksem.

A shadow throws itself theatrically across the canvas. This abstract, yet organic-looking work draws on a photograph of an agricultural machine. By selectively highlighting shapes and lines, there is a transformation that speaks to the imagination. Our minds model a monster with the few elements available. Koen van den Broek refers to Edward Scissorhands from the movie by Tim Burton, the unworldly figure who does not pose a real threat, but whose dark appearance frightens the viewer. Koen van den Broek made this work with the ballet production East in mind, as well as Fauré's Requiem. As a production image, this canvas was eventually replaced by the less abstract and highly symbolic Trona from 2006.

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Artist

> Koen van den Broek.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Borderline. A - Tower, Antwerpen, 03 September 2016 - 30 September 2016.

Related Items

>Koen van den Broek, Trona, 2006.Painting, oil on canvas, 158 x 154 cm.

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