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.

>Stephen Willats

Contrasts in Form and Meaning, 1990-1991

Mixed Media, 97 x 60 cm.

Courtesy of the artist, image: © M HKA

Collection: Courtesy of the artist.

Using photographic documentation and tape-recorded discussion with the resident at Jan Denucéstraat 3 in Antwerp, Willats considered the variety of objects around the living room collected and organised by the resident in order to make his work Contrasts in Form and Meaning. He understood these objects as a way to generate different networks of meanings. The contained environment of the living room was rich in objects that were stereotypes of contrasting attitudes to living, but which were made to co-exist. In the work, we see three networks for the audience to consider as a sequence: opposition – dependency – mutuality.

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> Stephen Willats.

Stephen Willats wrote already in 1964 that he is ‘concerned with the problem of society and the personality of the individual, particul

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: AMBERES – Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp. M HKA , Antwerp, 07 June 2019 - 15 September 2019.

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