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.

Erwin Baur, Eugen Fischer, Fritz Lens, "Menschliche Erblichkeitslehre und Rassenhygiene", 1927

Book, 17.5 x 23.5 x 4.3 cm.

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp.

Human Heredity and Racial Hygiene was considered to be the "standard textbook on racial hygiene" in Germany and the blueprint for Nazism's attitude toward other ‘races’. The book was commissioned by J. F. Lehmann, an important publisher of medical and nationalist books who became a member of the NSDAP in 1931. Divided into three sections it covers the topic from different perspectives: biological (Outline of the General Theory of Variation and Heredity by German botanist and geneticist E. Baur), anthropological (The Racial Differences of Humans by E. Fischer), and medical (The Pathological Inheritance by F. Lenz). The book served as an inspiration for biological support towards the racial theories of Adolf Hitler, and provided the foundation of scientific legitimacy for eugenics programmes against hereditary diseases, including mental illness.

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Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: MONOCULTURE | A Recent History. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 September 2020 - 25 April 2021.

> Ensemble: MONOCULTURE – ARTEFACTS.

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> Ensemble: MONOCULTURE — Eugenics in Nazi Germany.

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> Ensemble: EUGENICS.

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