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.

Circus, 1936

Postcard, 14.2 x 9.4 cm.

scan: © M HKA

This advertising postcard features a scene from the popular Soviet melodramatic musical film Цирк (Circus) released in 1936. The film tells the story of an American circus actress who flees from racism in the US after giving birth to a black child. Embraced by the friendliness of multi-ethnic Soviet society, she and her son eventually find their happiness in the USSR. The reverse side of the postcard has the lyrics and music score of the most famous song in the film: Song of the Motherland, which became extremely popular in the USSR. The melody of the song appears throughout the film, including the final scene of a grandiose parade on Red Square. The lyrics on the reverse read:

Wide is my Motherland,
Of her many forests, fields, and rivers!
I know of no other such country
Where a man can breathe so freely

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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 – Soviet National Politics.

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> Ensemble: SOVIET UNION.

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