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.

Luambo Makiadi et Le T.P.O.K. Jazz, "Candidat Na Biso Mobutu", 1984

Other, 31 x 31 cm.

scan: © M HKA, Published by Edipop

Collection: Collection MHKA, Antwerp.

Leading up to the 1984 presidential elections, the Congolese government sponsored a propaganda record that was meant to raise support for Mobutu, who at that moment had been in office for almost twenty years. Both sides of the LP contain the same 26 minutes-long song Candidat na biso Mobutu (Our Candidate is Mobutu). The cover of the LP presents a characteristic picture of Mobutu in his iconic outfit: the abacost, a leopard-skin toque and carved wooden stick. It demonstrates how music was used by the Zairean government to 'unite' the country and, in a somewhat subtler way, to warn critics not to openly criticise Mobutu.

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

> Ensemble: MONOCULTURE – ARTEFACTS.

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> Ensemble: NÉGRITUDE.

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