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.

>Profeta Gentileza

Wall writings

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©image: M HKA/CC

“Gentleness generates gentleness” was the motto of José Datrino, or Profeta Gentileza.

In 1980 he started making his wall writings on 56 columns under the Gasômetro viaduct, covering an extension of 1,5 km and an area of 350 m².

Gentileza’s panels had very specific characteristics concerning his language use as well as his symbology, graphical codes and nationalistic colours.

In August 1997, an equivocated action of Rio’s cleaning services against graffiti covered great part of Gentileza’s writings with a layer of grey paint. The restoration of the work started in 1999 and ended in May 2000. In 2010, the wall writings have been through a new restoration process.

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Media

>Reproduction of Profeta Gentileza's wall writings at A RUA

>Gentileza's wall writings in Rio

>Profeta Gentileza in Rio [video]

Artist

> Profeta Gentileza.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: A RUA/DE STRAAT – Europalia.Brasil. M HKA, Antwerpen, 07 October 2011 - 22 January 2012.

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