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.

>Janek Simon

Synthetic Folklore v0.1.1, v0.1.2, v0.1.3, 2019

Mixed Media, 3 x (140 x 100 x 2).

© Janek Simon. Photo: M HKA

Collection: Courtesy the artist and Raster Gallery.

In the works from his Synthetic Folklore series, Simon has used an algorithm he especially developed for drawing upon many hundreds of traditional patterns for textiles and carpets in order to generate new compositions. As with works from his Man with the Head of Dog series, these mosaic-like compositions possess a hallucinogenic quality. Floating between contemporary and traditional, these works are amongst several projects exploring the concept of a new global folklore, made via the possibilities of contemporary DIY techniques.

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> Janek Simon.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: EURASIA − A Landscape of Mutability. M HKA, Antwerp, 08 October 2021 - 23 January 2022.

Related Items

>Janek Simon, Man with the Head of Dog 1-5, 2015.Sculpture, 3d print, pla polymer, 47 x 17 x 15 cm (each).

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