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.

>Ulay

7 in a boat, 2000

Other, 400 x 274 cm.

© The Estate of the Artist. Courtesy: Richard Saltoun Gallery. Photo: Wim Van Eesbeek

Collection: Copyright The Estate of the Artist Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery.

Ulay originally performed 7 In A Boat at the International Art Festival Sakushima Island, Japan, in 2000. After making three large-scale photograms – a technique of making photographic images without a camera – on linen, he built three rafts from bamboo, for which the photograms were then attached to the rafts as sails. The rafts were carried to the seashore, where Ulay then undressed and swam each of the rafts out into the sea, where they drifted away. This textile work was produced using one of these photograms before they were used as sails and disappeared at sea. Made of hand-knotted silk, 7 In A Boat is one of a few textiles made by Ulay, and was produced by Tibetan exiles living in Nepal. The palette has a significance for Ulay, made during his “pink period” – a colour he connected with pain, the loss of trust, and with the vulnerability that characterised this period of his life.

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Exhibitions & Ensembles

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

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