Waarschuwing: Kijken verlangt engagement [Warning: Perception requires involvement]

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Media: Muntadas: m/m, CNEAI, Chatou, France, 2000.

© image: M HKA

Image of the book "Muntadas: m/m". Signals, symbols, codes and pictures on television, newspapers, mobile phones, internet and even in the street, this is our life in the new era. This mix is part of our unreal communication system nowadays. Under a cover in red and white letters, "Muntadas: m/m" alerts about the perception like a double-edged sword. This publication is made by cuts that Muntadas collected in the media world , sometimes images, sometimes text, sometimes computer codes, building an incoherent structure of elements removed from their original context. He picks up parts of photos or parts of sentences leaving them without message, denying their informative and communicative task.

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The M HKA is a museum for contemporary art, film and visual culture in its widest sense. It is an open place of encounter for art, artists and the public. The M HKA aspires to play a leading role in Flanders and to extend its international profile by building upon Antwerp's avant-garde tradition. The M HKA bridges the relationship between artistic questions and wider societal issues, between the international and the regional, artists and public, tradition and innovation, reflection and presentation. Central here is the museum's collection with its ongoing acquisitions, as well as related areas of management and research.

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The M HKA Ensembles represent our first steps towards initiating the public to today's art-related digital landscape. With the help of these new media, our aim is to offer our artworks a better and fuller array of support for their presentation and public understanding.