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.

> Panamarenko

Vliegende schotel [Flying Saucer], 1979

Object, 64.5 x 66.4 x 42.9 cm.

©image: Wim Van Eesbeek

Collection: Collection Galerie Jos Jamar, Antwerp.

Panamarenko believes that the development of space travel could be boosted significantly by relying exclusively on forces that already exist in the universe. He describes the magnetic fields in space as ‘cosmic highways’ that could be used to navigate between the planets. Panamarenko wants to build his magnetic spacecraft according to the principle of the monopole – a magnet with a single pole – which would be attracted by the opposite pole. Although many scientists deny that a magnetic monopole exists, Panamarenko persists in his quest for single-pole electrons, in the hope of one day finding his way to a magnetic field. The 1979 Flying Saucer experiment consists of two coils with copper wire, a small saucer with eight magnets and a compass. Panamarenko completed the installation with a typed statement of his space theory.

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Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Panamarenko Universum. M HKA, Antwerpen, 03 October 2014 - 29 March 2015.

> Ensemble: Lift the Machine.

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