{"id":76,"title":"Yawning","dimensions":"00:02:20 min","date_begin":"1975-01-01","material":"16mm film transferred to DVD and digital file (black and white, silent)","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"M HKA, Antwerp - Donated by the artist, 2010","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0434_2","stream_count_app":52,"permalink":"yawning","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Hamlet Hovsepian","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Video","nl":"Video","fr":"Video"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/231/large/262Hamlet%20Hovsepian,%20Yawning,1975%20%20photo%20M%20HKAclinckx.jpg?1298290530","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost of Hovsepian’s films are recordings of simple, ordinary, seemingly meaningless human actions.\u003ci\u003e Yawning,\u003c/i\u003e for instance, shows Hovsepian sitting on a chair, yawning for minutes on end. His approach is raw, direct and often humorous. As such, some of the actions verge on the absurd or are presented in an exaggerated way. By focusing on the basic actions of daily life, the artist searches for an estranged identity beyond the sphere of social or political life.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe meeste films van Hovsepian zijn opnames van eenvoudige, dagelijkse, ogenschijnlijk nietszeggende menselijke handelingen. In \u003ci\u003eYawning\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003ezien we Hovsepian bijvoorbeeld minutenlang geeuwen, zittend op een stoel. Zijn aanpak is rauw, direct en vaak humoristisch. De handelingen grenzen soms aan het absurde of worden op een overdreven manier voorgesteld. Op deze manier zoekt de kunstenaar naar een nieuwe identiteit die niet aan banden is gelegd door de logica van het sociale en politieke bestel.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa plupart des films de Hovsepian sont des enregistrements d’actions humaines simples, ordinaires et en apparence dénuées de sens. Dans \u003ci\u003eYawning\u003c/i\u003e, par exemple, on voit Hovsepian assis sur une chaise, bâillant pendant plusieurs minutes d’affilée. Son approche est brute, directe et souvent humoristique. Ainsi, certaines de ces actions frôlent l’absurde ou sont présentées de manière exagérée. En se concentrant sur les gestes élémentaires de la vie quotidienne, l’artiste recherche une identité aliénée, au-delà de la sphère de la vie sociale ou politique.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":79,"name":"Hamlet Hovsepian","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}