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.

>James Lee Byars

Two in a Hat, Mask and Dress, 1969

Installation, ca. 12 m.

©image: M HKA

Collection: Private Collection.

"I imagine: 'two people in a mask', that can be interesting as an object. In a class for example, that would be effective, if a teacher would put on such a mask. How do you talk from a distance? How does distance influence communicability? Anyway, I am now being interviewed in a 33 meters mask, which makes the interview very different.

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I divided the show in the 'Institute' [Wide White Space Gallery] into different parts. First there was the hat, in which the heads were fixed, and at the bottom the two students in the mask, who were meant purely as an ornament."

Source: James Lee Byars in an interview by Geert Bekaert and Walter Van Dijk in Streven, Vol. 22.

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Artiste

> James Lee Byars.

Expositions & Ensembles

> Exposition: James Lee Byars: The Perfect Kiss. M HKA, Antwerpen, 05 October 2018 - 20 January 2019.

> Ensemble: Chapter 2: Plural Garments, 1967–1969, New York-Antwerp-Düsseldorf / Hoofdstuk 2: Plural Garments / Chapitre 2: Vêtements pluriels.

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