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.

Garçon, Garou, Gargouille, 1994

Sculpture, 150 x 400 cm.

©image: Philippe De Gobert

Collection: Collection FRAC Pays de la Loire, Carquefou.

The face of a boy in papier-mâché comes out of a PVC tube. The title of the artwork seems to justify its elements, creating a series of associations: the garçon (boy); the garou (werewolf, an intermediary being capable of transforming itself); and finally the gargouille (gargoyle), an architectural element designed to drain rainwater running down from the side of a building, usually seen in cathedrals in the form of scary creatures.

This piece was first made for the show Architexture, where Jimmie Durham developed a commentary on European architecture, tradition and beliefs, inaugurating his Eurasia project.

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Artist

> Jimmie Durham.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham – A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.

> Exhibition: Architexture. Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, 29 October 1994 - 24 December 1994.

> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1994 - 2012.

> Ensemble: Against Architecture, Against Belief.

> Ensemble: PVC tubing.