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.

Arc de Triomphe for Personal Use (Turquoise), 1997

Sculpture, 250 x 150 x 100 cm.

Collection: Collection Institut d'art contemporain, Collection Rhône-Alpes (Inv. no. 2003.003).

"The main piece in the show in Calais was an Arc de Triomphe For Personal Use. It’s made of wood, so it’s lightweight and you can fold it up and take it away with you and set it up again, each time you need it. Whenever you felt like you had a triumph you could set it up and walk through it. The wood was painted bright red, yellow and blue—the art colors.

I still like the piece, no one else has really liked it. I liked it so much that I even copied it for the Istanbul Biennial, last year, but I did it out of iron so it wouldn’t look so cute, and it was painted turquoise, because the show was in Turkey. It was a way of making iron look very light, like a drawing in air. It also folds up nicely and has wheels like a wheelbarrow." [full text here]

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Artist

> Jimmie Durham.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1994 - 2012.

> Ensemble: Arc de Triomphe.