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.

Ensemble: Joseph Beuys' Eurasia

©SABAM België, 2017 - photo: M HKA, 2017

The term Eurasia refers to the land mass, or supercontinent, that includes the regions of Europe and Asia. Within the work of Joseph Beuys, Eurasia, undoubtedly inspired by the work of philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), has a central place as a complex anthropological and philosophical concept. Beuys used to problematise the artificial separation between “East” and “West”. The artist wanted to unite the divided Europe and at the same time link what he perceived as Asian intuition and spirituality with European realism and rationality. Eurasia for Beuys is an open space without physical or ideological boundaries. The Eurasian artist is no longer focused on himself but on humanity and culture. Eurasia was also a way for Beuys to look away from America as a force of modernity and hegemony. Beuys only travelled to Asia once, visiting Japan in 1984.

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Works

>Joseph Beuys, Grab des Dschingis, 1957.Object, oil paint, tempera, gold bronze, wax on cardboard box, nails, brown-stained wooden board, 36 x 34.5 x 1.2 cm.

>Joseph Beuys, Intuition, 1968.Object, wooden box, pencil (signed), 30 x 20 x 6 cm.

>Joseph Beuys, Eurasienstab, 1968-1969.Sculpture, wood, copper, 410 x 180 x 130 cm.

>Joseph Beuys, Transsibirische Bahn, 1970.Video, music video, 00:22:00.

>Joseph Beuys, Eurasienstab über den Alpen, 1971.Miscellaneum, ink on paper.

>Joseph Beuys, Print from the action Eurasienstab, 1973.Print, serigraphy; paint, paper, 79.4 x 53 cm / 90 x 63 cm (framed).

>Joseph Beuys, Samurai Schwert [Samurai Sword], 1983.Multiple, multiple of felt and steel, 9 x 54 cm.

>Joseph Beuys, Joseph Beuys - Groeten van de Euraziaat, 2017.Book, ink, paper, 28.6 x 20 cm, 47 p., language : Dutch, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Koenig Books London, ISBN : 978-3-96098-265-4.

>Joseph Beuys, Joseph Beuys - Greetings from the Eurasian, 2017.Book, ink, paper, 28.6 x 20 cm, 141 p., language : English, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Koenig Books London, ISBN : 978-3-96098-264-7.

>Joseph Beuys, The Orwell Leg – Trousers for the 21st Century.Multiple, multiple of denim jeans with holes cut in the knees.

>Joseph Beuys, Eurasienstab, 82 min fluxorum organum.Film, 00:21:49.

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