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: Spiritual Form

SPIRITUAL FORM             

The idea of Spiritual Form emerged from discussing the work of Philippe Van Snick, Stephen Antonakos and James Lee Byars.

It may seem like a paradox, to have the informal experience of spirituality translated into form. But then, is not in some way any representation – even any word – a paradox, trying to catch something that is always inexhaustible and performative? Art may offer forms that transform the essence of ritualistic capacity into images that allow connection with the intensity embedded in experience. Disengaged from religion, crosses, halos, auras, colors and light may become pure capacity, retaining their ability to stir our inner dimensions.  

Van Snick evokes the sensitive logic of the universe through simple means, blue and black for day and night, ten colours for a cosmic order. Byars writes a letter in the shape of a golden man and offers us the perfect philosophy; a golden needle. It is complemented by a wooden toothpick saying TH FI TO IN PH. (The First Totally Interrogative Philosophy). Antonakos hides the technological elements of neon allowing only the light to emanate from a geometrical shape, introducing spiritual elements in minimalist forms.

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Works

>James Lee Byars, The Perfect Philosophy, 1975.Object, gold.

>James Lee Byars, TH FI TO IN PH, 1975.Object, wooden toothpick, 5.6 x 0.2 cm.

>James Lee Byars, The Intellectual Murderer Shoes, 1975.Installation, fabric, shoes, 23 x 33 x 13 cm.

>James Lee Byars, Letter to Flor Bex (The Giant), 1976.Letter, inkt op gouden papier, 158 x 177 cm.

>Stephen Antonakos, White Cube with Blue and Red Neon, 1982.Installation, 93.98 x 91.40 x 91.40 cm.

>Philippe Van Snick, 10 dagen - 10 nachten, 1985.Poster, vinyl, canvas, cardboard, 20 x (24 x 18 cm).