[{"id":5299,"title":"Falling into Place","dimensions":"21.4 x 15.6 cm, 142 p, language: English, publisher: London/Bristol: Book Works/Situations, University of the West of England, ISBN: 978 1 906012 09 0","date_begin":"2009-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2024/832","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"falling-into-place","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/679/large/Artistnovel_055.jpg?1342083634","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFalling into Place\u003c/em\u003e tells of a world after an unspecified but high-impact event that has displaced people and caused those who survived to reassess how to live their lives from then on. Referencing a dystopian poignant wake-up call, bound in an engrossing novella that offers an extraordinary insight into a rich and intriguing artistic practice.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent works, Heather and Ivan Morison have explored the currency of shelter and the escape vehicle \u0026ndash; things that can either transport you physically or mentally away from the here and now, and help avoid, or offer refuge, from future disaster. The film Dark Star (2006), and the timber structures Pleasure Island and Fantasy Island (2007), took their starting points from the American house-truck movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and the hand-built-shelters associated with the \u0026lsquo;back-to-the-land\u0026rsquo; movements of the same period. These interests are continued in a series of newly commissioned sculptures and shelters. Continuing their explorations and investigations into cultures of self-sufficiency. \u003cem\u003eFalling into Place\u003c/em\u003e brings many elements of the artist\u0026rsquo;s research together with sketches and drawings, through a narrative which is part-science fiction, part-history, part-auto-biography and part-fairytale.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.morison.info/fallingintoplace.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFalling into Place\u003c/em\u003e vertelt over een wereld na een niet nader omschreven maar impactvolle gebeurtenis die de mensen in chaos heeft gestort en ervoor heeft gezorgd dat de overlevers moeten herbekijken hoe ze voortaan gaan verderleven. Met een dystopische, scherpe wake-up call biedt deze omvangrijke novelle een uitzonderlijk inzicht in een rijke en intrigerende artistieke praktijk.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather en Ivan Morison deden met hun recente werken onderzoek naar de waarde van schuilplaats en vluchtvoertuig \u0026ndash; dingen waarmee je je fysiek of mentaal kunt verplaatsen van het hier en nu en die helpen om een toekomstige ramp te vermijden of er bescherming tegen bieden. De film Dark Star (2006) en de houten structuren Pleasure Island en Fantasy Island (2007) namen als vertrekpunt de Amerikaanse huis-op-vrachtwagen-beweging van de jaren 1960 en 1970, en de handgemaakte toevluchtsoorden van de \u0026lsquo;back-to-the-land\u0026rsquo;-beweging van diezelfde periode. Die interesses komen verder tot uiting in een reeks van nieuwe sculpturen en schuilplaatsen in opdracht. \u003cem\u003eFalling into Place\u003c/em\u003e zet hun verkenningstocht en onderzoek in autarkische culturen voort. Het boek brengt veel elementen van de research van de onderzoekers samen met sketches en tekeningen, met een verhaal dat deels sciencefiction is, deels geschiedenis, deels autobiografie en deels sprookje.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.morison.info/fallingintoplace.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":6097,"title":"Divine Vessel","dimensions":" 20.9 x 14.6 cm, 375 p, language: English, publisher: Birmingham: Article Press, ISBN: 1873352093","date_begin":"2004-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/472","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"divine-vessel","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/385/large/divinevessela.jpeg?1354199569","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather \u0026amp; Ivan Morison create a full length pulp-parody novel entitled \u003cem\u003eDivine Vessel\u003c/em\u003e, a version of their own journey from Shanghai to Auckland aboard a cargo ship. Deliberately ludicrous, alternating between purple prose, factual data and knowingly silly humor, it\u0026rsquo;s a disjointed science-fiction yarn in which the Morisons are disguised as the characters Seth and Ruby, and encounter naked Filipino seamen, Captain Nemo and an extraterrestrial rabbit en route from China to New Zealand.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;\u0026#39;A copy of Isaac Asimov\u0026#39;s \u003cem\u003eFoundation and Empire\u003c/em\u003e constitutes the dominant material of Heather \u0026amp; Ivan Morison\u0026#39;s work of the same name (2003). Wild flowers collected from Mongolia just out from the pages that have been used to press and preserve them within the pages of the battered and somewhat dated-looking book. Also in 2003 Heather \u0026amp; Ivan Morison wrote \u003cem\u003eDivine Vessel\u003c/em\u003e, a 72,000-word science fiction novel, on a journey aboard a cargo ship. This novel is the outcome of the performative self-imposed isolation of a one month sea voyage from China to New Zealand. Asimov\u0026#39;s book was one that they had read in preparation for the task while photographing wild flowers in Mongolia. This whole period was encompassed by their pan-global voyage Global Survey. Like Russian matryoshka dolls, one work reveals another.\u0026#39;\u0026#39;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Dan Smith, Art Monthly, March 2007\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.morison.info/divinevessel.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather en Ivan Morison cre\u0026euml;erden een volledige pulpparodie-roman getiteld \u003cem\u003eDivine Vessel\u003c/em\u003e, een versie van hun eigen reis van Shanghai naar Auckland aan boord van een vrachtschip. Ze maakten het met opzet belachelijk, wisselend tussen overbeladen proza, feitelijke data en bewust belachelijke humor. Het is een onsamenhangend garen van sciencefiction waarin de Morisons zich vermomden als de personages Seth en Ruby en onderweg van China naar Nieuw-Zeeland een naakte Filipino-zeeman ontmoeten, Kapitein Nemo en een buitenaards konijn.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaa\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;\u0026#39;Isaac Asimovs \u003cem\u003eFoundation en imperium \u003c/em\u003elevert het grootste materiaal voor Heather \u0026amp; Ivan Morisons werk onder dezelfde titel (2003). Wilde bloemen verzameld uit Mongoli\u0026euml; springen uit de bladzijden die zijn gebruikt om ze bijeen te drukken en te bewaren binnen de bladzijden van het verfomfaaide en enigszins verouderd uitziende boek. In datzelfde jaar schreven Heather \u0026amp; Ivan Morison op een reis aan boord van een vrachtschip \u003cem\u003eDivine Vessel\u003c/em\u003e, een sciencefictionroman van zo\u0026rsquo;n 72.000 woorden. De roman is het resultaat van de performatieve zelfopgelegde afzondering van een maand op zee tussen China en Nieuw-Zeeland. Ter voorbereiding hadden ze Asimovs boek gelezen toen ze wilde bloemen fotografeerden in Mongoli\u0026euml;. Die hele periode werd beslagen door hun pan-globale reis Global Survey. Als Russische matroesjkapoppen onthult het ene werk het andere.\u0026#39;\u0026#39;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Dan Smith, Art Monthly, maart 2007\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.morison.info/divinevessel.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]}]