[{"id":86,"title":"Life is pain","dimensions":"00:05:51 min","date_begin":"2002-01-01","material":"dvd","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community","cached_tag_list":"video","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007489","stream_count_app":40,"permalink":"life-is-pain","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eФільми Браткова, як і його фотографії, завжди дуже щирі та майже болісно реалістичні. Для роботи з драматичною назвою \u0026laquo;Life is Pain\u0026raquo; (\u0026laquo;Життя - біль\u0026raquo;) митець зняв на відео українську секс-працівницю, яка також підробляє співачкою в нічному клубі. Розпачливі пісні героїні, її химерний макіяж, топ, що імітує голе тіло з татуюваннями, разом складаються в базову істину цієї роботи: життя \u0026ndash; таки й справді біль.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/222/large/Bratkov,%200037%20Sergey,%20Lif%20Is%20Pain,%202002%20videostill,%202.jpg?1304673952","poster_credits":"(c)image: video still","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike his photos, Bratkov\u0026#39;s films are always sharp and almost painfully realistic. In the dramatically titled video \u003cem\u003eLife is Pain,\u003c/em\u003e Bratkov filmed a Ukrainian prostitute who occasionally makes some extra cash as a chanteuse in a nightclub; her gut-wrenching repertory, bizarre make-up trompe-l\u0026rsquo;oeuil skin-colored shirt unite to exclaim the basic truth of her act \u0026ndash; that life is pain indeed.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eNet als zijn foto\u0026#39;s zijn ook Bratkovs films altijd vlijmscherp en bijna pijnlijk realistisch. In de video met de dramatische titel \u003cem\u003eLife is Pain\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;voert Bratkov een prostituee uit Oekra\u0026iuml;ne op die deels in haar bestaansonderhoud voorziet door te zingen; haar hartverscheurende smartlappen, bizarre make-up en quasi-huidkleurige truitje laten er geen twijfel over bestaan dat er nauwelijks geacteerd wordt \u0026ndash; life is pain.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":85,"title":"Kuzminki","dimensions":"00:04:30 min","date_begin":"2002-01-01","material":"dvd","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community","cached_tag_list":"video","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007488","stream_count_app":21,"permalink":"kuzminki","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/170/large/221Bratkov,%20Sergey,Kuzminki,%20%202002%20videostill.jpg?1297697229","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe title of \u003cem\u003eKuzminki \u003c/em\u003erefers to a far-flung district in Moscow known for its popular lakeside park. Bratkov asked a number of visitors and passers-by \u0026ldquo;what Kuzminki means to them\u0026rdquo; \u0026ndash; their idyllic, dreamy answers contrast dramatically with the grim reality of a polluted park which has become a frequent destination for illegal nocturnal waste disposal.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe titel van *Kuzminki* verwijst naar een Moskous district waarin zich een populair park met drie meren bevindt. Bratkov stelde enkele voorbijgangers de vraag \u0026ldquo;wat Kuzminki voor hen betekent\u0026rdquo;, en hun idyllisch gestemde antwoorden steken schril af tegen de grauwe realiteit van een park dat vandaag de dag vooral als illegale dumpplaats dienst doet, en waarvan de ondergrond intussen flink vervuild is.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":88,"title":"Portraits of the lawyer and his wife","dimensions":"2 x (70 x 52 cm)","date_begin":"2000-01-01","material":"","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community ","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007491","stream_count_app":26,"permalink":"portraits-of-the-lawyer-and-his-wife","description_ru":"","description_de":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eAuf Anfrage eines Rechtsanwalts und seiner Frau erstellte Bratkov ein Portr\u0026auml;t des Rechtsanwalts und seines Hundes in seinem B\u0026uuml;ro. Das Foto verweist auf die alte Portr\u0026auml;tkunst, in der wichtige Personen oft auf eine \u0026auml;hnliche Weise in einem stilvollen Interieur dargestellt wurden. Sp\u0026auml;ter f\u0026uuml;gte Bratkov zu diesem Foto ein weiteres Foto mit dem gleichen Interieur hinzu, aber diesmal mit einer betrunkenen Frau mit einem Gewehr. Teilweise \u0026bdquo;echt\u0026ldquo;, teilweise \u0026bdquo;inszeniert\u0026ldquo; erinnert Bratkov uns mit dieser Reihe an die Tatsache, dass in jedem Portr\u0026auml;tfoto Theater gespielt wird.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/214/large/179Bratkov,%20Portraits%20of%20the%20lawyer%20and%20his%20wife,%202000%20photo%20A4A%20vzw.jpg?1298284557","poster_credits":"© A4Avzw","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eOn the request of a lawyer and his wife, Bratkov took a portrait of the lawyer and his dog in his office. The photo is a reference to classic portraiture, in which important individuals were often portrayed in a similarly stylish interior. At a later stage, Bratkov added to this picture another photo of the same interior, but this time a drunk woman is posing in the office, holding a gun. Half \u0026#39;real\u0026#39;, half staged, Bratkov reminds us with this series of the fact that every portrait photo is a miniature piece of theatre.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eOp vraag van een advocaat en zijn vrouw maakte Bratkov een portret van hem en zijn hond in zijn bureau. De foto refereert aan de oude portretschilderkunst waar belangrijke personen vaak op een gelijkaardige manier werden voorgesteld in een \u0026lsquo;stijlvol\u0026rsquo; interieur. Later voegde Bratkov bij deze foto een andere foto van hetzelfde interieur, inclusief de hond, maar met een dronken vrouw met een geweer. Deels \u0026#39;echt\u0026#39;, deels ge\u0026euml;nsceneerd, herinnert Bratkov ons met deze reeks aan het feit dat in elke portretfoto toneel wordt gespeeld.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eA la demande d\u0026#39;un avocat et de sa femme, Bratkov a r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; un portrait de l\u0026#39;avocat et de son chien dans son bureau. La photo est une r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence aux portraits classiques, dans lesquels des individus importants \u0026eacute;taient souvent repr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute;s dans un int\u0026eacute;rieur au style similaire. Plus tard, Bratkov a ajout\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; cette image une autre photo du m\u0026ecirc;me int\u0026eacute;rieur mais cette fois, une femme sao\u0026ucirc;le pose dans le bureau en tenant un pistolet. Moiti\u0026eacute; \u0026#39;r\u0026eacute;elle\u0026#39;, moiti\u0026eacute; mise en sc\u0026egrave;ne, Bratkov nous rappelle avec cette s\u0026eacute;rie le fait que tout portrait photographique est une pi\u0026egrave;ce de th\u0026eacute;\u0026acirc;tre miniature.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":91,"title":"Glue sniffers","dimensions":"7 x (90 x 90 cm)","date_begin":"2001-01-01","material":"photo on aluminium","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":9,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community ","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007494","stream_count_app":54,"permalink":"glue-sniffers","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/204/medium_500/153Bratkov,%20Glue%20sniffers,%202001%201.jpg?1298283542","cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/204/large/153Bratkov,%20Glue%20sniffers,%202001%201.jpg?1298283542","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eThe series \u003cem\u003eGlue Sniffers\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003econsists of pictures of glue-sniffing youths. The pictures are taken in a closed correctional facility for underage delinquents, on a sun-flooded courtyard with grapevines. Bratkov took double-takes using a 6x6 camera, which resulted in blurry, unclear pictures, much like the vision of a drugged individual. The series can also be interpreted as a reflection on the Soviet rhetoric of the \u0026#39;Happy Soviet Childhood\u0026#39;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eDe reeks \u003cem\u003eGlue Sniffers\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;toont foto\u0026rsquo;s van lijmsnuivende kinderen. Ze zijn genomen in een gesloten instelling voor minderjarige misdadigers, op een zonnige binnenkoer met druivenranken. Sergey Bratkov gebruikte dubbelopnamen voor deze serie met een 6x6 camera, waardoor de beelden wazig en onduidelijk zijn, als het zicht van een gedrogeerd persoon. De reeks kan ook als reflectie worden gezien op de sovjetretoriek van de \u0026#39;Happy Soviet Childhood\u0026#39;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":97,"title":"Italian School","dimensions":"00:25:00","date_begin":"2001-01-01","material":"vhs, dvd","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2001-01-01","reference":"M00076_01","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"italian-school--2","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/142/large/Bratkov_Sergey_Italian%20School_2001_video%20still1.jpg?1304670528","poster_credits":"(c)image: video still","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe video *Italian School* is a companion piece to Bratkov\u0026#39;s photo series of the same name. The video contains the entire performance of the biblical stories, and shows that Bratkov did not abuse the children\u0026#39;s ignorance of the symbolism of their acts. In fact, as a child, Bratkov has spent time in the same center, and makes use of the opportunity to talk to the center\u0026#39;s newest inhabitants.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eHet videowerk *Italian School* fungeert als ondersteuning voor de fotoreeks die dezelfde naam draagt. De video bevat de gehele performance van de bijbelse verhalen, en maakt duidelijk dat Bratkov geen misbruik maakte van de onwetendheid van de kinderen over de symboliek van de performance. Bratkov heeft zelf als kind ook tijd doorgebracht in de instelling waar de kinderen wonen, en maakt van de gelegenheid gebruik om een praatje te maken met de nieuwste bewoners van de instelling.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":92,"title":"Polina","dimensions":"150 x 100 cm","date_begin":"2003-01-01","material":"","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community ","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007495","stream_count_app":22,"permalink":"polina","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/203/large/220Bratkov,%20Sergey,%20Polina,%20%202000%208.jpg?1298283223","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":""},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":99,"title":"Boxes","dimensions":"","date_begin":"2009-01-01","material":"wood, plastic, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003einstallation with wooden drawers, toys, drawings\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":"2009-01-01","reference":"M00077_02","stream_count_app":26,"permalink":"kids","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Сергій Братков /  Sergey Bratkov","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/014/479/large/Bratkov__Sergey__Kids__2000_photo_Bratkov.jpg?1361180660","poster_credits":"(c)image: Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eBratkov\u0026#39;s installation \u003cem\u003eBoxes\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;stages the setting for some of his child related series in the M HKA collection, such as \u003cem\u003eBedtime Stories\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;and \u003cem\u003eKids \u003c/em\u003e(Children). Colourful children\u0026#39;s drawers and cabinets are spread over the space, their doors playfully left ajar. A peek inside soon reveals an ominous reality: each of the drawers is hiding a little scene of an \u0026#39;abused\u0026#39; toy.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eBratkovs installatie \u003cem\u003eBoxes\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;vormt het decor voor een aantal van zijn fotoreeksen uit de M HKA collectie waarin kinderen centraal staan - bijvoorbeeld \u003cem\u003eBedtime Stories\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003een \u003cem\u003eKids\u003c/em\u003e (Children). Kleurrijke kinderkledingkasten staan verspreid door de ruimte, met de deuren speels halfopen staand. Een snelle blik naar binnen verraadt echter snel een onheilspellende werkelijkheid: elke kast verbergt een klein tafereel van een \u0026#39;misbruikt\u0026#39; stuk speelgoed.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":87,"title":"Fayur - Soyuz","dimensions":"5 x ( 90 x 60 cm)","date_begin":"2002-01-01","material":"","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":9,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community ","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007490","stream_count_app":26,"permalink":"fayur-soyuz","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/216/large/140Bratkov,%20Faur%20Souz,%202002%202.jpg?1298284950","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe title of the series *Fayur-Soyuz* refers to a company based in the tiny Caucasion region of Ossetia known for producing Russia\u0026rsquo;s cheapest brand of vodka, and the work was conceived in parallel with an actual advertising campaign for the company: in Bratkov\u0026rsquo;s parodic take on the genre, local vodka distributors pose inside a storage room alongside the campaign\u0026rsquo;s leading lady, the former clad in military outfits, the latter sporting a glamorous red dress. This series is a good example of Bratkov\u0026#39;s suspicion towards clich\u0026eacute;s and tropes, which are used to manipulate an audience; in this case, the propaganda-like language of advertising and mass media.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe titel van de fotoreeks *Fayur-Soyuz* verwijst dan weer naar een bedrijf uit de Kaukasische deelstaat Osseti\u0026euml; dat Ruslands goedkoopste wodkamerk produceert. Bratkov maakte deze reeks parallel aan foto\u0026rsquo;s voor een reclamecampagne van het bedrijf; voor zijn parodie van de originele reeks fotografeerde hij de spilfiguur van de campagne samen met een aantal wodkadistributeurs in een opslagplaats, en stelt het wrange contrast tussen de militaire kledij van de mannen en de sexy outfit van het vrouwelijke model centraal. Deze serie vormt een goed voorbeeld van Bratkovs wantrouwen jegens de manipulerende, op clich\u0026eacute;s berustende beeldvorming in reclame en de massamedia.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":93,"title":"Kids (Children)","dimensions":"8 x (40 x 30 cm)","date_begin":"2000-01-01","material":"","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":9,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007496","stream_count_app":38,"permalink":"kids-children","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/264/large/Bratkov,%200065%20Kids,%202000%207.jpg?1298907539","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis photo series depicts Russian child models, whose parents bring them to modeling conventions in order to find work. Their coquettish attire and Lolita-esque poses suggest a type of subordination and even a sensuality that lies in awkward contradiction with their young age. Bratkov alludes to a harsh, mature world where innocence is lost, all the more pressing knowing that his own daughter is featured in the series, too.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeze fotoreeks bestaat uit afbeeldingen van Russische kindmodellen; hun ouders brengen hen naar modelbeurzen om werk te vinden. Hun kokette kledij en Lolita-achtige poses doen de suggestie van een soort ondergeschiktheid en zelfs een sensualiteit die ongemakkelijk botst met hun jonge leeftijd. Bratkov zinspeelt hier op een harde, volwassen wereld waar alle onschuld verloren is, des te nijpender gezien de toevoeging van foto van zijn eigen dochter aan deze reeks.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":95,"title":"Bedtime Stories","dimensions":"12 x (50 x 60 cm)","date_begin":"1998-01-01","material":"","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":15,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community ","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007498","stream_count_app":55,"permalink":"bedtime-stories","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/167/medium_500/Bratkov,%20Segei,%20Bedtime%20stories,%201998%20photo%20clinckx4.jpg?1304674361","cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/193/large/138Bratkov,%20Bed%20Time%20Stories,%201998%20photo%20A4A%20vzw.jpg?1298282397","poster_credits":"(c)image: A4A vzw.","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBedtime Stories\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is a series of twelve staged colour photographs in which each scene depicts a child\u0026rsquo;s nightmare; the hand-written children\u0026rsquo;s rhymes underneath the photographs ironically capture the content of the image. Bratkov drew inspiration from darkly humorous folkloric poetry from Russia, which portrays children as adults and adults as children. At the same time, these pictures contain a clear reference to the everyday reality of mafia violence, which plagued Russia in the early 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBedtime Stories\u003c/em\u003e is een reeks van twaalf ge\u0026euml;nsceneerde kleurenfoto\u0026rsquo;s, waarin elk tafereel een kindernachtmerrie verbeeldt. De handgeschreven kinderrijmpjes onderaan de foto\u0026rsquo;s vormen een (ironiserende) illustratie bij het beeld dat we te zien krijgen. Sergey Bratkov haalde inspiratie uit Russische folkloristische gedichten, die zijn doorspekt met zwarte humor die volwassenen als kinderen en kinderen als volwassenen afschilderen. Tegelijkertijd refereren de foto\u0026#39;s uit deze reeks echter aan de dagelijkse realiteit van maffiageweld, waar Rusland door geteisterd werd in de vroege jaren negentig.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":89,"title":"Army girls / Армійські дівчата","dimensions":"10 x (90 x 60 cm)","date_begin":"2000-01-01","material":"","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":12,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007492","stream_count_app":117,"permalink":"army-girls","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/084/464/medium_500/Imagine_Ukraine_Bozar_04.jpg?1654780131","cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026laquo;\u003c/strong\u003eАрмійські дівчата\u0026raquo; \u0026ndash; зразок документальної фотосерії у творчості Браткова. Всі фотографії було зроблено у жіночій казармі \u0026laquo;ядерної\u0026raquo; кафедри (РХБЗ) Харьківський військовий Університет. Як часто буває у автора, попри реалістичне виконання, ці фото містять неявні відсилки до стилю радянської армійської фотографії\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003c/strong\u003eВід них дивно віє ностальгією та меланхолією, цілком логічними у світлі того факту, що Україна не має ядерної програми з часів розпаду Радянського Союзу.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/084/464/large/Imagine_Ukraine_Bozar_04.jpg?1654780131","poster_credits":" © Sergey Bratkov. Photo: Pat Verbruggen","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArmy Girls \u003c/em\u003eis an example of Bratkov\u0026#39;s more documentary photo series. All pictures were taken at the nuclear department of Ukrainian Military Academy, in the girl\u0026#39;s section. Typically for Bratkov, these photographs contain subtle references to military photography of the Soviet Union, in spite of their realism. They exude a strange air of nostalgia and melancholy, which makes all the more sense considering that Ukraine hasn\u0026#39;t had a nuclear program since the fall of the Soviet Union.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArmy Girls\u003c/em\u003e is een voorbeeld van een van Bratkovs meer documentaire fotoreeksen. Alle foto\u0026#39;s zijn genomen in de Oekra\u0026iuml;ense Militaire Academie, meer bepaald op de meisjesafdeling van het nucleaire departement. Ondanks hun realisme bevatten deze foto\u0026#39;s \u0026ndash; \u0026nbsp;typisch voor Bratkov \u0026ndash; subtiele verwijzingen naar de militaire fotografie van de Sovjet-Unie. Ze ademen een vreemde sfeer van nostalgie en melancholie \u0026ndash; logisch, als je bedenkt dat Oekra\u0026iuml;ne sinds de val van de Sovjet-Unie geen kernprogramma heeft gehad.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArmy Girls\u003c/em\u003e est un exemple d\u0026rsquo;une des s\u0026eacute;ries de photos documentaires de Bratkov. Toutes les photos ont \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; prises \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;Acad\u0026eacute;mie militaire ukrainienne, plus pr\u0026eacute;cis\u0026eacute;ment dans la section des filles du d\u0026eacute;partement nucl\u0026eacute;aire. Malgr\u0026eacute; leur r\u0026eacute;alisme, ces photos comportent de subtiles r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rences \u0026agrave; la photographie militaire sovi\u0026eacute;tique, assez caract\u0026eacute;ristique de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre de Bratkov. Il s\u0026rsquo;en d\u0026eacute;gage une \u0026eacute;trange atmosph\u0026egrave;re de nostalgie et de m\u0026eacute;lancolie, ce qui est logique, sachant que l\u0026rsquo;Ukraine n\u0026rsquo;a plus de programme nucl\u0026eacute;aire depuis la chute de l\u0026rsquo;Union sovi\u0026eacute;tique.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":90,"title":"Fighters without Rules / Бійці без правил","dimensions":"6 x (90 x 60 cm)","date_begin":"2000-01-01","material":"photo on aluminium","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":9,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community ","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007493","stream_count_app":89,"permalink":"fighters-without-rules","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/084/460/medium_500/Imagine_Ukraine_Bozar_06.jpg?1654779023","cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eСерія \u0026laquo;Бійці без правил\u0026raquo; складається з фотографій боксерів \u0026ndash; виснажених, але задоволених щойно здобутою перемогою. Від поєдинку не залишається нічого, крім травм і приглушеного світла, які разом створюють атмосферу, придатну лише для зйомки змученого героя. Ця серія \u0026ndash; приклад документальної роботи Браткова, в якій відсутня іронія його постановочних фото, та залишається важка й болісна щирість. Як і вказує назва, герої серії беруть участь у підпільних боксерських змаганнях, які є окремим світом без правил. Братков фотографує їх дещо з відстані, щоб уповні відтворити емоцію моменту. Меланхолійні, похмурі обличчя боксерів відображають похмурі соціальні реалії пострадянської Росії.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/084/460/large/Imagine_Ukraine_Bozar_06.jpg?1654779023","poster_credits":"Photo: Pat Verbruggen","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe series \u003cem\u003eFighters without Rule\u003c/em\u003es consists of portraits of exhausted yet triumphant boxers made immediately after their fights. Nothing remains of the event, only the injures, and the dim light, a setting that does not lend itself to anything other than a snapshot of the drained hero.\u0026nbsp; This series is an example of Bratkov\u0026#39;s documentary photography, which lacks the irony of his staged pictures, but remains heavy and painfully sharp. As the title suggests, these boxers operate within the Russian world of illegal boxing, which is a world without rules. Bratkov takes the portraits from a certain distance, in order to capture the true emotion of the moment. The melancholy, bleak expressions of the boxers reflect some of the bleak social circumstances of post-soviet Russia.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFighters without rules \u003c/em\u003etoont kleurenfoto\u0026rsquo;s van zes verschillende boksers. De reeks past binnen Bratkovs documentair werk dat in tegenstelling tot zijn ge\u0026euml;nsceneerde foto\u0026rsquo;s minder ironisch, maar daarom niet minder hard en scherp is. De boksers stralen iets melancholisch en troosteloos uit. Bratkovs helden zijn dan ook anti-helden, slachtoffers van een wreed spel. Zoals de titel al doet vermoeden, komen deze boksers uit het Russische illegale bokscircuit waarin geen regels bestaan. De kunstenaar toont ze vlak na een gevecht. Bratkov fotografeert de boksers vanaf een zekere afstand, om naar eigen zeggen de echte emoties van het moment te kunnen vastleggen. De melancholische, bijna troosteloze uitdrukkingen van de boksers reflecteren enigszins de sociale problematiek van de post-sovjettijd.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFighters without rules \u003c/em\u003emontre des photos en couleur de six boxeurs diff\u0026eacute;rents. La s\u0026eacute;rie s\u0026rsquo;inscrit dans la partie documentaire de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre de Bratkov, qui est certes moins ironique que ses photos mises en sc\u0026egrave;ne, mais pas moins dure et ac\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute;e pour autant. Il se d\u0026eacute;gage quelque chose de m\u0026eacute;lancolique et de morose de ces boxeurs. Les h\u0026eacute;ros de Bratkov sont des anti-h\u0026eacute;ros, victimes d\u0026rsquo;un jeu cruel. Comme le titre le sugg\u0026egrave;re, ils sont issus du circuit de boxe russe ill\u0026eacute;gal dans lequel il n\u0026rsquo;existe aucune r\u0026egrave;gle. L\u0026rsquo;artiste les photographie souvent juste apr\u0026egrave;s un combat, en se tenant \u0026agrave; une certaine distance, afin de pouvoir capturer les v\u0026eacute;ritables \u0026eacute;motions du moment selon ses propres dires. Les expressions de m\u0026eacute;lancolie et de morosit\u0026eacute; qu\u0026rsquo;on lit sur les visages des boxeurs refl\u0026egrave;tent quelque peu la probl\u0026eacute;matique sociale de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026egrave;re post-sovi\u0026eacute;tique.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":94,"title":"Pilots and stewardesses","dimensions":"7 x (40 x 30 cm)","date_begin":"2003-01-01","material":"photo on aluminium","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":11,"stream_count":0,"collection":"M HKA, Antwerp / Flemish Community","cached_tag_list":"photo","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007497","stream_count_app":83,"permalink":"pilots-and-stewardesses","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"\u003cp\u003eОсновним візуальним і сценографічним мотивом серії \u0026laquo;Пілоти і стюардеси\u0026raquo; є наративна традиція специфічно російського героїзму. Робота складається з семи зображень дітей, на яких хлопчики вдягнені як пілоти, а дівчата\u003cstrong\u003e \u0026ndash; \u003c/strong\u003eяк стюардеси, що надає їм дорослого та героїчного вигляду. Ця серія є коментарем до ролі масмедіа у формуванні сприйняття особистості крізь призму реклами, кітчу, конкурсів краси та голівудських фільмів. Діти схильні наслідувати моделі, які пропонує сконструйований \u0026laquo;ідеальний\u0026raquo; світ реклами. Братков демонструє іронію та абсурдність цього наслідування\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/196/large/171Bratkov,%20Pilots%20and%20stewardesses,%202000%201.jpg?1298282770","poster_credits":"©Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eThe narrative tradition of a specifically Russian heroism is the central pictorial or scenographic motif in the series \u003cem\u003ePilots and Stewardesses\u003c/em\u003e. The series consists of seven pictures of children, with the boys dressed up as pilots and the girls dressed up as stewardesses, giving them the appearance of adults, depicted as heroes. The series comments on the influence of the mass media on the perception of the individual through advertisement, kitsch, beauty pageants and Hollywood movies. Children tend to mimic the constructed, \u0026#39;perfect\u0026#39; world that is suggested by advertising. Bratkov shows the irony and absurdity of this act of mimicry.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eIn de fotoreeks \u003cem\u003ePilots and Stewardesses\u003c/em\u003e wordt de traditie van het Russische hero\u0026iuml;sme ge\u0026euml;nsceneerd. De reeks bestaat uit zeven foto\u0026rsquo;s van kinderen waarbij de jongens verkleed zijn als piloten en de meisjes als stewardessen, waardoor ze wel volwassenen lijken, afgebeeld als helden. De reeks becommentarieert de invloed van de massamedia op de belevingswereld van het individu dankzij reclame, kitsch, schoonheidswedstrijden en Hollywoodfilms. Kinderen bootsen vaak de geconstrueerde \u0026lsquo;perfecte\u0026#39; wereld van de reclame na. Bratkov toont het ironische en absurde hiervan.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eLa s\u0026eacute;rie photographique \u003cem\u003ePilots and Stewardesses\u003c/em\u003e [Des pilote et des h\u0026ocirc;tesses de l\u0026rsquo;air] met en sc\u0026egrave;ne la tradition d\u0026rsquo;h\u0026eacute;ro\u0026iuml;sme russe. La s\u0026eacute;rie se compose de sept photos d\u0026rsquo;enfants o\u0026ugrave; les gar\u0026ccedil;ons sont d\u0026eacute;guis\u0026eacute;s en pilotes et les filles en h\u0026ocirc;tesses de l\u0026rsquo;air, ce qui leur donne une apparence adulte. Ils sont repr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute;s comme des h\u0026eacute;ros. La s\u0026eacute;rie vise \u0026agrave; susciter une r\u0026eacute;flexion sur l\u0026rsquo;influence des m\u0026eacute;dias de masse sur l\u0026rsquo;univers mental de l\u0026rsquo;individu avec la publicit\u0026eacute;, le kitsch, les concours de beaut\u0026eacute; et les films d\u0026rsquo;Hollywood. Les enfants reproduisent souvent le monde \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;parfait\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; repr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute; dans les publicit\u0026eacute;s. Bratkov d\u0026eacute;montre toute l\u0026rsquo;ironie et l\u0026rsquo;absurde de cette tendance.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":98,"title":"Eurotel / Євроготель","dimensions":"","date_begin":"2009-01-01","material":"","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"installation","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eBratkov fait partie d\u0026rsquo;un groupe d\u0026rsquo;artistes ukrainiens ayant d\u0026eacute;velopp\u0026eacute; un style radicalement r\u0026eacute;aliste et qui soul\u0026egrave;vent des th\u0026egrave;mes sociaux sans aucune mascarade. Au d\u0026eacute;but, Bratkov r\u0026eacute;alisait des \u0026oelig;uvres graphiques, des collages et des peintures. Par la suite, il a produit des s\u0026eacute;ries photographiques dans lesquelles il brosse le portrait de gens sous les traits d\u0026rsquo;anti-h\u0026eacute;ros, initialement en r\u0026eacute;action aux clich\u0026eacute;s de la propagande communiste et plus tard \u0026agrave; ceux des m\u0026eacute;dias de masse et de la publicit\u0026eacute;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"M00077_01","stream_count_app":52,"permalink":"eurotel","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/084/078/medium_500/Imagine_Ukraine_EUROPARL-3.jpg?1653490471","cached_actor_names":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"\u003cp\u003eІнсталяція \u0026laquo;Євроготель\u0026raquo; (2009 р.) \u0026ndash; це житловий простір для футбольного вболівальника, зроблений із залишків двох радянських \u0026laquo;народних автомобілів\u0026raquo;. \u0026laquo;Запорожці\u0026raquo;, скопійовані з італійського Fiat 600, виготовлялися в Україні з 1958 року. В пострадянської аудиторії вони викликають ностальгічні асоціації, а на жителів західних країн справляють враження застарілої технологічної екзотики. Назва \u0026laquo;Запорожець\u0026raquo; одночасно відсилає до січових козаків та жителів міста Запоріжжя.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/183/large/Bratkov,%20Sergey,%20EuroHotel,%202010.jpg?1304677491","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe installation \u003cem\u003eEurotel\u003c/em\u003e (2009) creates a basic accommodation unit for a football fan out of two discarded \u0026#39;people\u0026#39;s cars\u0026#39; from the Soviet past. Made in Ukraine from 1958 onwards and model-led after Fiat 600, ZAZ Zaporozhets carries nostalgic associations for the post-Soviet audience and looks exotically low-tech to westerners. The name \u003cem\u003eZaporozhets \u003c/em\u003etranslates into a Cossack of the Zaporizhian Sich or а man from Zaporizhzhia.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe installatie \u003cem\u003eEurotel\u003c/em\u003e uit 2009 maakt van twee afgedankte \u0026#39;volksauto\u0026#39;s\u0026#39; uit het Sovjetverleden een basisverblijfsaccommodatie voor een voetbalfan. Het post-Sovjetpubliek kijkt met een nostalgische blik naar de ZAZ Zaporozhet, die vanaf 1958 werd geproduceerd in Oekra\u0026iuml;ne en gemodelleerd was op de Fiat 600. Voor westerlingen ziet de auto er eerder exotisch low-tech uit. Zaporozhets betekent \u0026#39;Kozak uit Zaporizhian Sich\u0026#39; of \u0026#39;man uit Zaporizhzhia\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003eL\u0026rsquo;installation \u003cem\u003eEurotel\u003c/em\u003e de 2009 transforme deux \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;voitures du peuple\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; mises au rancart et datant de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;poque sovi\u0026eacute;tique en logement rudimentaire pour un fan de football. Le public post-sovi\u0026eacute;tique porte un regard nostalgique sur la ZAZ Zaporozhet, produite en Ukraine \u0026agrave; partir de 1958, sur le mod\u0026egrave;le de la Fiat\u0026nbsp;600. Pour les Occidentaux, cette \u003cem\u003evoiture low-tech\u003c/em\u003e a quelque chose de quasi exotique. Son nom, Zaporozhet, signifie \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;cosaque de la Sitch zaporogue\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; ou \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;homme des terres franches de Zaporoguie\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":32158,"title":"Архітектурні вимірювання / Architectural Measurements","dimensions":"","date_begin":"2022-01-01","material":"","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"Imagine Ukraine","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":33,"permalink":"architectural-measurements","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/934/medium_500/Bratkov_2.png?1652972780","cached_actor_names":"Сергій Братков /  Sergey Bratkov","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"\u003cp\u003eБратков знімає свого брата, 75-річного архітектора, який живе у східноукраїнському місті Харкові, коли той заміряє кімнати та рахує вікна в напівзруйнованій дитячій лікарні, ніби розмірковуючи про її можливий ремонт. Завершується відео жорсткою ілюстрацією того, як його брат підраховує вже бомби.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eСергій Братков, заява:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026laquo;Я ненавиджу війну і тих, хто її розв\u0026rsquo;язав. Я написав це до іншого показу, де був фільм, що представлений тут, про мого брата, який живе у Харкові. Кінокартина з цією заявою була знята на самому початку війни і показана по австрійському телебаченню\u0026raquo;.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/934/large/Bratkov_2.png?1652972780","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eBratkov films his brother, a 75 year old architect living in the east Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, while he is measuring rooms and counting windows in a dilapidated children\u0026rsquo;s hospital, as if to reflect on its possible renovation. The video concludes with the harsh fact that at the moment the video was finalised his brother was counting bombs.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSergey Bratkov, statement:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;I hate the war and those who unleashed it.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nI wrote that in another film work about my brother living in Kharkiv, in the same series as the work presented here.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nThe film with that statement was made at the very beginning of the war and shown on Austrian television.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eBratkov filmt zijn broer, een 75-jarige architect die in de Oost-Oekra\u0026iuml;ense stad Charkov\u0026nbsp;woont, terwijl die kamers afstapt en ramen telt in een vervallen kinderziekenhuis, alsof hij nadenkt over de mogelijke renovatie ervan. De video eindigt met het harde feit dat op het moment dat de video werd gemonteerd, de broer van de kunstenaarbommen aan het tellen was.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerklaring Sergey Bratkov:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Ik haat de oorlog en degenen die hem hebben ontketend.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDat schreef ik in een ander filmwerk over mijn broer die in Charkov woont, in dezelfde serie als het hier gepresenteerde werk.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDe film met die uitspraak is helemaal aan het begin van de oorlog gemaakt en op de Oostenrijkse televisie vertoond.\u0026nbsp;\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003eBratkov filme son fr\u0026egrave;re, un architecte de 75\u0026nbsp;ans qui vit dans la ville de Kharkiv, dans l\u0026rsquo;est de l\u0026rsquo;Ukraine, alors que celui-ci arpente les chambres d\u0026rsquo;un h\u0026ocirc;pital pour enfants d\u0026eacute;labr\u0026eacute; et compte les fen\u0026ecirc;tres, comme s\u0026rsquo;il envisageait une possible r\u0026eacute;novation. La vid\u0026eacute;o s\u0026rsquo;ach\u0026egrave;ve sur la dure r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; qu\u0026rsquo;au moment o\u0026ugrave; elle a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; mont\u0026eacute;e, le fr\u0026egrave;re de l\u0026rsquo;artiste comptait les bombes.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSergey Bratkov, d\u0026eacute;claration\u0026nbsp;:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Je d\u0026eacute;teste la guerre et ceux qui l\u0026rsquo;ont d\u0026eacute;clench\u0026eacute;e. J\u0026rsquo;ai \u0026eacute;crit cela dans une autre \u0026oelig;uvre filmique sur mon fr\u0026egrave;re qui vit \u0026agrave; Kharkiv, qui fait partie de la m\u0026ecirc;me s\u0026eacute;rie que celle pr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute;e ici. Le film contenant cette d\u0026eacute;claration a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; au tout d\u0026eacute;but de la guerre et diffus\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; la t\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;vision autrichienne.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":33771,"title":"Lost","dimensions":"214 x 144 cm","date_begin":"2022-01-01","material":"Digital print, acrylic, synthetic fabric","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":76,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of the Artist ","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":9,"permalink":"lost","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/088/433/medium_500/IMG_2181.PNG?1668443530","cached_actor_names":"Сергій Братков /  Sergey Bratkov","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/088/433/large/IMG_2181.PNG?1668443530","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov. 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Їх оточують незнайомі їм символи, і їхнє нерозуміння того, що відбувається, надає їм вигляду жертв цієї гри. Яскраві контрасти світла й тіні та театральність зображень неявно відсилають до картин італійського барокового художника Караваджо (1571-1610 рр.). Караваджо активно використовував світлотінь і писав біблійні фігури для своїх полотен з бездомних містян \u0026ndash; майже те саме зробив Братков у \u0026laquo;Італійській школі\u0026raquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/148/large/Bratkov,%20Sergei,%20Italian%20School,%20IS_03.jpg?1304671188","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eItalian School\u003c/em\u003e consists of a number of staged photographs which depict performances of biblical scenes, enacted by children living in a youth detention centre. The children are surrounded by symbols unfamiliar to them, and through their ignorance, seem to be victims of the game. Both the strong contrasts between light and dark and the theatricality of the pictures subtly refer to the work of Italian baroque painter Caravaggio (1571-1610). Caravaggio made use of chiaroscuro and had homeless city dwellers model for the biblical figures on his paintings\u0026mdash; not unlike Bratkov did for \u003cem\u003eItalian School.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe ge\u0026euml;nsceneerde foto\u0026rsquo;s van de reeks \u003cem\u003eItalian School\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp; tonen performances van bijbelsc\u0026egrave;nes met kinderen uit een jeugdgevangenis die weinig of geen bijbelkennis bezitten. Ze zijn omringd door voor hen vreemde symbolen en lijken daardoor slachtoffer van het spel. De sterke contrastwerking van licht en schaduw en de theatrale effecten op de foto\u0026rsquo;s verwijzen naar de schilderijen van de Italiaanse barokschilder Caravaggio (1571-1610). Deze kunstenaar maakte gebruik van het clair-obscur en liet straatmensen uit Rome model staan voor de bijbelse figuren op zijn schilderijen - eigenlijk gelijk aan Bratkovs werkwijze in \u003cem\u003eItalian School.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes photographies mises en sc\u0026egrave;ne de la s\u0026eacute;rie montrent des reconstitutions de sc\u0026egrave;nes bibliques par des enfants d\u0026rsquo;une prison pour mineurs. Ces enfants n\u0026rsquo;ont que peu ou pas de connaissances bibliques. Ils sont entour\u0026eacute;s de symboles qui leur sont \u0026eacute;trangers et semblent ainsi \u0026ecirc;tre des victimes du jeu. Le contraste marquant entre l\u0026rsquo;ombre et la lumi\u0026egrave;re et les effets th\u0026eacute;\u0026acirc;traux sur les photos font r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence aux tableaux du peintre baroque italien Caravaggio (1571-1610) qui se servait du clair-obscur et prenait des gens des rues de Rome comme mod\u0026egrave;les pour les personnages bibliques de ses tableaux. Bratkov proc\u0026egrave;de en fait de mani\u0026egrave;re similaire pour ses photos de la s\u0026eacute;rie \u003cem\u003eItalian School.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]}]