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: Ship of Fools

the project by Sekula which took place initially in the space on the 4th floor of the FotoMuseum where M HKA has been organising exhibitions since 2007 (May 28th 2010 - September 5th 2010). The project then travelled to the Sao Paulo Biennial and to other venues in Brasil. 'Ship of Fools' continues the artist’s investigation into the sea as a forgotten space that binds together shifting sites of production with markets and consumers around the world. It features the voyage of the Global Mariner, a ship that circumnavigated the globe between 1998 and 2000, carrying an exhibition detailing the conditions of workers in the shipping industry. Sekula’s portraits of seafarers, dock workers, port cities and their industrial hinterland register the affects of globalisation on people’s lives. By presenting this ensemble of work, the artist counters the myth that underpins neoliberal ideology of painless flows of goods and capital that constitute international trade. 'Ship of Fools' was the initial context of the first reiteration of the Dockers' Museum.

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Works

>Allan Sekula, Sugar Gang (Santos), 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 6 x (77.5 x 77.5 x 2 cm).

>Allan Sekula, Good ship bad ship (Limassol), 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond, 2 x (101.6 x 154.9 cm).

>Allan Sekula, Churn , 1999-2010.Photography, cibachrome, 121.9 x 132.1 cm.

>Allan Sekula, Russian visitors (Novorossiysk) 1-2 , 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 2 x (101.6 x 149.9 cm).

>Allan Sekula, Engine room eyes 1-3 , 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 3 x (101.6 x 127 cm).

>Allan Sekula, Drunken Pilot (Koper) , 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond, 101.6 x 149.9 cm.

>Allan Sekula, Ship Lesson (Durban), 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond, 101.6 x 149.9 cm.

>Allan Sekula, Crew, Pilot, and Russian Girlfriend (Novorossiysk) 1-10, 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 10 x (102.8 x 151.3 cm).

>Allan Sekula, Near Collision 1-2 (Koper) , 2000-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 2 x (50.8 x 74.9 cm).

>Allan Sekula, Churn Clockwise 1 rpm, 2009-2010.Photography, 112.9 x 132.1 cm.

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>Allan Sekula, Waiting for Work (Santos), 2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond, 76,2 x 76,2 cm.

>Allan Sekula, Not Working (Santos), 2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond.

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>Allan Sekula, Working (Santos), 2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond, 76,2 x 76,2 cm.

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