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.

Exhibition: Museum in Motion - Otobong Nkanga

M HKA, Antwerp

16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023

Otobong Nkanga

Throughout a multifaceted artistic practice incorporating drawings, performances, sculptures, tapestries and voice, among other forms, Otobong Nkanga has presented active proposals for thinking about some of the most pressing problems of our time. Central to her work are the relationships and exploitations that exist between the natural landscape, people and labour under the conditions of globalisation and capitalism. Nkanga’s practice offers an urgent reflection on the stark contrast between the plundering of natural resources and the destruction of the landscape, and the ‘gloss’ and luxury of the things we desire and consume. Her works possess material qualities that evoke minerals and plants, along with a distinct poetics. Together, they demand a reconnection of the body and mind with the natural world.

An internationally prolific artist, Nkanga has lived and worked in Antwerp for many years. Her first solo institutional exhibition in Belgium, entitled Bruises and Lustre, was held at M HKA in 2015. In 2017, she was the recipient of the Belgian Art Prize, and in 2018 a recipient of the Flemish Cultural Award for Visual Arts. Her work was a key presence at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, for which she received a Special Mention Award.

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