{"id":11007,"title":"Singing Cloud","dimensions":"152.4 x 457.2 x 61 cm, audio: 00:09:30","date_begin":"2008-01-01","material":"object built with thousands of microphones with 48 multi-channel audio","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":72,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark.  Acquired with the funding from The Augustinus Foundation","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2009-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":22,"permalink":"singing-cloud--2","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"SHILPA GUPTA","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Object","nl":"Object","fr":"Objet"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/023/717/large/Shilpa_Gupta_Singing_Could_2008_2009photo_M_HKAcc9.jpg?1401957130","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinging Cloud\u003c/em\u003e is an installation that takes the form of a large amorphous shape constructed using 4000 microphones. The work considers the psychological impact of today\u0026rsquo;s highly mediated information landscape, where fear and suspicion are cultivated. Developed through a collaboration with Mahzarin Banaji, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, the work considers the power of media images as expressed by the behaviour of individuals. In particular, Banaji\u0026rsquo;s research considers the multi-layered alterations that take place in human perception following exposure to images when there is a drop in consciousness of one\u0026rsquo;s self, down to the level of our collective conscience. Gupta has subsequently interpreted and extended this research into a soundtrack made from hypnotic fragments of speech. The microphones have had their function reversed, so rather than being used to record sound, they emit this soundtrack, designed to \u0026lsquo;sing\u0026rsquo; and ripple over its surface. (NH)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinging Cloud \u003c/em\u003eis een installatie in de vorm van een grote amorfe vorm waarin 4000 microfoons werden verwerkt. Het werk beschouwt de psychologische impact van het hedendaagse zeer gemedieerde informatielandschap, waar angst en achterdocht worden gecultiveerd. Het werk, ontwikkeld in samenwerking met Mahzarin Banaji, professor in de psychologie aan de Harvard University, stelt vragen bij de kracht van mediabeelden zoals die tot uitdrukking worden gebracht in het gedrag van individuen. In het bijzonder beschouwt Banaji\u0026#39;s onderzoek de meerlagige veranderingen die plaatsvinden in de menselijke waarneming na blootstelling aan beelden die een daling in het zelfbewustzijn teweeg brengen, gaande tot op het niveau van het collectieve bewustzijn. Gupta heeft vervolgens dit onderzoek vertaald in een soundtrack die is opgebouwd uit hypnotische spraakfragmenten. De functie van de microfoons werd omgekeerd, dus in plaats van te worden gebruikt om geluid op te nemen, geven ze deze soundtrack \u0026ndash; die is bedoeld om over het oppervlak te \u0026lsquo;klinken\u0026rsquo; en te rimpelen \u0026ndash; weer. (NH)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone Else\u003c/em\u003e est une \u0026oelig;uvre de Gupta pr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute;e en deux parties au M\u0026nbsp;HKA et \u0026agrave; la Biblioth\u0026egrave;que Permeke d\u0026rsquo;Anvers. Elle se base sur l\u0026rsquo;id\u0026eacute;e d\u0026rsquo;une biblioth\u0026egrave;que de 100 livres qui ont \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; \u0026eacute;crits anonymement ou sous un pseudonyme. Ils ont \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; s\u0026eacute;lectionn\u0026eacute;s dans les litt\u0026eacute;ratures du monde entier et de tous les si\u0026egrave;cles, dont certains de Emily Bront\u0026euml; (sous le pseudonyme de Ellis Bell) et de Herman Hesse (sous le pseudonyme de Emil Sinclair). L\u0026rsquo;anonymat et les pseudonymes ont \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; choisis pour diverses raisons, de \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;la peur due \u0026agrave; un pr\u0026eacute;nom qui n\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tait pas clairement masculin\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; \u0026agrave; \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;la peur de ne pas pouvoir rentrer dans son pays\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, illustrant la th\u0026eacute;matique de la censure ainsi que les pr\u0026eacute;jug\u0026eacute;s sociaux dans divers contextes culturels. Au M\u0026nbsp;HKA, 100 reproductions m\u0026eacute;talliques de livres sont pr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute;es sur des \u0026eacute;tag\u0026egrave;res. Chacun est grav\u0026eacute; du titre du livre et de la raison pour l\u0026rsquo;anonymat de l\u0026rsquo;auteur, et chacun est vide pour signifier l\u0026rsquo;absence de la v\u0026eacute;ritable identit\u0026eacute; de l\u0026rsquo;auteur. \u0026Agrave; la Biblioth\u0026egrave;que Permeke, une s\u0026eacute;lection des livres a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; ins\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute;e dans les rayons, dont de nouvelles additions \u0026agrave; cette liste, \u0026eacute;crites en n\u0026eacute;erlandais \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;origine et disponibles au pr\u0026ecirc;t. (NH)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2460,"name":"SHILPA GUPTA","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}