{"id":12866,"title":"H-Facts: Horses and Heroes ","dimensions":"23.5 x 23.5 cm (each of İznik tiles),00:19:51 (H-Fact: History: Horses \u0026 Heroes),00:07:16 (Potemkin Staircases),00:03:55 (Cupolas Istanbul)","date_begin":"2005-01-01","material":"Mixed media, polyurethane copies of Quadriga, 28 İznik tiles, 3 videos, sound","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":79,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":14,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK009108","stream_count_app":50,"permalink":"h-facts-horses-and-heroes","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Hüseyin Bahri  Alptekin","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Mixed Media","nl":"Mixed Media","fr":"Mixed Media"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/029/971/large/H%C3%BCseyin_Bahri_Alptekin_exhibition_M_HKA20015_photoM_HKAclinckx1012_2.jpg?1446835238","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlptekin\u0026rsquo;s project \u003cem\u003eHorses and Heroes\u003c/em\u003e began with his fascination for the Triumphal Quadriga horse sculptures on the fa\u0026ccedil;ade of the San Marco Basilica in Venice. The horses were originally sculpted in Istanbul and positioned atop the Hippodrome in Sultan Ahmet Square, before they were stolen by the Crusaders from Europe in the 13th Century. He became interested in the history and use of horse sculptures as public monuments, as well as the role they played in symbolising the power and identitarian nationalism that came with the kings and heroes that rode them. Alptekin subsequently produced a set of three video works considering the influence of these quadriga horses on other monuments, and also depicted them on sets of Ottoman influenced tiles.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter initially seeking to return the Triumphal Quadriga horses permanently to Turkey, the artist discovered that life-size replicas existed. He borrowed these from the Basilica in Venice for his participation in the Istanbul Biennial of 2005.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlptekins project \u003cem\u003eHorses and Heroes\u003c/em\u003e begon met zijn fascinatie voor de \u003cem\u003ePaarden van San Marco\u003c/em\u003e op de gevel van de basiliek van San-Marco in Veneti\u0026euml;, paardensculpturen die oorspronkelijk een triomfvierspan vormden. De paarden werden aanvankelijk gebeeldhouwd in Constantinopel (vandaag Istanbul) en bovenop de Hippodroom geplaatst, op het huidige Sultanahmet Meydanı-plein, maar werden in de dertiende eeuw door Europese kruisvaarders gestolen. Alptekin raakte ge\u0026iuml;nteresseerd in de geschiedenis en het gebruik van de paardensculpturen als openbare monumenten en in de rol die ze speelden in het symboliseren van de macht en van het identitaire nationalisme dat samenging met de koningen en de helden die de paarden bereden. Later maakte Alptekin een geheel van drie videowerken over de invloed die deze vierspan-paarden hadden op andere monumenten en hij beeldde ze ook af op reeksen Ottomaans ge\u0026iuml;nspireerde tegels.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAanvankelijk probeerde hij de paarden definitief in Turkije te krijgen, maar dan\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; ontdekte hij dat er levensgrote replica\u0026#39;s van bestonden. Hij leende de kopie\u0026euml;n van de Basiliek in Veneti\u0026euml; en stelde ze tentoon op de Bi\u0026euml;nnale van Istanbul van 2005.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe projet d\u0026rsquo;Alptekin \u003cem\u003eHorses and Heroes \u003c/em\u003epart de sa fascination pour les Chevaux de Saint-Marc, au-dessus de la porte principale de la Basilique de Saint-Marc \u0026agrave; Venise. Avant d\u0026rsquo;\u0026ecirc;tre vol\u0026eacute; par les Crois\u0026eacute;s au d\u0026eacute;but du XIIIe\u0026nbsp;si\u0026egrave;cle, ces statues antiques de chevaux en cuivre coul\u0026eacute; faisaient partie d\u0026rsquo;un quadrige qui ornait autrefois l\u0026rsquo;hippodrome de Constantinople, dont il ne reste aujourd\u0026rsquo;hui plus que des vestiges sur la place Sultanahmet Meydanı. Voil\u0026agrave; qui a \u0026eacute;veill\u0026eacute; l\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;r\u0026ecirc;t d\u0026rsquo;Alptekin pour l\u0026rsquo;histoire et l\u0026rsquo;usage des statues \u0026eacute;questres en tant que monuments publics, ainsi que pour le r\u0026ocirc;le qu\u0026rsquo;elles ont jou\u0026eacute; dans la symbolisation du pouvoir et du nationalisme identitaire qu\u0026rsquo;incarnent les rois et les h\u0026eacute;ros qu\u0026rsquo;elles repr\u0026eacute;sentent. Par la suite, Alptekin a produit trois \u0026oelig;uvres en vid\u0026eacute;o, qui examinent l\u0026rsquo;influence qu\u0026rsquo;ont exerc\u0026eacute;e ces chevaux de quadrige sur d\u0026rsquo;autres monuments, et une s\u0026eacute;rie de carreaux d\u0026rsquo;influence ottomane.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eApr\u0026egrave;s avoir tent\u0026eacute; de faire revenir les chevaux de mani\u0026egrave;re d\u0026eacute;finitive en Turquie, Alptekin s\u0026rsquo;est rendu compte qu\u0026rsquo;il en existe des r\u0026eacute;pliques grandeur nature. Il les a emprunt\u0026eacute;es \u0026agrave; la basilique de Venise pour les exposer \u0026agrave; la Biennale de Venise de 2005.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2670,"name":"Hüseyin Bahri  Alptekin","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}