{"id":13191,"title":"Ducks on a pond (Towards a theatrical engagement) - Lawrence Weiner","dimensions":"21 x 14.7 cm, language : English, publisher : Imschoot, Uitgevers, Gent, ISBN : 90-72191-02-1","date_begin":"1988-01-01","material":"Ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"Artist publication ; Artist book","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 1998/342","stream_count_app":14,"permalink":"ducks-on-a-pond-towards-a-theatrical-engagement-lawrence-weiner","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/030/429/large/photoM_HKAclinckx_75.jpg?1453713441","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;This book demonstrates Weiner\u0026#39;s theory of allegory. The ship motif sets the tone for a voyage that is a metaphor for the act of reading.\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nThe full title of the book is\u003cem\u003e \u0026#39;The travel of Margaret-Mary (in search of a suitable mise-en-scene) Ducks on a pond\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDucks on a Pond contains several layers, first of all, three works are presented in the book :\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e562 : The boulders on top rent \u0026amp; split\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e563 : \u003cem\u003eWater over the side\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e564 : \u003cem\u003eHigh out of water\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\u003c/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFurther there is a discourse on theater/film and the function of the actor, a country-and-western song, the repeated picture of a ship, photographs of film productions seen from the perspective of someone standing behind the scenes, and a collage of drawings of sums with cropped maps of certain island regions.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback. Roze omslag met daarop blauw omrande kaders. In de kaders zwarte letters op oranje achtergrond. Op voor- en achterzijde foto van houten wrak van een boot dat bespoten wordt door brandweerlui. In het boek tekeningen, tekst, foto\u0026#39;s.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":135,"name":"Lawrence Weiner","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}