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.

Robert Gober

Drain, 1989

Sculpture, 13 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm.

©image: Dirk Pauwels, Courtesy S.M.A.K., Gent

Collection: Collectie S.M.A.K., Gent (Inv. no. 633).

Gober has made many sculptures of domestic objects, such as sinks, drains, urinals, cots, playpens and doors. They closely resemble the manufactured originals but are in fact hand-made by the artist. In the mid-1980s he made whole sink units, and later isolated the drain elements, embedding them into unexpected locations, such as tables and walls. His drains have a mundane, domestic presence yet are potentially suggestive, evoking the intimate bodily process of personal hygiene.

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Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: The Eightees – A Decade of Extremes. M HKA, Antwerpen, 17 June 2016 - 18 September 2016.

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