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.

Rich and Poor, 2016

Book, 13 x 20 cm, 184 p., language : English, publisher : BookThug, ISBN : 9781771662383.

Collection: collection MHKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2028/350).

Literary synopsis

Rich and Poor is the novel of a man who washes dishes for a living and decides to kill a billionaire as a political act. It is literature as political theory and theory as pure literary pleasure – a spiralling, fast-paced parable of joyous, overly self-aware, mischievous class warfare. As his plan proceeds, and becomes more feasible, we cut back and forth between his and the billionaire’s perspectives, gradually revealing how easily the poisons of ambition, wealth and revolutionary violence can become entangled. A fable of not knowing how to change the world and perhaps learning how to do so in the process.

Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice

There is no direct connection between Rich and Poor and Jacob Wren's other art practices. However, in every other way it is utterly and totally connected.

Novel's website

Authorship: Artist Author.

Creative Strategy: No Link to Artworks.

Genre: Plain Fiction.

Publishing: Publishing House.

Theme: Politics.

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> Jacob Wren.

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> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.