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.

>Jimmie Durham

Cortez, 1991

Sculpture, 225 x 145 x 52 cm.

©image: Dirk Pauwels

Collection: Collection SMAK, Ghent.

The Spanish conquerer Cortez (Hernán Cortés), portrayed here by Durham as a metallic soldier made of objects and machine parts, pipes and a mask, was the lover of La Malinche and one of the first settlers in the American continent. According to the artist, “Tzvetan Todorov tried to explain that Cortez became a modern man by the curious intention of discovering (and therefore conquering) America, unlike Columbus who intended only to prove that his previous knowledge was correct (and therefore force the New World to be old)” [full text here]

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Artist

> Jimmie Durham.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham – A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.

> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993.

> Ensemble: Animal Skulls and Other Figures.

Related Items

>Jimmie Durham, La Malinche, 1988-1991.Sculpture, wood, cotton, snakeskin, watercolour, polyester, metal, 168 x 56 x 84 cm.

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