{"id":6112,"title":"Gebeurtenissen die zich verharden tot het object waarop we zitten en abstracte zelfstandige naamwoorden die de stevigheid van een tafel verwerven","dimensions":"variable dimensions","date_begin":"1986-01-01","material":"MDF, metal, wood, lacquer","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK5271","stream_count_app":29,"permalink":"gebeurtenissen-die-zich-verharden-tot-het-object-waarop-we-zitten-en-abstracte-zelfstandige-naamwoorden-die-de-stevigheid-van-een-tafel-verwerven","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Monica Droste, Guy Rombouts","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":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/012/934/large/Rombouts__0016_-Droste__001.jpg?1350308455","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026quot;Events that harden into the object we are sitting on and abstract nouns that acquire the solidity of a table\u0026quot;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the \u003cem\u003eInitiatief \u0026rsquo;86\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;exhibition in Ghent (1986), Guy Rombouts and Monica Droste from Warsaw created the monumental, room-filling work \u003cem\u003eEvents that harden into the object we are sitting on and abstract nouns that acquire the solidity of a table\u003c/em\u003e. The title is a quote from [Stefan Themerson](http://www.themersonarchive.com/index.htm), the British composer, poet, writer, film-maker and philosopher of Polish origin. The quote is also literally a part of the installation. The typeface used for this was one that Rombouts had developed and which he was to perfect and make use of together with Droste in the years that followed. In their \u0026lsquo;Azart\u0026rsquo;, each letter is designed by means of a specifically designated linear figure, from the A, which is \u0026lsquo;angular\u0026rsquo;, to the Z, which becomes \u0026lsquo;zigzag\u0026rsquo;. Written in this way, words are again able to form an organically delineated entity, whereby the first and last letter are always linked together. The quote itself was written down this way on chairs; the tables are English nouns, starting with \u0026lsquo;absurdity\u0026rsquo;; the blackboard says \u0026lsquo;\u0026eacute;v\u0026eacute;nements\u0026rsquo; in French.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eVoor de tentoonstelling \u003cem\u003eInitiatief \u0026lsquo;86\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(Gent, 1986) cre\u0026euml;erden Guy Rombouts en de uit Warschau afkomstige Monica Droste het monumentale, kamervullende werk\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Gebeurtenissen die zich verharden tot het object waarop we zitten en abstracte zelfstandige naamwoorden die de stevigheid van een tafel verwerven\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDe titel is een citaat van de Britse componist, dichter, schrijver, filmmaker en filosoof van Poolse afkomst \u003ca href=\"http://www.themersonarchive.com/index.htm\"\u003eStefan Themerson\u003c/a\u003e. Het citaat werd in de installatie ook letterlijk gerealiseerd. Daarvoor werden de lettervormen gebruikt die Rombouts had ontwikkeld en hij samen met Droste de volgende jaren zou vervolmaken en bespelen. In hun \u0026lsquo;Azart\u0026rsquo; wordt elke letter vormgegeven via een specifiek benoemde lijnfiguur; van de A die \u0026lsquo;angular\u0026rsquo; is, tot de Z die een \u0026lsquo;zigzag\u0026rsquo; wordt. Zo geschreven kunnen woorden weer een organisch afgesloten geheel vormen, waarbij begin- en eindletter van het woord telkens met elkaar verbonden zijn. Het citaat zelf werd op die manier neergeschreven in de stoelen; de tafels zijn Engelse zelfstandige naamwoorden, te beginnen met \u0026lsquo;absurdity\u0026rsquo;; het schoolbord zegt \u0026lsquo;\u0026eacute;v\u0026eacute;nements\u0026rsquo; in het Frans.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003ePour l\u0026#39;exposition \u003cem\u003eInitiatief \u0026lsquo;86\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(Gand, 1986), Guy Rombouts et Monica Droste, originaire de Varsovie, ont cr\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute; l\u0026#39;\u0026oelig;uvre monumentale, occupant tout une pi\u0026egrave;ce\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Des \u0026eacute;v\u0026eacute;nements qui se rapportent \u0026agrave; l\u0026#39;objet sur lequel nous sommes assis et des mots ind\u0026eacute;pendants abstraits qui acqui\u0026egrave;rent la robustesse d\u0026#39;une table\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLe titre est une citation du compositeur, po\u0026egrave;te, \u0026eacute;crivain, r\u0026eacute;alisateur de film et philosophe britannique d\u0026#39;origine polonaise \u003ca href=\"http://www.themersonarchive.com/index.htm\"\u003eStefan Themerson\u003c/a\u003e. Cette citation a \u0026eacute;galement \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;e litt\u0026eacute;ralement dans l\u0026#39;installation. Pour ce faire, les lettres que Rombouts avait con\u0026ccedil;ues ont \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; utilis\u0026eacute;es. Au cours des ann\u0026eacute;es suivantes, il allait les perfectionner et les manipuler avec Droste. Dans leur \u0026lsquo;Azart\u0026rsquo;, chaque lettre prend forme par le biais d\u0026#39;une ligne sp\u0026eacute;cifique, du A qui est \u0026lsquo;angulaire\u0026rsquo; au Z qui forme un \u0026lsquo;zigzag\u0026rsquo;. \u0026Eacute;crits ainsi, les mots peuvent \u0026agrave; nouveau former un tout ferm\u0026eacute; de mani\u0026egrave;re organique, o\u0026ugrave; la lettre du d\u0026eacute;but et de la fin du mot sont li\u0026eacute;s \u0026agrave; chaque fois. La citation elle-m\u0026ecirc;me est inscrite de cette mani\u0026egrave;re dans les chaises. Les tables sont des mots ind\u0026eacute;pendants anglais, \u0026agrave; commencer par \u0026lsquo;absurdity\u0026rsquo;. Le tableau noir dit \u0026#39;\u0026eacute;v\u0026eacute;nements\u0026#39; en fran\u0026ccedil;ais.\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":172,"name":"Guy Rombouts","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}},{"id":1575,"name":"Monica Droste","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}