{"id":9714,"title":"Someone Else – A Library of 100 Books Written Anonymously or Under Pseudonyms","dimensions":"488 x 22 x 190 cm","date_begin":"2011-01-01","material":"stainless steel, 100 etched books","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":12,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":7,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection Kiran Nadar Museum of Art","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":36,"permalink":"someone-else","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/072/539/medium_500/Shilpa_Gupta_Mukha-SomeoneElse_PatV.jpg?1623071769","cached_actor_names":"SHILPA GUPTA","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/072/539/large/Shilpa_Gupta_Mukha-SomeoneElse_PatV.jpg?1623071769","poster_credits":"image: (c) Pat Verbruggen, Collection Kiran Nadar Museum of Art","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone Else\u003c/em\u003e is based around the idea of a library of 100 books that have been written either anonymously or under a pseudonym. The books have been selected from around the world and from across centuries, including books by Emily Bront\u0026euml; (who used the pseudonym Ellis Bell) and Herman Hesse (who used the pseudonym Emil Sinclair). The reasons for authors deciding to do this varies greatly, from \u0026ldquo;Fear of not having a Christian name positively masculine\u0026rdquo; to \u0026ldquo;fear of not being able to return home\u0026rdquo;, together offering an insight into the issue of censorship as well as social prejudices in different cultural contexts. 100 metal surrogate book sculptures are presented on shelves. Each is etched with the title of a book as well as the reason for its author\u0026rsquo;s anonymity, and each is empty to signify the absence of the author\u0026rsquo;s real identity. (NH)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone Else\u003c/em\u003e is gebaseerd op het idee van een bibliotheek van 100 boeken die ofwel anoniem of onder een pseudoniem werden geschreven. De bibliotheek omvat boeken van alle tijden en afkomstig uit de hele wereld, waaronder boeken van Emily Bront\u0026euml; (die het pseudoniem Ellis Bell gebruikte) en Herman Hesse (die het pseudoniem Emil Sinclair gebruikte). De redenen waarom auteurs beslissen een pseudoniem aan te nemen varieert sterk, van \u0026ldquo;angst omwille van het niet hebben van een duidelijk mannelijke christelijke naam\u0026rdquo; tot \u0026ldquo;angst om niet naar huis terug te kunnen keren\u0026rdquo;, en bieden een inzicht in de problematiek van censuur en sociale vooroordelen in verschillende culturele contexten. In elk van de \u0026#39;boeken\u0026#39; is de titel van het boek ge\u0026euml;tst alsook de reden voor de anonimiteit van de auteur. Elk boek symboliseert het ontbreken van de echte identiteit van de auteur en is dan ook leeg.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone Else \u003c/em\u003es\u0026rsquo;inspire de l\u0026rsquo;id\u0026eacute;e d\u0026rsquo;une biblioth\u0026egrave;que de 100\u0026nbsp;livres \u0026eacute;crits soit sous couvert d\u0026rsquo;anonymat, soit sous un pseudonyme. Gupta a s\u0026eacute;lectionn\u0026eacute; des livres du monde entier et de toutes les \u0026eacute;poques, y compris des livres d\u0026rsquo;Emily Bront\u0026euml; (qui utilisait le pseudonyme Ellis Bell) et de Herman Hesse (qui utilisait le pseudonyme Emil Sinclair). Les raisons pour lesquelles les auteurs ont d\u0026eacute;cid\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;agir de la sorte varient fortement\u0026nbsp;: de la \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;peur de ne pas avoir un pr\u0026eacute;nom positivement masculin\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; \u0026agrave; la \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;peur de ne plus pouvoir rentrer chez soi\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, offrant ainsi un aper\u0026ccedil;u de la question de la censure et des pr\u0026eacute;jug\u0026eacute;s sociaux dans diff\u0026eacute;rents contextes culturels. Pos\u0026eacute;es sur des \u0026eacute;tag\u0026egrave;res, 100\u0026nbsp;sculptures en m\u0026eacute;tal, repr\u0026eacute;sentant chacune un livre de substitution. Sur chacun d\u0026rsquo;eux sont grav\u0026eacute;s le titre d\u0026rsquo;un livre et la raison de l\u0026rsquo;anonymat de son auteur, et tous sont vides pour signifier l\u0026rsquo;absence de l\u0026rsquo;identit\u0026eacute; r\u0026eacute;elle de l\u0026rsquo;auteur. (NH)\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":2460,"name":"SHILPA GUPTA","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}