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

The Two Johns, 1988

Sculpture, 54 x 61 x 6 cm.

© image: M HKA

Collection: Collection of Robin Klassnik, Matt's Gallery, London.

In the exhibition Pocahontas and the Little Carpenter, in London (1988), a small sculpture of a boy on a children's stool stood besides Pocahontas (a piece which later became La Malinche). The Two Johns refers to John Smith and John Rolfe, both Englishmen, key characters in the story of the Cherokee legend Pocahontas. The first John had been captured by Indians and was saved by Pocahontas. She was then herself captured by the English, converted to Christianity, and ended up getting married to a tobacco planter, John Rolfe.

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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.

> Exhibition: Pocahontas and the Little Carpenter in London. Matt's Gallery, London, 10 October 1988 - 19 October 1988.

> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993.

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