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.

Ensemble: Plaatsen en niet-plaatsen [Places and non-places]

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Throughout is oeuvre, Jan Vercruysse is looking for a place where art and the artist can be meaningful. This quest translates to an attempt at defining places or spaces where art could potentially enter. Vercruysse's works literally form locations for art - and consequently for the artist as well. In Room (III) and Atopies (VIII), this place is defined negatively. These works do not allow for them to be entered in any way by the viewer. In this sense, they are 'non-places' rather than 'places', without content or meaning, and therefore open for reflection. In the later series of Places, Vercruysse works in the opposite way. The Places contain and support meanings, memories and things that have happened. These works confirm the possibility for the existence of a real place; in fact, they themselves form the foundation of a place, the work of art.

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Works

>Jan Vercruysse, Kamer (III) [Chamber (III)], 1985.Installation, wood, mirror, neon lamp, 390 x 170 x 250 cm.

>Jan Vercruysse, Atopies (VIII), 1986.Installation, mahogany veneer on wood, steel, 396 x 380 x 30 cm.

>Jan Vercruysse, Places (III.5), 2006.Sculpture, galvanized steel, 130 x 78 x 1.5 cm.

>Jan Vercruysse, Places (II.8), 2006.Sculpture, cor-ten steel, 300 x 285 x 2 cm.