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.

João do Rio

1881 - 1921

Born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), died in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

João do Rio was an observer but also a symbol of the belle époque carioca and the biggest dandy of Brazilian literature.

Rio de Janeiro from João do Rio’s chronicles was a city going through an accelerated transformation. The bota-abaixo (meaning: bringing it all down) was inspired in the architecture of Paris; hundreds of buildings and old houses in the centre of Rio were brought down in order to free space for the construction of a huge avenue, the Avenida Central.

Images of empty streets and houses under the night sky compose the illustrations created by Waltercio Caldas for a recently published bilingual edition of João do Rio's “The enchanting soul of the streets”.

Media

>João do Rio

>João do Rio, "A Rua" [text]

Works

>João do Rio, De Straat (nieuwjaarsboekje 2011), 2011.Book, ink, paper, 13 x 9.6 cm, 71p., language : Dutch, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, ISBN : 9789072828378.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.