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

Bedia's Stirring Wheel, 1985

Sculpture, 115 x 46 cm.

image: © Maria Thereza Alves

Collection: Private Collection, New York (Inv. no. JD20).

Bedia's Muffler and Bedia's Stirring Wheel are part of a series of artworks for which Jimmie Durham created fake Indian artefacts using car parts. Bedia is supposed to be a kind of future explorer.

Durham's accompanying text reads: Jose Bedia, the famous Cuban explorer/archaeologist, discovered this stirring wheel, sometimes referred to as the ‘Fifth’ or ‘Big’ wheel, during his second excavation of the ruins at White Planes in 3290 AD. He believes that the stirring wheel was a symbol of office for the Great White Father, often called ‘The Man behind the Wheel.’ Bedia claims that the chief would stand behind the wheel to make pronouncements and stirring speeches.

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Artist

> Jimmie Durham.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993.

> Ensemble: Objects.

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