{"id":2322,"title":"IN SITU: Otobong Nkanga – Bruises and Lustre","date_begin":"2015-10-14T19:00:00.000+02:00","date_end":"2016-01-17T18:00:00.000+01:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerpen","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/029/853/large/The_Flow_will_not_stop_final_DesktopHome.jpg?1443432725","poster_credits":"Courtesy of THE EKARD COLLECTION"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"IN SITU: Otobong Nkanga – Bruises and Lustre","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u0026nbsp;IN SITU programme is a series of mid-sized monographic exhibitions of some of the most important fledgling and mid-career\u0026nbsp;artists from around the world.\u0026nbsp;The programme focuses exclusively on the commissioning of new artworks and on experimental presentations in the largest and most atypical exhibition space of the museum.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout her multifaceted artistic practice, Antwerp artist Otobong Nkanga (born in 1974, Kano, Nigeria) presents active proposals for thinking about some of the most pressing problems of our time. One of the major and persistent issues revolves around the world\u0026#39;s natural resources. Nkanga makes art about the relationships between, and the exploitation of, the landscape, people and work. She wants to expose the relationship between rarity and desire, which is a key point in the complex networks of supply and demand which govern globalisation.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eOtobong Nkanga is fascinated by what she describes as \u0026#39;gloss\u0026#39;. To her, this does not just mean thinking about the shiny surfaces of natural resources, such as rare minerals, but also the desire to be seduced by exotic consumption objects. \u003cem\u003eGlimmer\u003c/em\u003e is the lesser-known Dutch name for the valuable mineral mica, which is the subject of her installation In Pursuit of Bling (2014).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eNkanga\u0026#39;s works - drawings, performances, sculptures and other media - are built around a more holistic understanding of place and time in which non-linear fragments of stories, experiences and photos are linked. In addition to \u003cem\u003eIn Pursuit of Bling\u003c/em\u003e, the artist created a new series of large-scale tapestries and carpet for the exhibition. Along with drawings and installations, these elements brought forward the ideas for a series of performances and participatory actions which Nkanga organized during the exhibition.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"IN SITU: Otobong Nkanga – Kneuzingen en Glans","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHet\u0026nbsp;IN SITU-programma is een reeks van middelgrote monografische tentoonstellingen van een aantal van de meest belangrijke jonge en\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003emid-career\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;kunstenaars uit de hele wereld.\u0026nbsp;Het programma richt zich exclusief op de productie van nieuwe kunstwerken, en op experimentele presentaties in de grootste en meest atypische tentoonstellingsruimte van het museum.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDoorheen haar veelzijdige artistieke praktijk presenteert de Antwerpse kunstenares\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eOtobong Nkanga \u003c/strong\u003e(\u0026deg;1974, Kano, Nigeria) actieve voorstellen voor het denken over een aantal van de meest urgente problemen van onze huidige tijd. Een van die belangrijke en aanhoudende kwesties draait rond de natuurlijke grondstoffen van de wereld. Nkanga maakt kunstwerken over de relaties tussen, en de uitbuiting van, het landschap, de mens en arbeid. Ze wil de relatie blootleggen tussen zeldzaamheid en verlangen, die een essentieel punt vormt in de complexe netwerken van vraag en aanbod die de globalisering bepalen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eOtobong Nkanga is gefascineerd door wat zij als \u0026lsquo;glans\u0026rsquo; omschrijft. Voor haar betekent dit niet alleen het denken over de glanzende oppervlakken van natuurlijke grondstoffen, zoals zeldzame mineralen, maar ook het verlangen om te worden verleid door exotische consumptie-objecten.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eGlimmer\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is de minder bekende Nederlandstalige benaming voor het waardevolle mineraal mica, dat het onderwerp vormt van haar installatie\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eIn Pursuit of Bling\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e(2014).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eNkanga\u0026rsquo;s kunstwerken \u0026ndash; tekeningen, performances, sculpturen en andere media \u0026ndash; zijn opgebouwd rond een meer holistisch begrip van plaats en tijd, waarbij niet-lineaire fragmenten van verhalen, ervaringen en foto\u0026#39;s met elkaar worden verbonden. Naast\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eIn Pursuit of Bling\u003c/em\u003e, cre\u0026euml;erde kunstenares een nieuwe reeks van grootschalige wandtapijten en een vloertapijt voor de tentoonstelling. Samen met tekeningen en installaties brachten deze elementen de onderwerpen naar voren\u0026nbsp;voor een reeks performances en participatieve acties die Nkanga gedurende de tentoonstelling organiseerde.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"IN SITU: Otobong Nkanga – Contusion et Éclat","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLe programme IN SITU est une s\u0026eacute;rie d\u0026rsquo;expositions monographiques de taille moyenne de quelques-uns des artistes, jeunes et d\u0026rsquo;\u0026acirc;ge moyen, les plus importants du monde entier. Le programme se concentre exclusivement sur la production de nouvelles \u0026oelig;uvres d\u0026rsquo;art et sur des pr\u0026eacute;sentations exp\u0026eacute;rimentales dans la salle d\u0026rsquo;exposition la plus grande et la plus atypique du mus\u0026eacute;e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eA travers sa pratique artistique vari\u0026eacute;e, l\u0026rsquo;artiste anversoise \u003cstrong\u003eOtobong Nkanga\u003c/strong\u003e (\u0026deg;1974, Kano, Nigeria) pr\u0026eacute;sente des propositions actives pour contempler les probl\u0026egrave;mes les plus urgents de notre \u0026eacute;poque. Une de ses questions importantes et perp\u0026eacute;tuelles porte sur les ressources naturelles du monde. Nkanga produit des \u0026oelig;uvres d\u0026rsquo;art portant sur les relations entre, et l\u0026rsquo;exploitation de, le paysage, l\u0026rsquo;\u0026ecirc;tre humain et le travail. Elle veut exposer la relation entre la raret\u0026eacute; et le d\u0026eacute;sir, qui constitue un point essentiel dans les r\u0026eacute;seaux complexes de l\u0026rsquo;offre et de la demande qui d\u0026eacute;terminent la globalisation.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eOtobong Nkanga est fascin\u0026eacute;e par ce qu\u0026rsquo;elle d\u0026eacute;crit comme \u0026lsquo;\u0026eacute;clat\u0026rsquo;. Pour elle, ce terme n\u0026rsquo;invite pas seulement \u0026agrave; r\u0026eacute;fl\u0026eacute;chir \u0026agrave; la qualit\u0026eacute; de brillance de la surface de ressources naturelles comme les min\u0026eacute;raux rares, mais aussi au d\u0026eacute;sir de se laisser s\u0026eacute;duire par des objets de consommation exotiques. \u003cem\u003eGlimmer\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;est le terme n\u0026eacute;erlandophone, moins connu, pour le mica, un min\u0026eacute;ral pr\u0026eacute;cieux, qui constitue le sujet de son installation\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eIn Pursuit of Bling\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(2014).\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLes \u0026oelig;uvres d\u0026rsquo;art de Nkanga \u0026ndash; des dessins, des performances, des sculptures et d\u0026rsquo;autres m\u0026eacute;dias \u0026ndash; sont construites autour d\u0026rsquo;une compr\u0026eacute;hension plus holistique de l\u0026rsquo;espace et du temps, o\u0026ugrave; des fragments non lin\u0026eacute;aires d\u0026rsquo;histoires, d\u0026rsquo;exp\u0026eacute;riences et de photos sont li\u0026eacute;s. En plus de \u003cem\u003eIn Pursuit of Bling, \u003c/em\u003el\u0026rsquo;artiste a cr\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute; une nouvelle s\u0026eacute;rie de tapisseries \u0026agrave; grande \u0026eacute;chelle et un tapis pour l\u0026rsquo;exposition. Ces \u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;ments, et des dessins et des installations, ont avanc\u0026eacute; les sujets pour une s\u0026eacute;rie de performances et d\u0026rsquo;actions participatives que Nkanga a organis\u0026eacute;es durant l\u0026rsquo;exposition.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2752,"name":"Otobong Nkanga","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/029/997/large/2015_OtobongNkangaZW.jpg?1448459883","poster_credits":null}}],"items":[{"id":13119,"title":"Social Consequences IV: The Takeover","date_begin":"2013-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/029/850/large/Social_Consequences_IV_-_The_Takeover.jpg?1440503541","poster_credits":"Courtesy of Maurice van Valen, Eindhoven","actors":"Otobong Nkanga"},{"id":13121,"title":"Social Consequences IV: The Mapping - 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