{"id":3006,"title":"IN SITU: Haseeb Ahmed – The Wind Egg","date_begin":"2018-09-15T00:00:00.000+02:00","date_end":"2019-01-06T00:00:00.000+01:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerpen","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/277/large/TheWindEgg.jpg?1531137049","poster_credits":"Courtesy the artist"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"IN SITU: Haseeb Ahmed – The Wind Egg","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaseeb Ahmed\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026rsquo;s art practice integrates methodologies from the hard sciences in search of a techno-poetics.\u0026nbsp;His exhibition at M HKA unfolds his ongoing \u003ci\u003eWind Egg\u003c/i\u003e experiment. The concept of \u0026lsquo;wind eggs\u0026rsquo; postulates that animals and people can be fertilised by the wind \u0026ndash; a belief held for millennia by ancient Egyptian, Arab, Indian, European and Chinese cultures. Ahmed has worked to realise this idea with state-of-the-art\u0026nbsp;wind tunnel technology\u0026nbsp;at the\u0026nbsp;von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics\u0026nbsp;in Belgium. In the process of personifying the wind he blends art and aeronautics, myth and technology, reflecting the human capacity to project empathetic sensibilities onto inhuman things. A project that moves from antiquity to astrobiology, the exhibition will function as a test-site for imagining the possibilities for humans to reproduce without men and with the wind.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAhmed received his Masters from the MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was previously also a resident at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. His work has been exhibited internationally including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Gothenburg International Biennial of Contemporary Art, and the Museum Barengasse Zurich.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHaseeb Ahmed is based in Brussels.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHaseeb Ahmed\u0026rsquo;s exhibition is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation at the Zurich University of the Arts, Saint Lucas Antwerp College of Art and Design, and the University of Antwerp.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"IN SITU: Haseeb Ahmed – The Wind Egg","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe kunstpraktijk van \u003cstrong\u003eHaseeb Ahmed\u003c/strong\u003e integreert methodologie\u0026euml;n van de harde wetenschappen in zijn zoektocht naar een techno-po\u0026euml;tica. De tentoonstelling in het M HKA presenteert zijn lopende \u003ci\u003eWind Egg\u003c/i\u003e-experiment. Het concept van \u003ci\u003eWind Eggs \u003c/i\u003e(windeieren) veronderstelt dat dieren en mensen door de wind kunnen worden bevrucht - een geloof dat eeuwenlang in oude Egyptische, Arabische, Indiase, Europese en Chinese culturen heeft bestaan. Ahmed heeft getracht dit idee te realiseren met de modernste windtunneltechnologie in het von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgi\u0026euml;. In het proces van het personifi\u0026euml;ren van de wind mengt hij kunst en luchtvaart, mythe en technologie, en weerspiegelt\u0026nbsp;daarbij het vermogen van de mens om empathische gevoeligheden op niet-menselijke dingen te projecteren. Het project leidt van de oudheid tot de astrobiologie, en de tentoonstelling zal fungeren als een test-site voor het verbeelden van de mogelijkheden die de mens heeft om zich te reproduceren zonder mannen maar met de wind.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAhmed behaalde een Masters aan het MIT-programma in Kunst, Cultuur en Technologie en een Bachelor of Fine Arts aan de School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hij was eerder ook resident aan de Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. Zijn werk werd reeds internationaal tentoongesteld, onder andere in het Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, de internationale bi\u0026euml;nnale van hedendaagse kunst in G\u0026ouml;teborg en het museum Barengasse Z\u0026uuml;rich.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHaseeb Ahmed leeft en werkt in Brussel.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDe tentoonstelling van Haseeb Ahmed wordt gesteund door de Swiss National Science Foundation van de Zurich University of the Arts, de Sint Lucas School of Arts Antwerpen en de Universiteit van Antwerpen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"IN SITU: Haseeb Ahmed – The Wind Egg","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEn qu\u0026ecirc;te d\u0026rsquo;une po\u0026eacute;tique technologique, la pratique de \u003cstrong\u003eHaseeb Ahmed\u003c/strong\u003e int\u0026egrave;gre des m\u0026eacute;thodologies des sciences fondamentales. Son exposition au M\u0026nbsp;HKA d\u0026eacute;ploie son projet exp\u0026eacute;rimental en cours, \u003cem\u003eWind Egg\u003c/em\u003e. Le concept d\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uf hard\u0026eacute; (sans coquille) qu\u0026rsquo;on appelle \u003cem\u003ewind egg\u003c/em\u003e en anglais, \u003cem\u003ewindei\u003c/em\u003e en n\u0026eacute;erlandais \u0026ndash; \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026oelig;uf de vent\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; \u0026ndash; pose le postulat que des animaux ou des \u0026ecirc;tres humains pourraient \u0026ecirc;tre fertilis\u0026eacute;s par le vent \u0026ndash; une croyance qui a perdur\u0026eacute; pendant des mill\u0026eacute;naires dans les anciennes cultures de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026Eacute;gypte, de l\u0026rsquo;Arabie, de l\u0026rsquo;Inde, de l\u0026rsquo;Europe et de la Chine. Pour r\u0026eacute;aliser cette id\u0026eacute;e, Haseeb Ahmed a fait appel \u0026agrave; la technologie de soufflerie la plus avanc\u0026eacute;e \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;Institut Von Karman de dynamique des fluides, en Belgique. Dans le processus de personnification du vent, il m\u0026eacute;lange l\u0026rsquo;art et l\u0026rsquo;a\u0026eacute;ronautique, le mythe et la technologie, refl\u0026eacute;tant la facult\u0026eacute; humaine de projeter des sensibilit\u0026eacute;s empathiques sur des objets non humains. Pour ce projet, qui va de l\u0026rsquo;Antiquit\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;astrobiologie, l\u0026rsquo;exposition fera office de site exp\u0026eacute;rimental pour imaginer des possibilit\u0026eacute;s de reproduction humaine en l\u0026rsquo;absence d\u0026rsquo;hommes, mais avec du vent.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHaseeb Ahmed est d\u0026eacute;tenteur d\u0026rsquo;un master du programme Art, Culture et Technologie du MIT et d\u0026rsquo;un bachelor de la School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Il a effectu\u0026eacute; une r\u0026eacute;sidence d\u0026rsquo;artiste \u0026agrave; la Jan van Eyck Academie \u0026agrave; Maastricht. Ses \u0026oelig;uvres sont expos\u0026eacute;es dans le monde entier, entre autres, au Mus\u0026eacute;e d\u0026rsquo;Art contemporain de Chicago, \u0026agrave; la Biennale d\u0026rsquo;Art contemporain de G\u0026ouml;teborg et au Mus\u0026eacute;e Barengasse \u0026agrave; Zurich.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHaseeb Ahmed vit et travaille \u0026agrave; Bruxelles.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSon exposition est soutenue par le Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique (FNS), par le d\u0026eacute;partement des Arts de l\u0026rsquo;universit\u0026eacute; de Zurich, par l\u0026rsquo;\u0026Eacute;cole sup\u0026eacute;rieure d\u0026rsquo;Art et de Design Sint Lucas \u0026agrave; Anvers et par l\u0026rsquo;Universit\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;Anvers.\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":3347,"name":"Haseeb Ahmed","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/676/large/2018_IN_SITU_opbouwphoto_M_HKAcc_01_2_bw.jpg?1536924658","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA, 2018"}}],"items":[{"id":20275,"title":"The Wind Egg","date_begin":"2016-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/931/large/WindEgg_Video_clinckx_32.jpg?1538467985","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"},{"id":20277,"title":"The Wind Egg Scroll","date_begin":"2018-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/932/large/WindEggScroll_clinckx_50.jpg?1538468245","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA, Collection Gilbert van Marcke","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"},{"id":20278,"title":"The Wind Egg Frieze","date_begin":"2018-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/933/large/WindEggFrieze_clinckx_39.jpg?1538468414","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"},{"id":20280,"title":"The Wind Egg Incubation Wind Tunnel","date_begin":"2018-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/934/large/WindEggIncubation_clinckx_1.jpg?1538468736","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"},{"id":20284,"title":"Tower of the Wind and Vulture","date_begin":"2018-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/941/large/ToweroftheWind_clinckx_7.jpg?1538469570","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"},{"id":20285,"title":"Reed from the River Rupel","date_begin":"2018-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/943/large/Reed_clinckx_26.jpg?1538469904","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"},{"id":20288,"title":"The Wind Egg Water Tunnel","date_begin":"2018-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/945/large/WindEggWaterTunnel_clinckx_23.jpg?1538470178","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"},{"id":20289,"title":"Wind Tunnel World Orrery","date_begin":"2018-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/947/large/WorldOrrery_clinckx_35.jpg?1538470414","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"},{"id":20294,"title":"The Wind Egg: Posters","date_begin":"2018-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/953/large/Poster_clinckx_27.jpg?1538471207","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA","actors":"Haseeb Ahmed"}]}