{"id":14081,"title":"Gordon Matta-Clark — Museum in Motion","date_begin":"2022-08-23T00:00:00.000+02:00","date_end":"2023-04-30T00:00:00.000+02:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerp","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/088/791/large/mattaclark_splitting.jpg?1673454216","poster_credits":"(c)Gordon Matta Clark, video still 'Splitting', 1974"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"Gordon Matta-Clark — Museum in Motion","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGordon Matta-Clark\u003c/strong\u003e (1943\u0026ndash;1978) described his activities as \u0026#39;anarchitecture\u0026#39; \u0026ndash; a synthesis of the concepts of anarchy and architecture. Anarchitecture fuses a critique of the institutionalisation of culture, a direct engagement with one\u0026rsquo;s environment, and a preference for physical action. His rather irreverent site-specific interventions combined the formal language of minimalism with the large scale of land art.\u0026nbsp; By making incisions into buildings, the interior and structure of a building were exposed, becoming readable in a new way. His art broke with traditional spatial perspective \u0026ndash; there no longer being a centre, no top and bottom, and no inside and outside. The radicality of Matta-Clark\u0026rsquo;s interventions can be seen as a comment not only on architecture, but also on property speculation, exclusivity, and the commercialisation of the art world. A conceptual idealist, he was at the same time concerned with conviviality, creating working and meeting spaces in the urban environment.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eThe history of M HKA begins with the ICC, the International Cultural Centre in Antwerp. In 1977, Matta-Clark was invited by the ICC to realise the the magisterial project \u003cem\u003eOffice Baroque\u003c/em\u003e at the site of a former office block on Ernest Van Dijckkaai. After Matta-Clarke\u0026rsquo;s death the following year, and the establishment of the Gordon Matta-Clark Foundation, a major new museum project was developed around \u003cem\u003eOffice Baroque\u003c/em\u003e that, although failed, the fallout nevertheless laid the foundation for the M HKA collection.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"Gordon Matta-Clark — Museum in Motion","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGordon Matta-Clark \u003c/strong\u003e(1943-1978) omschreef zijn acties als \u0026lsquo;anarchitectuur\u0026rsquo;, een woordspeling op anarchie en architectuur. Met \u0026lsquo;anarchitectuur\u0026rsquo; bekritiseert hij het institutionaliseren van cultuur, maar toont ook zijn engagement in de eigen omgeving met een voorkeur voor het realiseren van fysieke acties. Zijn site-specifieke interventies combineren de vormentaal van het minimalisme met de grootschaligheid van land art. Door gebouwen letterlijk in te snijden, wordt niet enkel het interieur, maar ook de structuur ervan zichtbaar gemaakt, om zo op een nieuwe manier gelezen te worden. Matta-Clark\u0026rsquo;s kunst brak met het traditionele ruimtelijke perspectief en is niet langer een centrum, met boven- en onderkant, binnen- en buitenkant. Acties die ogenschijnlijk commentaar geven op architectuur, de speculatie met onroerend goed, exclusiviteit en de commercialisering van de kunstwereld. Als conceptueel idealist was hij tegelijkertijd begaan met toegankelijkheid en het cre\u0026euml;ren van werk- en ontmoetingsruimten in de stedelijke omgeving.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eDe geschiedenis van het M HKA begint bij het ICC, het Internationaal Cultureel Centrum in Antwerpen. In 1977 werd Matta-Clark door het ICC uitgenodigd om het project \u003cem\u003eOffice Baroque\u003c/em\u003e te realiseren op de site van een voormalig kantoorgebouw aan de Ernest Van Dijckkaai. Na het overlijden van Matta-Clark het jaar nadien, en de oprichting van de Gordon Matta-Clark Foundation, werd rond \u003cem\u003eOffice Baroque\u003c/em\u003e een groot nieuw museaal project ontwikkeld dat weliswaar mislukte, maar waarvan de uitvloeisels de basis legden voor de M HKA-collectie.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"Gordon Matta-Clark — Museum in Motion","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGordon Matta-Clark\u003c/strong\u003e (1943-1978) qualifiait ses activit\u0026eacute;s d\u0026rsquo;\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;anarchitecture\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; \u0026ndash; une synth\u0026egrave;se des concepts d\u0026rsquo;anarchie et d\u0026rsquo;architecture. L\u0026rsquo;anarchitecture fusionne critique de l\u0026rsquo;institutionnalisation de la culture, engagement direct avec son environnement et pr\u0026eacute;dilection pour l\u0026rsquo;action physique. Les interventions in situ et plut\u0026ocirc;t irr\u0026eacute;v\u0026eacute;rencieuses de Matta-Clark combinent le langage formel du minimalisme avec la monumentalit\u0026eacute; du land art. Les d\u0026eacute;coupes faites dans les b\u0026acirc;timents exposent l\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;rieur et la structure de ces immeubles et leur conf\u0026egrave;rent une nouvelle lisibilit\u0026eacute;. Son art rompt avec la perspective spatiale traditionnelle \u0026ndash; il n\u0026rsquo;y a plus de centre, plus de haut ni de bas, plus d\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;rieur ni d\u0026rsquo;ext\u0026eacute;rieur. La radicalit\u0026eacute; des interventions de Matta-Clark peut \u0026ecirc;tre consid\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute;e comme un commentaire non seulement sur l\u0026rsquo;architecture, mais aussi sur la sp\u0026eacute;culation immobili\u0026egrave;re, l\u0026rsquo;exclusivit\u0026eacute; du monde de l\u0026rsquo;art et la marchandisation des \u0026oelig;uvres. Id\u0026eacute;aliste conceptuel, il \u0026eacute;tait en m\u0026ecirc;me temps pr\u0026eacute;occup\u0026eacute; par la convivialit\u0026eacute;, cr\u0026eacute;ant des espaces de travail et de rencontre dans l\u0026rsquo;environnement urbain.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eL\u0026rsquo;ICC, le Centre culturel international, fond\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; Anvers en 1970, est le berceau du M\u0026nbsp;HKA. En 1977, l\u0026rsquo;ICC invite Matta-Clark \u0026agrave; r\u0026eacute;aliser le projet magistral \u003cem\u003eOffice Baroque\u003c/em\u003e sur le site d\u0026rsquo;un ancien immeuble de bureaux, situ\u0026eacute; sur l\u0026rsquo;Ernest Van\u0026nbsp;Dijckkaai, le long de l\u0026rsquo;Escaut. Apr\u0026egrave;s la mort de Matta-Clark l\u0026rsquo;ann\u0026eacute;e suivante et la cr\u0026eacute;ation de la Gordon Matta-Clark Foundation, un nouveau projet mus\u0026eacute;al majeur a pu \u0026ecirc;tre d\u0026eacute;velopp\u0026eacute; autour d\u0026rsquo;\u003cem\u003eOffice Baroque\u003c/em\u003e qui, bien qu\u0026rsquo;ayant \u0026eacute;chou\u0026eacute;, a n\u0026eacute;anmoins jet\u0026eacute; les bases de la collection du M\u0026nbsp;HKA.\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":136,"name":"Gordon Matta-Clark","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/316/large/Matta-Clark,%20Gordon,%20401,%2027,%20foto%20Florent%20Bex.jpg?1305281930","poster_credits":"© M HKA/Florent Bex"}}],"items":[{"id":285,"title":"Office Baroque # 669","date_begin":"1977-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/448/large/Matta-Clark,%20Gordon,%20Office%20Baroque%20%23%20669,%201977%20collectie%20M%20HKA.jpg?1332231645","poster_credits":"(c)image: Syb'l. 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