{"id":2767,"title":"Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens, Part I: Thinking Visually","date_begin":"2017-04-28T00:00:00.000+02:00","date_end":"2017-06-25T00:00:00.000+02:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerpen","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/035/156/large/STEFANOS_TSIVOPOULOS.jpg?1490954203","poster_credits":"(c)image / video stilll: Stefanos Tsivopoulos"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens, Part I: Thinking Visually","short_description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eLast year, M HKA was invited by EMST in Athens for the opening exhibition in the new museum building. Today, \u003cem\u003eUrgent Conversations: Antwerp \u0026ndash; Athens\u003c/em\u003e forms the second part of this collaboration in which a number of dialogues between works from the two collections will be resumed. The urgency is to be found, not only at the level of the content, but also in a practice \u0026ndash; the dialogic \u0026ndash; which is symmetrical in its nature.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/urgent-conversations-antwerp-athens-part-i-interpersonal-space-beyond-knowledge\"\u003ePart II: \u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/urgent-conversations-antwerp-athens-part-i-interpersonal-space-beyond-knowledge\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInterpersonal Space /\u0026nbsp;Beyond Knowledge\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eLast year, M HKA was invited by EMST in Athens for the opening exhibition in the new museum building. Today, \u003cem\u003eUrgent Conversations: Antwerp \u0026ndash; Athens\u003c/em\u003e forms the second part of this collaboration in which a number of dialogues between works from the two collections will be resumed. The urgency is to be found, not only at the level of the content, but also in a practice \u0026ndash; the dialogic \u0026ndash; which is symmetrical in its nature.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAt first sight, Athens and Antwerp are extremes in today\u0026rsquo;s Europe. In any case, both cities have each in their own way contributed to Europe\u0026rsquo;s cultural fabric. The major lines of our social organisation stem from Athens, as well our idea of art. As for Antwerp, it is one of the key cities of the early modern era, a centre of research and thought, the city where Utopia was written and the first art market was created.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrgent Conversations: Antwerp \u0026ndash; Athens\u003c/em\u003e is built from the bottom up. A work of an artist from Belgium and a Greek artist\u0026#39;s work are linked. Starting from here, a subject arises. This theme will be further tested and enriched by adding a third work,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ecreating thematic clusters \u0026ndash; each time featuring three artists. The concept embodies the belief that art works can constantly raise new insights and thus encourage the dialogue that forms the social basis for our societal thinking.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 Thinking Visually\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOne often only locates thinking at a linguistic level, but complex ideas, emotions and situations can be clearly and holistically explained by visual means as well. Digital media make it possible to immediately create and share images; they put pressure on the widespread encoding in signs and symbols.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"emst_muhka@ensembles.org\"\u003eMore.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"Dringende Gesprekken: Antwerpen – Athene, Deel I: Visueel Denken","short_description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDringende Gesprekken: Antwerpen \u0026ndash; Athene \u003c/em\u003eis het tweede luik van de samenwerking tussen het M HKA en het EMST en zet de theoretische en visuele dialoog tussen de werken uit de collecties van beide musea verder. Athene en Antwerpen zijn op het eerste zicht twee uitersten binnen Europa vandaag. Toch hebben beide steden elk op hun eigen manier essenti\u0026euml;le bouwstenen aan het culturele netwerk van Europa toegevoegd. In Athene ontstond, naast de grote lijnen van onze huidige maatschappelijke organisatie, ook haar culturele structuur. Antwerpen is dan weer een van de cruciale steden van de vroege moderne tijd, waar de eerste kunstmarkt ontstond.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDringende Gesprekken: Antwerpen \u0026ndash; Athene \u003c/em\u003eis het tweede luik van de samenwerking tussen het M HKA en het EMST en zet de theoretische en visuele dialoog tussen de werken uit de collecties van beide musea verder.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAthene en Antwerpen zijn op het eerste zicht twee uitersten binnen Europa vandaag. Toch hebben beide steden elk op hun eigen manier essenti\u0026euml;le bouwstenen aan het culturele netwerk van Europa toegevoegd. In Athene ontstond, naast de grote lijnen van onze huidige maatschappelijke organisatie, ook haar culturele structuur. Antwerpen is dan weer een van de cruciale steden van de vroege moderne tijd, waar de eerste kunstmarkt ontstond.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDringende Gesprekken: Antwerpen \u0026ndash; Athene \u003c/em\u003eis van onderuit opgebouwd. Een werk van een Belgische kunstenaar en een werk van een Griekse kunstenaar worden aan elkaar gekoppeld. Daaraan wordt dan een idee verbonden. Tenslotte wordt dit thema op de proef gesteld en verrijkt door een derde kunstenaar van elders uit een van de twee collecties. Op die manier ontstaan thematische clusters met telkens werken van drie kunstenaars.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDeze tentoonstelling belichaamt het geloof dat kunstwerken voortdurend nieuwe betekenissen en open vragen oproepen en op die manier een dialoog aanwakkeren die de basis vormt voor onze manier van denken.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://emst_muhka.ensembles.org/\"\u003eMeer.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1: Visueel denken\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDenken wordt vaak alleen op een talig niveau gesitueerd, maar complexe idee\u0026euml;n, emoties en situaties kunnen ook duidelijk en holistisch worden uitgelegd met visuele middelen. Digitale media maken het onmiddellijk cre\u0026euml;ren en uitwisselen van beelden mogelijk en zetten de wijdverspreide codering in tekens en symbolen onder druk.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"Conversations urgentes : Anvers – Athènes, Partie I: La pensée visuelle","short_description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eL\u0026rsquo;ann\u0026eacute;e pass\u0026eacute;e, l\u0026rsquo;EMST \u0026agrave; Ath\u0026egrave;nes a invit\u0026eacute; le M HKA \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;exposition inaugurale du nouvel \u0026eacute;difice qui abrite le mus\u0026eacute;e. \u003cem\u003eConversations urgentes : Anvers \u0026ndash; Ath\u0026egrave;nes\u003c/em\u003e est le deuxi\u0026egrave;me volet de cette collaboration qui reprend certains dialogues entre des \u0026oelig;uvres des deux collections. L\u0026rsquo;urgence ne r\u0026eacute;side pas seulement dans le contenu, mais aussi dans une pratique \u0026ndash; dialogique \u0026ndash; de nature sym\u0026eacute;trique.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eL\u0026rsquo;ann\u0026eacute;e pass\u0026eacute;e, l\u0026rsquo;EMST \u0026agrave; Ath\u0026egrave;nes a invit\u0026eacute; le M HKA \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;exposition inaugurale du nouvel \u0026eacute;difice qui abrite le mus\u0026eacute;e. \u003cem\u003eConversations urgentes : Anvers \u0026ndash; Ath\u0026egrave;nes\u003c/em\u003e est le deuxi\u0026egrave;me volet de cette collaboration qui reprend certains dialogues entre des \u0026oelig;uvres des deux collections. L\u0026rsquo;urgence ne r\u0026eacute;side pas seulement dans le contenu, mais aussi dans une pratique \u0026ndash; dialogique \u0026ndash; de nature sym\u0026eacute;trique.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSi, \u0026agrave; premi\u0026egrave;re vue, Ath\u0026egrave;nes et Anvers semblent des p\u0026ocirc;les oppos\u0026eacute;s au sein de l\u0026rsquo;Europe actuelle, les deux villes ont en tout cas contribu\u0026eacute;, chacune \u0026agrave; sa fa\u0026ccedil;on, \u0026agrave; poser les fondements essentiels du tissu culturel europ\u0026eacute;en. Ath\u0026egrave;nes a vu na\u0026icirc;tre les grandes lignes de notre organisation sociale actuelle ainsi que notre id\u0026eacute;e de l\u0026rsquo;art. Anvers est, quant \u0026agrave; elle, une des villes cruciales du d\u0026eacute;but de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;poque moderne, une ville de pens\u0026eacute;e et de recherche, la ville o\u0026ugrave; Utopia a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; \u0026eacute;crit et o\u0026ugrave; le premier march\u0026eacute; de l\u0026rsquo;art a \u0026eacute;merg\u0026eacute;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eConversations urgentes Anvers \u0026ndash; Ath\u0026egrave;nes\u003c/em\u003e est construite de mani\u0026egrave;re ascendante : une \u0026oelig;uvre d\u0026rsquo;un(e) artiste belge et une \u0026oelig;uvre d\u0026rsquo;un(e) artiste grec(que) sont mises en lien et il en d\u0026eacute;coule un th\u0026egrave;me, qui est mis \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;preuve et enrichi en y ajoutant une troisi\u0026egrave;me \u0026oelig;uvre. Ainsi des assemblages th\u0026eacute;matiques se constituent autour de trois artistes. L\u0026rsquo;objectif incarne la conviction qu\u0026rsquo;\u0026agrave; tout moment, des \u0026oelig;uvres d\u0026rsquo;art peuvent \u0026eacute;voquer de nouvelles id\u0026eacute;es et \u0026eacute;veiller de la sorte le dialogue qui est \u0026agrave; la base de notre pens\u0026eacute;e soci\u0026eacute;tale.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 Penser visuellement\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOn situe souvent la pens\u0026eacute;e exclusivement au niveau langagier, mais des moyens visuels peuvent parfois expliquer des id\u0026eacute;es, des \u0026eacute;motions et des situations complexes de mani\u0026egrave;re holistique et limpide. Les m\u0026eacute;dias num\u0026eacute;riques permettent la cr\u0026eacute;ation et le partage instantan\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;images et mettent sous pression le codage en signes et en symboles, largement r\u0026eacute;pandu.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"emst_muhka.ensembles.org/\"\u003ePlus.\u003c/a\u003e\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":1472,"name":"Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/049/282/large/place_is_where_the_mind_is.jpg?1571990393","poster_credits":"(c)image: AMVK"}},{"id":2986,"name":"Bia Davou","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/706/large/ARC3411_01_02.jpg?1494930271","poster_credits":null}},{"id":3021,"name":"Alevtina Kakhidze /  Алевтина Кахідзе","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/035/413/large/Alevtina_Kakhidze_grey.jpg?1493287479","poster_credits":null}}],"items":[{"id":14833,"title":"Untitled","date_begin":"1974-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/033/649/large/Kerckhoven__Anne-Mie__Untitled__2002.jpg?1477998451","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA, Antwerp","actors":"Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK"},{"id":14347,"title":"Serial Structures","date_begin":"1978-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/707/large/PHA283_02.jpg?1470057523","poster_credits":"(c)image: National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens","actors":"Bia Davou"},{"id":14346,"title":"Sail - Odyssey","date_begin":"1982-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/656/large/BiaDavou_Sail_MHKA.jpg?1536838071","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA, Collection M HKA, On loan from the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens - Donated by Zafos Xagoraris, 2002","actors":"Bia Davou"},{"id":5477,"title":"Nursing Activities, Direct (Verpulveren) [Nursing Activities, Direct (Pulverizing)]","date_begin":"1995-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/088/078/large/2022_Museum_In_Motion_AMVK_photo_M_HKA_clinckx_TEN_F_4.jpg?1665755613","poster_credits":"© AMVK. Photo: M HKA","actors":"Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK"},{"id":15344,"title":"The Most Commercial Project / Найкомерційніший проєкт","date_begin":"2010-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/034/652/large/still_video2.jpg?1484057554","poster_credits":"(c)image: Alevtina Kakhidze","actors":"Alevtina Kakhidze /  Алевтина Кахідзе"},{"id":14691,"title":"All Times News / Новини всіх часів","date_begin":"2015-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/084/075/large/Imagine_Ukraine_BOZAR-3.jpg?1653487865","poster_credits":"© Alevtina Kakhidze. Photo: Pat Verbruggen","actors":"Alevtina Kakhidze /  Алевтина Кахідзе"}]}