{"id":116,"title":"Forever Umai","dimensions":"96.5 x 127 x 5.5 cm","date_begin":"2010-01-01","material":"cibachrome","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003elightbox\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAlmagul Menlibayeva commonly employs references to her own nomadic heritage and the widespread Shamanistic traditions of Central Asia to construct a personal mythological world. In the mythology of the nomads of Kazakhstan, Umai figures as the goddess of fertility and virginity. The traditional garb and dramatic staging of \u003cem\u003eForever Umai\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;suggest Menlibayeva has created a modern portrait of the goddess. In the setting of the vast steppes, ominously lit by the sun, she looks unruly, if not downright frightening. At her feet lies a man holding a sheep. Is he asleep or is he dead? Did Umai come to deliver the fatal blow or to resurrect him from his slumber? The many ambiguities of \u003cem\u003eForever Umai\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;hint at questions of gender and femininity and reflect the ambiguities in the conception of a Kazakh national identity - a recurrent theme in Menlibayeva\u0026#39;s work.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":"2010-01-01","reference":"S0441_03","stream_count_app":56,"permalink":"forever-umai","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Almagul Menlibayeva","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Photography","nl":"Fotografie","fr":"Photographie"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/100/large/457Menlibayeva,%20Almagul%20Forever%20Umai,%202010%20photo%20M%20HKAclinckx.jpg?1297433195","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe three images in light boxes The Observer, Forever Umai, and Tengri Boy (2010) are key moments stills, from Kazakhstan-born artist Almagul Menlibayeva\u0026rsquo;s film Milk of Lambs (2010). In this work, Menlibayeva researches the rebuilding of national identity in Kazakhstan after the fall of the Soviet Union, often referencing religious or mythological scenes and concepts that take their beginning from the Shamanistic traditions of Kazakh nomads.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nA young woman covering her eyes with dead foxes impersonates a contemporary portrait of a Kazakh woman. In Forever Umai, one can see the goddess of fertility and virginity Umai with a man who lies at her feet hugging a sheep. It\u0026rsquo;s unclear if both of them \u0026mdash; the sheep and the man \u0026mdash; are dead or alive. In the third still, Tengri Boy, the artist places a modern impersonation of the god of creation Tengri, who repeats the gesture of holding a sheep \u0026mdash; a symbol for the\u0026nbsp;protection of his own culture. In the images, gods are young, as the nation after the rebirth.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPeople stand strong in the endless land, it is the people who determine what is the centre of the world, the centre of society.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nMenlibayeva researches the question of national identity as a counter-colonial practice which was and remains relevant in Ukrainian history nowadays. In these works, the artist shows connections between the body and the native landscape of the Steppe, in Kazakhstan, to help people see the resemblance and build stronger connections with the native land.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAlmagul Menlibayeva gebruikt verwijzingen naar haar nomadische achtergrond en de wijdverbreide Sjamanistische tradities van Centraal-Azie voor de constructie van een persoonlijke mythologische wereld. In de mythologie van de nomaden van Kazachstan figureert Umai als de godin van de vruchtbaarheid en maagdelijkheid. De traditionele kledij en dramatische enscenering van \u003cem\u003eForever Umai\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;doen vermoeden dat Menlibayeva hier een modern portret van de godin heeft gemaakt. In de uitgestrekte steppen, onheilspellend verlicht door de zon, ziet ze er weerbarstig of zelfs angstaanjagend uit. Aan haar voeten ligt een man die een schaap draagt. Slaapt hij, of is hij dood? Is Umai gekomen om hem te doen herleven, of om de mokerslag te geven? De vele dubbelzinnigheden van\u003cem\u003e Forever Umai\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;verwijzen naar vragen over gender en vrouwelijkheid en weerspiegelen de dubbelzinnigheden bij de totstandkoming van een Kazachse nationale identiteit - een terugkerend thema in het werk van Menlibayeva.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDie drei Bilder in den Leuchtk\u0026auml;sten The Observer, Forever Umai und Tengri Boy (2010), sind Standbilder von Schl\u0026uuml;sselmomenten aus dem Film Milk of Lambs (2010), der in Kasachstan geborenen K\u0026uuml;nstlerin Almagul Menlibayeva. In diesem Werk erkundet Menlibayeva den Wiederaufbau der nationalen Identit\u0026auml;t in Kasachstan nach dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion und bezieht sich dabei h\u0026auml;ufig auf religi\u0026ouml;se oder mythologische Szenen und Konzepte, die ihren Ursprung in den schamanistischen Traditionen der kasachischen Nomaden haben.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nEine junge Frau, die ihre Augen mit toten F\u0026uuml;chsen bedeckt, stellt ein zeitgen\u0026ouml;ssisches Portr\u0026auml;t einer kasachischen Frau dar. Auf dem Bild Forever Umai sieht man die G\u0026ouml;ttin der Fruchtbarkeit und Jungfr\u0026auml;ulichkeit Umai mit einem Mann, der zu ihren F\u0026uuml;\u0026szlig;en liegt und ein Schaf umarmt. Es ist unklar, ob die beiden \u0026mdash; das Schaf und der Mann \u0026mdash; tot oder lebendig sind. Auf dem dritten Standbild, Tengri Boy, stellt die K\u0026uuml;nstlerin eine moderne Verk\u0026ouml;rperung des Sch\u0026ouml;pfergottes Tengri dar, der die Geste wiederholt, in der er ein Schaf h\u0026auml;lt \u0026mdash; ein Symbol f\u0026uuml;r den Schutz seiner eigenen Kultur. Auf den Bildern sind die G\u0026ouml;tter jung, wie das Volk nach der Wiedergeburt.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDie Menschen bleiben standhaft im endlosen Land; es ist das Volk, das bestimmt, was das Zentrum der Welt, das Zentrum der Gesellschaft ist.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nMenlibayeva erforscht die Frage der nationalen Identit\u0026auml;t als eine gegenkoloniale Praxis, die in der ukrainischen Geschichte bis heute aktuell bleibt. In diesen Arbeiten zeigt die K\u0026uuml;nstlerin Verbindungen zwischen dem K\u0026ouml;rper und der einheimischen Landschaft der Steppe in Kasachstan, um die \u0026Auml;hnlichkeit erkennbar zu machen und eine st\u0026auml;rkere Verbindung mit dem Heimatland aufzubauen.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eH \u0026Alpha;\u0026lambda;\u0026mu;\u0026alpha;\u0026gamma;\u0026kappa;\u0026omicron;ύ\u0026lambda; \u0026Mu;\u0026epsilon;\u0026nu;\u0026lambda;\u0026iota;\u0026mu;\u0026pi;ά\u0026gamma;\u0026epsilon;\u0026beta;\u0026alpha; \u0026sigma;\u0026upsilon;\u0026chi;\u0026nu;ά \u0026chi;\u0026rho;\u0026eta;\u0026sigma;\u0026iota;\u0026mu;\u0026omicron;\u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026iota;\u0026epsilon;ί \u0026alpha;\u0026nu;\u0026alpha;\u0026phi;\u0026omicron;\u0026rho;έ\u0026sigmaf; \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026eta; \u0026nu;\u0026omicron;\u0026mu;\u0026alpha;\u0026delta;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ή \u0026epsilon;\u0026theta;\u0026nu;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ή \u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026sigmaf; 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