{"id":117,"title":"The Observer","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\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is one of four light boxes featuring stills from Menlibayeva\u0026#39;s movie \u003cem\u003eMilk for Lambs\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(2010). This movie portrays life of women on the steppes of Kazakhstan, using a patchwork of references to nomadic mythology and shamanism, as well as to the soviet heritage.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":"2010-01-01","reference":"S0441_04","stream_count_app":65,"permalink":"the-observer","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/098/medium_500/Menlibayeva,Almagul%20_%20the%20Observer%202010photo%20M%20HKAclinckx.jpg?1302695346","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/000/000/098/large/Menlibayeva,Almagul%20_%20the%20Observer%202010photo%20M%20HKAclinckx.jpg?1302695346","poster_credits":" © Almagul Menlibayeva. Collection M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe three images in light boxes \u003cem\u003eThe Observer, Forever Umai, \u003c/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eTengri Boy, \u003c/em\u003e2010 are key moments stills, from Kazakhstan-born artist Almagul Menlibayeva\u0026rsquo;s film \u003cem\u003eMilk of Lambs\u003c/em\u003e, 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;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\" /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman covering her eyes with dead foxes impersonates a contemporary portrait of a Kazakh woman. In the \u003cem\u003eForever Umai,\u003c/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eTengri Boy\u003c/em\u003e, the artist places a modern impersonation of the god of creation Tengri, who repeats a gesture of holding a sheep \u0026mdash; a symbol of the protection of his own culture. In the images, gods are young, as the nation after the rebirth.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePeople stand strong in the endless land, it is the people who determine what is the centre of the world, the centre of society.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMenlibayeva researches the question of the national identity as a counter-colonial practice which was and remains actual in Ukrainian history nowadays. In these works, the artist shows connections between the body and the native landscape of the Steppe, in Kazakhstan, to see the resemblance and build stronger connections with the native land.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n van de vier lichtdozen met stills van de film \u003cem\u003eMilk for Lambs\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(2010). Deze film geeft een beeld van het leven van vrouwen op de steppen van Kazachstan, met een stroom aan verwijzingen naar nomadische mythologie, sjamanisme en het sovjet-erfgoed.\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 \u0026nbsp;die \u0026nbsp;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\n\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\n\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\u003e\u0026Tau;\u0026omicron; \u003cem\u003eThe Observer \u003c/em\u003e[\u0026Omicron; \u0026Pi;\u0026alpha;\u0026rho;\u0026alpha;\u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026rho;\u0026eta;\u0026tau;ή\u0026sigmaf;] \u0026epsilon;ί\u0026nu;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota; έ\u0026nu;\u0026alpha; \u0026alpha;\u0026pi;ό \u0026tau;έ\u0026sigma;\u0026sigma;\u0026epsilon;\u0026rho;\u0026alpha; light box \u0026mu;\u0026epsilon; \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026alpha;\u0026tau;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;έ\u0026sigmaf; \u0026epsilon;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ό\u0026nu;\u0026epsilon;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026alpha;\u0026pi;ό \u0026tau;\u0026omicron; \u0026beta;ί\u0026nu;\u0026tau;\u0026epsilon;\u0026omicron; \u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026Mu;\u0026epsilon;\u0026nu;\u0026lambda;\u0026iota;\u0026mu;\u0026pi;ά\u0026gamma;\u0026epsilon;\u0026beta;\u0026alpha; \u003cem\u003eMilk for Lambs\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;[\u0026Gamma;ά\u0026lambda;\u0026alpha; \u0026gamma;\u0026iota;\u0026alpha; \u0026alpha;\u0026rho;\u0026nu;\u0026iota;ά] (2010). \u0026Eta; \u0026tau;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota;\u0026nu;ί\u0026alpha; \u0026pi;\u0026alpha;\u0026rho;\u0026alpha;\u0026kappa;\u0026omicron;\u0026lambda;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon;\u0026theta;\u0026epsilon;ί \u0026tau;\u0026eta; \u0026zeta;\u0026omega;ή \u0026gamma;\u0026upsilon;\u0026nu;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ώ\u0026nu; \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026iota;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;έ\u0026pi;\u0026epsilon;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026tau;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon; \u0026Kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026zeta;\u0026alpha;\u0026kappa;\u0026sigma;\u0026tau;ά\u0026nu;, \u0026mu;έ\u0026sigma;\u0026alpha; \u0026alpha;\u0026pi;ό έ\u0026nu;\u0026alpha; \u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026lambda;ύ\u0026chi;\u0026rho;\u0026omega;\u0026mu;\u0026omicron; \u0026upsilon;\u0026phi;ά\u0026delta;\u0026iota; \u0026alpha;\u0026nu;\u0026alpha;\u0026phi;\u0026omicron;\u0026rho;ώ\u0026nu; \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026eta; \u0026nu;\u0026omicron;\u0026mu;\u0026alpha;\u0026delta;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ή \u0026mu;\u0026upsilon;\u0026theta;\u0026omicron;\u0026lambda;\u0026omicron;\u0026gamma;ί\u0026alpha; \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota; \u0026tau;\u0026omicron;\u0026nu; \u0026sigma;\u0026alpha;\u0026mu;\u0026alpha;\u0026nu;\u0026iota;\u0026sigma;\u0026mu;ό, \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026theta;ώ\u0026sigmaf; \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota; \u0026tau;\u0026eta; \u0026sigma;\u0026omicron;\u0026beta;\u0026iota;\u0026epsilon;\u0026tau;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ή \u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026lambda;\u0026iota;\u0026tau;\u0026iota;\u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ή \u0026kappa;\u0026lambda;\u0026eta;\u0026rho;\u0026omicron;\u0026nu;\u0026omicron;\u0026mu;\u0026iota;ά.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}],"actors":[{"id":60,"name":"Almagul Menlibayeva","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}