{"id":123,"title":"Headcharge Installation","dimensions":"00:12:00 min","date_begin":"2007-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003e3 channel video\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":"2007-01-01","reference":"S0441_10","stream_count_app":34,"permalink":"headcharge-installation","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":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/182/large/501Menlibayeva,Almagul%20%20Headcharge%20photo%20M%20HKAclinckx.jpg?1298279536","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough her work, Almagul Menlibayeva reflects on Kazakh national identity and on the changes her home country went through in the soviet and postsoviet eras. In the installation \u003cem\u003eHeadcharge\u003c/em\u003e, she symbolically portrays this investigation, using traditional mythological imagery. Four fancily dressed women go out for dinner in the commercial, contemporary Kazakhstan, like modern-day fairies of nomadic myths. In an attempt to understand the political and economic changes the country went through, they order a sheep\u0026#39;s head, a Kazakh delicacy; according to shamanic beliefs, consuming the eyes leads to better sight and understanding. Then, exposed, vulnerable and powerless on the wide steppes, they discover that their traditional role has changed - or has it? In \u003cem\u003eHeadcharge\u003c/em\u003e, Menlibayeva borrows from traditional Kazakh culture to create a new myth.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn haar werk reflecteert Almagul Menlibayeva op de nationale identiteit van Kazakhstan en op de veranderingen die haar land doormaakte tijdens het sovjettijdperk en na de val van de Sovjet-Unie. In de installatie\u003cem\u003e Headcharge\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;verbeeldt ze dit onderzoek symbolisch, met traditionele beelden uit de mythologie. Vier chic geklede vrouwen gaan uit eten in het commerci\u0026euml;le Kazachstan van nu, als hedendaagse versies van nomadische fee\u0026euml;n. In een poging de politieke en economische veranderingen van Kazachstan te begrijpen, bestellen ze een schapenhoofd, een Kazakse delicatesse; sjamanisten geloven dat het eten van de ogen van het schaap leidt tot inzicht en begrip. Vervolgens ontdekken ze, bloot en kwetsbaar op de uitgestrekte steppen, dat hun traditionele rol veranderd is - of toch niet? Voor \u003cem\u003eHeadcharge\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;leent Menlibayeva van traditionele Kazakse cultuur om een nieuwe mythe te construeren.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":60,"name":"Almagul Menlibayeva","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}