{"id":2228,"title":"Xitle and Spirit","dimensions":"variable dimensions","date_begin":"2007-01-01","material":"vulcanic stone, car, acrylic paint","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":7,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection of César Cervantes, Mexico City","cached_tag_list":"mixed media","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"(Still Life and Xitle, Still Life with Spirit and Xitle)","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":42,"permalink":"xitle-and-spirit","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/004/379/large/Xitle%20and%20Spirit.jpg?1323096550","poster_credits":"image: (c) Maria Thereza Alves","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"In the year 82 AD, the volcano Xitle erupted in Mexico and destroyed a whole city called  Cuicuilco (which translates to “place of singing and bright dancing”). Jimmie Durham brought a stone by truck to the street called Xitle. A machine was hired to lift it.\r\n\r\n“Centimeter by centimeter, encouraging the machine like it was an over- loaded donkey, they edged the stone towards the dark Spirit. With the insouciant grace of experts they convinced their little machine towards heroism. The stone weighs about 8 tons. It rests well and safely on the Dodge Spirit.”[full text [here](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3214)]"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"De vulkaan Xitle (Mexico) barstte uit in het jaar 82 n.C. en verwoestte een hele stad genaamd Cuicuilco (dat zich laat vertalen als “plek van zingen en vrolijk dansen”). Jimmie Durham bracht met een vrachtwagen een steen naar de straat genaamd Xitle. Er werd een machine gehuurd om hem op te heffen. \r\n\r\n“Centimeter na centimeter, de machine aanmoedigend alsof het een overbeladen ezel was, duwden ze de steen richting de donkere Spirit. Met de onbekommerde gratie van experten overtuigden ze hun kleine machine tot heroïek. De steen weegt zo’n 8 ton. Hij ligt veilig en wel op de Dodge Spirit.” [Lees de volledige Engelse tekst [hier](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3214)]"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"En l'an 82 apr. J.-C., le volcan Xitle est entré en éruption au Mexique et a détruit toute la ville de Cuicuilco (ce qui signifie « le lieu du chant et de la danse chatoyante »). Jimmie Durham a transporté une pierre par camion dans une rue portant le nom de Xitle. Ensuite, il a fallu louer une grue pour la soulever.\r\n\r\n« Centimètre par centimètre, encourageant la machine comme si c'était une mule surchargée, ils ont glissé la pierre vers la Spirit foncée (voiture). Avec la grâce insouciante d'experts, ils ont convaincu leur petite machine de se montrer héroïque. La pierre pesait huit tonnes. Elle repose en toute sécurité sur la Dodge Spirit. » [texte intégral en anglais [ici](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3214)]"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":209,"name":"Jimmie Durham","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}