{"id":3009,"title":"Dockers' Museum","dimensions":"variable dimensions","date_begin":"2010-01-01","material":"mixed media","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":12,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"objects flags woodcuts engravings figurines medaillons fabric uniform patches","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BRAS_08","stream_count_app":134,"permalink":"dockers-museum","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/086/871/medium_500/SEKULA__Allan_Dockers_Museum_atomic_bomb_section___diamond_section_BRAS_09_3.jpg?1663172945","cached_actor_names":"Allan Sekula","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/000/086/870/large/SEKULA__Allan_Dockers_Museum_atomic_bomb_section___diamond_section_BRAS_10.jpg?1663171964","poster_credits":"Photo: MHKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Dockers\u0026rsquo; Museum\u0026nbsp;is a collection of minor artefacts that create an understanding of how the fundamental position of seafarers and port workers can be thought. They live between land and sea, one location and the whole world. This is also a prime example of Sekula\u0026rsquo;s \u0026lsquo;thinking-together\u0026rsquo;; objects, images and documents \u0026ndash; and his critical \u0026lsquo;thinking together\u0026rsquo; with viewers. M HKA owns the \u003cem\u003eobjects\u003c/em\u003e, Allan Sekula the \u003cem\u003ethinking\u003c/em\u003e. These collected \u0026laquo;objects of interest\u0026raquo; are not to be understood as artworks, but they contextualize Sekula\u0026rsquo;s photography, while these in turn contextualize Sekula\u0026rsquo;s ongoing activity of collecting these items. Sekula finds his \u0026laquo;objects of interest\u0026raquo; at online auction houses, contrasting the mystical \u0026laquo;speed of light\u0026raquo; of the Internet with the slow movement of cargo, of which 90 per cent is moved by sea.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;\u003cem\u003eIn a certain way the key factor of the museum is the sarceness, or its limits, that\u0026#39;s the critical element, it is lapidary quality and the specificity of that lapidarity\u003c/em\u003e\u0026#39; -\u0026nbsp;Allan Sekula, 2011\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dockers\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;Museum\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is een verzameling van kleine voorwerpen die inzicht bieden in de fundamentele positie van zeelui en havenwerkers. Ze leven tussen land en zee, een vaste plek en ook hele wereld. Deze installatie is een goed voorbeeld van Sekula\u0026#39;s \u0026#39;samen-denken\u0026#39;; objecten, beelden en documenten - gecombiveerd met zijn kritische \u0026#39;meedenken\u0026#39; en het public. M HKA is eigenaar van de \u003cem\u003eobjecten\u003c/em\u003e, Allan Sekula van het \u003cem\u003edenken\u003c/em\u003e. Deze verzamelde \u0026#39;voorwerpen\u0026#39; worden niet opgevat als kunstwerken, maar ze contextualiseren Sekula\u0026#39;s fotografie, terwijl deze op hun beurt Sekula\u0026#39;s voortdurende activiteit van het verzamelen contextualiseren. Sekula vindt zijn \u0026#39;voorwerpen\u0026#39; bij online veilinghuizen, in contrast tot de mystieke snelheid van het internet en het langzame transport, waarvan 90 procent gebeurt via de zee.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;In a certain way the key factor of the museum is the sarceness, or its limits, that\u0026#39;s the critical element, it is lapidary quality and the specificity of that lapidarity\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;Allan Sekula, 2011\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":601,"name":"Allan Sekula","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}