{"id":3329,"title":"Office Baroque","dimensions":"00:44:00","date_begin":"1977-01-01","material":"16 mm film on video","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":8,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eInterview with Gordon Matta-Clark in English. Camera: Eric Convents. Assistant: Dirk Geens. Audio: Roger Steglaerts. Montage: Roger Steylaerts, Eric Convents. Music: Andre Stordeur \u0026quot;syntheses.\u0026quot; Realization: Eric Convents. Producer: E.C.F., Roger Steylaerts. 1977-2005, 44 min, b\u0026amp;w and color, sound, 16 mm film on video\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":"2005-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":54,"permalink":"office-baroque","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Gordon Matta-Clark","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":"Video","nl":"Video","fr":"Video"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/006/425/large/image_526.jpg?1328110925","poster_credits":"(c)image: Syb'l S Pictures","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1977 Matta-Clark transformed an office block in Antwerp into \u003cem\u003eOffice Baroque\u003c/em\u003e. In the first draft, his idea was to only work on the fa\u0026ccedil;ade, by removing an arch-shaped wedge from the bottom corner to the top of the facade. This would make the building transparent and passers-by would be able to look right through it. The city council refused him permission, however. He made a second draft which was limited to the interior of the building. Two overlapping circles through all the floors formed a bizarre pattern of view-holes and spatial figures. Minor variations in the cut-outs evoked a lively effect.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eCamera: Cherica Convents.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAssistant: Dirk Geens.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAudio: Roger Steglaerts.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMontage: Roger Steylaerts, Eric Convents.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMusic: Andre Stordeur \u0026quot;syntheses.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eRealisation: Cherica Convents.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eProducer: E.C.F., Roger Steylaerts.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1977 transformeerde Matta-Clark in Antwerpen een kantoorgebouw tot \u003cem\u003eOffice Baroque\u003c/em\u003e. In een eerste ontwerp wil hij uitsluitend de gevel bewerken: een boogvormige uitsnijding van de benedenhoek tot bovenaan de gevel. Dit zou het gebouw doorzichtig maken en de voorbijgangers zouden er dwars doorheen kunnen kijken. Het stadsbestuur gaf echter geen toestemming. Daarom maakte hij een tweede ontwerp dat zich beperkte tot de binnenruimte van het gebouw. Twee elkaar overlappende cirkels vormden doorheen alle verdiepingen een bizar patroon van doorkijkjes en ruimtelijke figuren. Door kleine variaties in de uitsnijdingen werd een effect van beweeglijkheid opgeroepen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eCamera: Cherica Convents.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAssistent: Dirk Geens.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAudio: Roger Steglaerts.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMontage: Roger Steylaerts, Eric Convents.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMuziek: Andre Stordeur \u0026quot;syntheses.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eRealisatie: Cherica Convents.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eProducer: E.C.F., Roger Steylaerts.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eGordon Matta-Clark a r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; la d\u0026eacute;coupee d\u0026#39;un \u0026eacute;difice de bureaux de cinq \u0026eacute;tages promis \u0026agrave; la d\u0026eacute;molition et situ\u0026eacute; face au ch\u0026acirc;teau de Steen, haut lieu touristique d\u0026#39;Anvers. A la mort de Matta-Clark, peu apr\u0026egrave;s l\u0026#39;ach\u0026egrave;vement du projet, Flor Bex et ses amis ont tent\u0026eacute; de sauver l\u0026#39;oeuvre en projetant d\u0026#39;y installer un futur mus\u0026eacute;e d\u0026#39;art contemporain mais l\u0026#39;\u0026eacute;difice fut d\u0026eacute;moli sans avertissement.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":136,"name":"Gordon Matta-Clark","category":{"en":"About","nl":"Over","fr":"Sur"}}]}