{"id":4588,"title":"I'm Handstanding","dimensions":"","date_begin":"2002-01-01","material":"videotape betacam sp","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":21,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"M00034","stream_count_app":27,"permalink":"i-m-handstanding","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Peng Yu","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/000/010/715/large/Peng__Yu_Handstanding__2002_still.JPG?1342094447","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe title of the video \u003cem\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m Handstanding\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;speaks for itself. The artist assumes this pose for several minutes. Next to her a man, only partially visible, sits in his chair. The perspective is confusing. When Peng Yu takes her hands away from the ground and seems to float, it becomes evident that something doesn\u0026rsquo;t make sense. The confusion only mounts when a dog comes trotting along the wall against which the artist executed her handstand. It might seem like this work was made with sophisticated computer programs to remodel and manipulate the images. However at the end of the video Peng Yu stands up and it becomes clear that she had been lying on the ground the whole time. So the answer to the riddle is easy: it\u0026rsquo;s just a simple, visual trick. The video is made in a quite traditional manner, and doesn\u0026rsquo;t use the last-word in current video technology. The artist very consciously plays with viewers\u0026rsquo; perception. In this way she would like to demonstrate that progress in science and technology is no more important than is respect for tradition.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe titel van de video \u003cem\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m Handstanding\u003c/em\u003e spreekt voor zich. De kunstenares staat minutenlang op haar handen. Naast haar zit een man, die slechts deels zichtbaar is, in zijn zetel. Het perspectief is verwarrend. Wanneer Peng Yu haar handen van de grond wegneemt en lijkt te zweven, is het helemaal duidelijk dat er iets niet klopt. De verwarring wordt nog groter wanneer een hondje komt aangelopen op de muur waartegen de kunstenares de handstand uitvoert. Het lijkt alsof dit werk gemaakt is met gesofisticeerde computerprogramma\u0026rsquo;s waarmee de beelden vervormd en gemanipuleerd worden. Aan het eind van de video staat de vrouw echter op en wordt het duidelijk dat zij al die tijd op de grond lag. De oplossing van het raadsel is dus eenvoudig: het gaat om een simpele, visuele truc. De video is gemaakt op een heel traditionele manier en niet met de allernieuwste technieken. De kunstenares speelt heel bewust een spel met de perceptie van de toeschouwers. Op die manier wil zij aantonen dat de vooruitgang in de wetenschap en technologie niet belangrijker is dan het respect voor de traditie.\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":166,"name":"Peng Yu","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}