{"id":6089,"title":"The Spirit of Ecstasy","dimensions":"16.5 x 23.4 cm, 224 p, language: English, publisher: Bruxelles: Éditions Komplot \u0026 Black Jack Éditions, ISBN: 9782960120714","date_begin":"2012-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":11,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/239","stream_count_app":45,"permalink":"the-spirit-of-ecstasy","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":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/226/large/couverture-ok.jpg?1352924429","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e A group of protagonists build a castle and an exhibition inside. \u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e *The Spirit of Ectasy* began as a project in 2009, when a group of 10 artists asked David Evrard to help them to make a catalogue for the exhibition they were making in the south of France. After two or three meetings, Evrard told them that he wasn\u0026rsquo;t really interested, but that he could write a fiction instead, in which all of them would be the main characters. Thus, those ten artists became the protagonists of the novel. David Evrard approached the creation process of the novel as an object, as one more piece within his practice in the visual arts. For him, it is like making a sculpture, \u0026rdquo;but just with many more layers\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e Een groep hoofdpersonages bouwen een kasteel en een tentoonstelling daarbinnen. \u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e *The Spirit of Ecstasy* begon als een project in 2009, toen een groep van tien kunstenaars David Evrard vroeg om hen te helpen bij het maken van een catalogus voor hun tentoonstelling in het zuiden van Frankrijk. Na twee of drie ontmoetingen zei Evrard hen dat hij niet echt ge\u0026iuml;nteresseerd was, maar dat hij in de plaats daarvan een fictieboek kon schrijven, waarin zij allemaal de hoofdpersonages zouden zijn. Zo werden de kunstenaars de protagonisten van de roman. David Evrard benaderde het ontstaansproces van de roman als een object, als een werk binnen zijn praktijk in de beeldende kunst. Voor hem is het alsof hij een sculptuur maakt \u0026#39;\u0026#39;maar gewoon met veel meer lagen\u0026#39;\u0026#39;.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"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":1356,"name":"David Evrard","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}