{"id":6097,"title":"Divine Vessel","dimensions":" 20.9 x 14.6 cm, 375 p, language: English, publisher: Birmingham: Article Press, ISBN: 1873352093","date_begin":"2004-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/472","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"divine-vessel","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/000/013/385/large/divinevessela.jpeg?1354199569","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather \u0026amp; Ivan Morison create a full length pulp-parody novel entitled \u003cem\u003eDivine Vessel\u003c/em\u003e, a version of their own journey from Shanghai to Auckland aboard a cargo ship. Deliberately ludicrous, alternating between purple prose, factual data and knowingly silly humor, it\u0026rsquo;s a disjointed science-fiction yarn in which the Morisons are disguised as the characters Seth and Ruby, and encounter naked Filipino seamen, Captain Nemo and an extraterrestrial rabbit en route from China to New Zealand.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;\u0026#39;A copy of Isaac Asimov\u0026#39;s \u003cem\u003eFoundation and Empire\u003c/em\u003e constitutes the dominant material of Heather \u0026amp; Ivan Morison\u0026#39;s work of the same name (2003). Wild flowers collected from Mongolia just out from the pages that have been used to press and preserve them within the pages of the battered and somewhat dated-looking book. Also in 2003 Heather \u0026amp; Ivan Morison wrote \u003cem\u003eDivine Vessel\u003c/em\u003e, a 72,000-word science fiction novel, on a journey aboard a cargo ship. This novel is the outcome of the performative self-imposed isolation of a one month sea voyage from China to New Zealand. Asimov\u0026#39;s book was one that they had read in preparation for the task while photographing wild flowers in Mongolia. This whole period was encompassed by their pan-global voyage Global Survey. Like Russian matryoshka dolls, one work reveals another.\u0026#39;\u0026#39;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Dan Smith, Art Monthly, March 2007\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.morison.info/divinevessel.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather en Ivan Morison cre\u0026euml;erden een volledige pulpparodie-roman getiteld \u003cem\u003eDivine Vessel\u003c/em\u003e, een versie van hun eigen reis van Shanghai naar Auckland aan boord van een vrachtschip. Ze maakten het met opzet belachelijk, wisselend tussen overbeladen proza, feitelijke data en bewust belachelijke humor. Het is een onsamenhangend garen van sciencefiction waarin de Morisons zich vermomden als de personages Seth en Ruby en onderweg van China naar Nieuw-Zeeland een naakte Filipino-zeeman ontmoeten, Kapitein Nemo en een buitenaards konijn.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaa\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;\u0026#39;Isaac Asimovs \u003cem\u003eFoundation en imperium \u003c/em\u003elevert het grootste materiaal voor Heather \u0026amp; Ivan Morisons werk onder dezelfde titel (2003). Wilde bloemen verzameld uit Mongoli\u0026euml; springen uit de bladzijden die zijn gebruikt om ze bijeen te drukken en te bewaren binnen de bladzijden van het verfomfaaide en enigszins verouderd uitziende boek. In datzelfde jaar schreven Heather \u0026amp; Ivan Morison op een reis aan boord van een vrachtschip \u003cem\u003eDivine Vessel\u003c/em\u003e, een sciencefictionroman van zo\u0026rsquo;n 72.000 woorden. De roman is het resultaat van de performatieve zelfopgelegde afzondering van een maand op zee tussen China en Nieuw-Zeeland. Ter voorbereiding hadden ze Asimovs boek gelezen toen ze wilde bloemen fotografeerden in Mongoli\u0026euml;. Die hele periode werd beslagen door hun pan-globale reis Global Survey. Als Russische matroesjkapoppen onthult het ene werk het andere.\u0026#39;\u0026#39;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Dan Smith, Art Monthly, maart 2007\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.morison.info/divinevessel.html\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\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":1871,"name":"Heather \u0026 Ivan Morison","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}