{"id":83,"title":"Peak Communism","dimensions":"5 x (50 x 115 x 40 cm), 5 x (35 cm)","date_begin":"2009-01-01","material":"wood, iron","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":13,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"installation","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2009-01-01","reference":"BK007724","stream_count_app":103,"permalink":"peak-communism","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/757/medium_500/Yerbossyn%20Meldibekov%20Peak%20Comunism%202009%20photo%20M%20HKAclinckx_7.jpg?1302698008","cached_actor_names":"Erbossyn  Meldibekov","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/000/757/large/Yerbossyn%20Meldibekov%20Peak%20Comunism%202009%20photo%20M%20HKAclinckx_7.jpg?1302698008","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eErbossyn Meldibekov’s installation \u003ci\u003ePeak Communism\u003c/i\u003e\u0026nbsp;of 2009 is a parody on the utopian aspirations of the former Soviet leaders and the proceeding of history. A series of enameled metal pots for home use are turned upside-down and reformed into a mountainous landscape. The image alludes to the central mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains; the pot on the left presents the moment it was simply called \u003ci\u003eGarma\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e(‘mountain’), beside that the moment is presented it was named after Stalin, since it was the highest peak in the USSR, in the centre it is looming as ‘Peak Communism’, as it was renamed after 1952, at the right of that in its present remodeling, being now named after the nationalist hero Ismoil Simoni, and at the far right in an open end without any name. By transforming a mundane object of everyday use into a symbol of state ideology, Meldibekov expresses an ironic view on ideology as being nothing more than an empty mould. In the adjoining documentary photos Meldibekov shows how the numerous ‘heroic’ monuments throughout the region have been effectively remodeled over the past years.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eErbossyn Meldibekovs installatie\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003ePeak Communism\u003c/i\u003e\u0026nbsp;is een parodie op de utopische aspiraties van de gewezen Sovjetleiders en op de voortgang van de geschiedenis. Meldibekov zet een reeks geëmailleerde potten op hun kop en vormt ze om tot een bergachtig landschap. Het beeld verwijst naar de centrale berg van het Pamirgebergte. De pot aan de linkerkant presenteert het moment waarop hij gewoon ‘Garma’ of ‘berg’ werd genoemd. Daarnaast staat de piek op het moment dat hij naar Stalin werd genoemd. Centraal staat hij er als ‘Communisme Piek’. Rechts daarvan is er de hedendaagse versie: nu wordt de piek genoemd naar Ismoil Somoni, de negende-eeuwse Tadzjiekse nationale held. Helemaal rechts is er ten slotte het open einde – zonder enige naam. Door een alledaags object tot een symbool van de staatsideologie te verheffen, geeft Meldibekov een ironische kijk op ideologie, als iets dat niet meer is dan een lege vorm.\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":77,"name":"Erbossyn  Meldibekov","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}