{"id":866,"title":"I Forgot What I Was Going to Say","dimensions":"78 x 55 x 5 cm","date_begin":"1992-01-01","material":"Wood, metal, bone, paper, wire","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":1,"collection":"Courtesy Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"Currently in the possession of Dieter Broska (Unterer Zwerchweg 80 55252, Mainz-Kastel, Germany).\r\nInsurance value: 25.000 euros. The owner agreed to having the work photographed for catalogue, TV, press and educational purposes. Work should be listed as belonging to Dieter and Brigit Broska. Extra note: the sculpture is fragile and should be transported very carefully. ","date_end":null,"reference":"JD90","stream_count_app":33,"permalink":"i-forgot-what-i-was-going-to-say","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":false,"category":{"en":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/003/402/large/110_1992_I%20forgot%20what%20I%20was%20going%20to%20say_JD90.jpg?1317727632","poster_credits":"(c)image: Philippe De Gobert","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"A revolver, separated from its trigger by a piece of wood, has been rendered useless. As if in a surreal dream, the object is deprived from its basic function and gains subjectivity. It is paralyzed, lost for words, as the piece of paper gives in: “I forgot what I was going to say”.\r\n\r\nThis artwork was part of Jimmie Durham’s installation at the [Whitney Biennial in 1993](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/326)."},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"Een revolver, met een stuk hout gescheiden van zijn trekker, is nutteloos gemaakt. Als in een surrealistische droom is het object beroofd van zijn primaire functie, en krijgt het subjectiviteit. Het is verlamd, zijn woorden kwijt, zoals het blaadje papier aangeeft: “*I forgot what I was going to say*” (ik ben vergeten wat ik wou zeggen).\r\n\r\nDit kunstwerk was een onderdeel van Jimmie Durhams installatie op de [Whitney Biënnale in 1993](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/326).\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"Un revolver, séparé de sa détente par une pièce de bois, a été rendu inutile. Comme dans un rêve surréaliste, l'objet est privé de sa fonction de base et gagne en subjectivité. Paralysé, les mots lui font défaut, comme l'admet le papier qui l'accompagne : « *I forgot what I was going to say* » (j'ai oublié ce que j'allais dire).\r\n\r\nCette œuvre faisait partie de l'installation de Jimmie Durham à la [Whitney Biennial en 1993](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/326)."},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":209,"name":"Jimmie Durham","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}