{"id":9561,"title":"It’s as if someone is observing us with a sense of overview we seem to lack, some-one who knows better than us what exactly it is we’re doing here”,","dimensions":"220 x 410 cm","date_begin":"2013-01-01","material":"charcoal on paper, 2 parts","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Rinus Van de Velde","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007810","stream_count_app":18,"permalink":"it-s-as-if-someone-is-observing-us-with-a-sense-of-overview-we-seem-to-lack-some-one-who-knows-better-than-us-what-exactly-it-is-we-re-doing-here","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Rinus Van de Velde","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":"Drawing","nl":"Tekening","fr":"Dessin"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/759/large/Rinus_Van_de_Velde__It%E2%80%99s_as_if_someone_2013_photo_M_HKAcc.jpg?1392716583","poster_credits":"(c)photo: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s as if someone is observing us with a sense of overview we seem to lack, some-one who knows better than us what exactly it is we\u0026rsquo;re doing here\u0026rdquo;, \u003c/em\u003eVan de Velde constructs replica log cabins along with a piece of woodland in his studio. Four protagonists, played by Van de Velde and three friends, inhabit this staged world: an artist, an art dealer, a writer and a philosopher. The philosopher reads, the writer drinks and the art dealer poses. The only one really at work is the artist. In the accompanying text, the artist becomes possessed by a feeling that he\u0026#39;s being watched, and describes the scene from the standpoint of the viewer. The four figures reflect upon their role in an artificial world.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eVoor \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s as if someone is observing us with a sense of overview we seem to lack, some-one who knows better than us what exactly it is we\u0026rsquo;re doing here\u0026rdquo;,\u003c/em\u003e bouwde Van de Velde een kampement van blokhutten in een stuk bos na in zijn atelier. Vier personages bewonen deze ge\u0026euml;nsceneerde wereld: de kunstenaar zelf, en drie van zijn vrienden, een kunsthandelaar, een schrijver en een filosoof. De filosoof leest, de schrijver drinkt en de kunsthandelaar poseert. De enige die echt aan het werk lijkt is de kunstenaar. In de bijhorende tekst wordt de kunstenaar doordrongen van het gevoel dat hij bekeken wordt en beschrijft hij de sc\u0026egrave;ne vanuit het standpunt van de toeschouwer. De personages reflecteren over hun rol in een artifici\u0026euml;le wereld.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003ePour \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s as if someone is observing us with a sense of overview we seem to lack, some-one who knows better than us what exactly it is we\u0026rsquo;re doing here\u0026rdquo;, \u003c/em\u003eVan de Velde a reconstruit des cabanes et une parcelle de for\u0026ecirc;t dans son atelier. Quatre personnages, interpr\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute;s par l\u0026rsquo;artiste en personne et trois amis, habitent ce monde mis en sc\u0026egrave;ne: un artiste, un marchand d\u0026rsquo;art, un \u0026eacute;crivain et un philosophe. Le philosophe lit, l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;crivain boit et le marchand d\u0026rsquo;art pose. Seul l\u0026rsquo;artiste semble vraiment travailler. Dans le texte aff\u0026eacute;rent, l\u0026rsquo;artiste est convaincu d\u0026rsquo;\u0026ecirc;tre observ\u0026eacute; et d\u0026eacute;crit la sc\u0026egrave;ne du point de vue du spectateur. Les personnages r\u0026eacute;fl\u0026eacute;chissent \u0026agrave; leur r\u0026ocirc;le dans un monde artificiel.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[]}