{"id":12541,"title":"Skull 2","dimensions":"","date_begin":"2008-01-01","material":"metal, wood, loam, pigeons","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":12,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":45,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Donated by the artist, 2009","cached_tag_list":"Dietvorst Els pigeons skull installation","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eDe basis van het project dat ze voor het MuHKA maakt zijn de \u0026#39;solitary confinement cages\u0026#39; van Guantanamo. De kooi waarin ze Skull 2 plaatst, is een replica daarvan, op mensenmaat gemaakt. Deze skull doet dienst als duiventil. Het werk wordt geinstalleerd op het dakterras van het museum. Rond die skull plaatst ze bankjes waarop mensen kunnen \u0026#39;genieten\u0026#39; van het gevangenschap.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"S0410","stream_count_app":202,"permalink":"maquette-skull-3","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/027/056/medium_500/Els__Dietvorst_maquette_skull3_photo_clinckx__6.png?1424946711","cached_actor_names":"Els Dietvorst","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":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/027/056/large/Els__Dietvorst_maquette_skull3_photo_clinckx__6.png?1424946711","poster_credits":"(c)Els Dietvorst, photo: M HKA, 2008","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSculpture is beside drawing, writing and video an important medium in my artpractice. I started the Skull-series out of disbelieve and anger on the black pages of human history. The Skull-sculptures became a metaphor for useless violence and a symbol for human respect, gathering and transcendance.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eSkull 2\u003c/em\u003e (2008) was made on the roof of the M HKA, Museum of modern art in Antwerp and was a reaction on the War on terror.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe form of every skull is based on the skull of a Neanderthaler. The Neanderthaler is often pictured in history as a brute but was peacefull and shared peacefull rituals. They vanished when modern humans arrived in Europe. The teeth in all of the Skull-series are human beings refering to \u0026#39;us\u0026#39; the people. Mostly I use natural materials as wood, loam and clay to give the sculptures a fragile skin.The Skull-sculptures also serve as a refuge, you can hide, shelter, meet in it. I see the Skull series as a strong symbol that links us and that belongs to us all, humans. I see it also as a fragile and at the same time strong metaphor against violence.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEls Dietvorst\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe Skulls series is created in reaction to the wars in former Yugoslavia, Darfur and Iraq. The first is a gigantic version created \u0026ndash; almost symbolically \u0026ndash; in a warehouse in the heart of the Maria Ter Heide military base. This skull is large enough to enter, and once inside, you can peer through its teeth, which are formed to look like figures. This Skull is made based on the solitary confinement cages of the Guantanamo prison. The cage in which Maquette: SKULL stands, serves as a dovecote. Dietvorst positions small benches around the Skull, on which people can \u0026lsquo;enjoy\u0026rsquo; the imprisonment.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;In 2009, on the roof of M HKA in Antwerp, she exhibited the gigantic work Skull, a figure in a cage, fashioned from mud and wood. This powerfully visual work is Dietvorst\u0026rsquo;s way of reacting to the numerous images of war that the media floods us with. This specific work alludes to Guantanamo; to solitary confinement in cages. Dietvorst made a life-sized model of one of them, inhabited by a gigantic skull. On the roof of the museum, the head appears to be imprisoned in a dovecote, which can be viewed from a nearby bench. After a while, two pigeons built their nest in the cage and hatched out their eggs there \u0026ndash; thus a piece about murder facilitates the creation of new life at a totally different level\u0026hellip;\u0026rdquo;(source; Eva Wittocx, ED2)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDietvorst boetseert, met maatschappelijke situaties, maar ook met vergankelijk materiaal als hout en leem. Zo ontstond \u0026ndash; in reactie op de oorlogssituaties in ex-Joegoeslavi\u0026euml;, Darfur, Irak \u0026ndash; de reeks \u003cem\u003eSKULLS\u003c/em\u003e. De eerste is een gigantische versie die ze \u0026ndash; quasi symbolisch \u0026ndash; maakte in haar loods in het hart van het militair domein van Maria Ter Heide. In die schedel kan je binnenstappen en door de tanden kijken, die de vorm van figuurtjes hebben. Een tweede kleine versie toonde ze samen met de bijhorende tekeningen in 2006 in de aula van de Universiteit Gent naar aanleiding van de conferentie \u0026lsquo;Making Sense in the City\u0026rsquo;.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDe basis van het project dat ze voor het M HKA maakt zijn de \u0026lsquo;solitary confinement cages\u0026rsquo; van Guantanamo. De kooi waarin ze \u003cem\u003eMaquette: SKULL 3\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;plaatst is een replica daarvan, op mensenmaat gemaakt. Deze skull doet dienst als duiventil. Rond de skull plaatst ze bankjes waarop mensen kunnen \u0026lsquo;genieten\u0026rsquo; van het gevangenschap.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDietvorst fait du modelage, avec des situations sociales mais aussi avec une mat\u0026eacute;riel \u0026eacute;ph\u0026eacute;m\u0026egrave;re comme le bois et la terre glaise.\u0026nbsp;C\u0026#39;est ainsi qu\u0026#39;est n\u0026eacute;e (en r\u0026eacute;action aux situations de guerre en ex-Yougoslavie, au Darfour, en Irak) la s\u0026eacute;rie \u003cem\u003eSKULLS\u003c/em\u003e. Le premier est une version gigantesque (quasiment symbolique) qu\u0026#39;elle a fabriqu\u0026eacute; dans son hangar au c\u0026oelig;ur du domaine militaire Maria Ter Heide. Vous pouvez entrer dans le cr\u0026acirc;ne et regarder \u0026agrave; travers les dents, qui ont la forme de petits personnages. Elle a pr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute; une deuxi\u0026egrave;me version avec les dessins correspondants en 2006, dans l\u0026#39;amphith\u0026eacute;\u0026acirc;tre de l\u0026#39;Universit\u0026eacute; de Gand suite \u0026agrave; la conf\u0026eacute;rence \u0026lsquo;Making Sense in the City\u0026rsquo;.\u0026nbsp;A la base du projet qu\u0026#39;elle a r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; pour le M HKA, nous trouvons les \u0026lsquo;solitary confinement cages\u0026rsquo; de Guantanamo. La cage dans laquelle elle place \u003cem\u003eMaquette: SKULL 3\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;en est une reproduction, \u0026agrave; taille humaine. Ce cr\u0026acirc;ne sert de pigeonnier. L\u0026#39;\u0026oelig;uvre est install\u0026eacute;e sur le toit-terrasse du mus\u0026eacute;e. Autour du cr\u0026acirc;ne, elle place des bancs sur lesquels les gens peuvent \u0026#39;profiter\u0026#39; de la captivit\u0026eacute;.\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":[{"id":1504,"name":"Els Dietvorst","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}