{"id":19903,"title":"The Humpty Dance","dimensions":"213 x 120 x 65 cm","date_begin":"2008-01-01","material":"assemblage","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Privécollectie","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":13,"permalink":"the-humpty-dance","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/429/medium_500/WP_2014-_0083.jpg?1532521470","cached_actor_names":"Agathe Snow","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":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/429/large/WP_2014-_0083.jpg?1532521470","poster_credits":"Privécollectie, image: (c) Willy Peeters","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAgathe Snow is born in Corsica, but lives and works in New York. Via her work she shapes her fascination for her own surrounding (\u0026lsquo;Lower East Side\u0026rsquo;) as well as the collective nature of society: she organises 24-hour dance- marathons and cooks in the street for hundreds of people. Aside from these events, she creates sculptures where she tries to depict society.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Humpty Dance\u003c/em\u003e is a sculpture alluding to the crucifixion of Christ. The crucified Christ is not only mounted unstable (due to the wheel he is swayed in all directions), he is also wearing a gasmask. With this work, Snow tries to depict the unstable and contaminated environment and society. The materials she uses to create the sculpture give the viewer a sense of \u0026ldquo;DIY\u0026rdquo;. The objects are usually given by friends, or found in the streets close to home.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAgathe Snow is geboren in Corsica, maar leeft en werkt in New York. Via haar kunst geeft ze gestalte aan haar fascinatie voor haar eigen omgeving (\u0026lsquo;Lower East Side\u0026rsquo;) en het collectieve: ze organiseerde reeds 24 uren dans-marathons, en maakte op straat eten klaar voor honderden mensen. Naast deze happenings, maakt ze sculpturen waarbij ze eveneens de samenleving naar voren tracht te schuiven.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Humpty Dance\u003c/em\u003e is een sculptuur die zinspeelt op de gekruisigde Christus. De gekruisigde Christus staat niet enkel onstabiel (door het wiel zwiept hij naar alle kanten), hij draagt ook een gasmaker. Hiermee refereert Snow naar onze wankele en verontreinigde omgeving en maatschappij. De materialen waarmee ze dit sculptuur opbouwt, doet aan als \u0026lsquo;bricolage\u0026rsquo;. Het zijn voorwerpen die ze krijgt van vrienden of die ze vlakbij huis op straat vindt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"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":[]}