{"id":6792,"title":"Window to the World: Remember Belgian Congo","dimensions":"","date_begin":"1978-01-01","material":"sound file on hard disk drive","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":16,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collectie M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"UFO2013_20","stream_count_app":94,"permalink":"window-to-the-world-remember-belgian-congo","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Vito Acconci","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"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/000/015/252/large/Acconci__Vito__Window_to_the_world_remember_the_Belgian_Congo__1978__schenking_Flor_Bex%283%29.jpg?1363182873","poster_credits":"(c)scan: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe works of Vito Acconci are always politically and socially charged. Through the audio installation \u003cem\u003eWindow to the World (Remember the Belgian Congo)\u003c/em\u003e, Acconci expressed his criticism towards the colonial regime of Belgium. Several speakers attached to long cables broadcast a collage-like soundscape, in which documentary fragments about Belgian Congo, gunshots, circus music and Acconci\u0026#39;s voice alternate and overlap one another. The work was first exhibited at the International Cultural Center in 1978, in the former royal palace on the Meir in Antwerp. Almost 30 years later, the work once again was part of an exhibition, this time during \u0026quot;Dear ICC\u0026quot; at M HKA. Flor Bex and Lieve Dedeyne kindly donated the correspondence with Acconci to M HKA, in which he describes the work in detail, accompanied by original design sketches.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe werken van Vito Acconci hebben steevast een politieke en sociale geladenheid. In de audio installatie \u003cem\u003eWindow to the World (Remember the Belgian Congo)\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;liet Acconci zijn kritiek op het koloniale regime van Belgi\u0026euml; weerklinken. Door de aan lange kabels gevestigde luidsprekers wordt een soundscape afgespeeld, bestaande uit elkaar opvolgende en overlappende geluidsopnames: documentaire fragmenten over Belgisch Congo, geweerschoten, circusmuziek en de stem van Acconci. Het werk werd voor het eerst getoond in 1978 in het voormalig koninklijk paleis op de Meir, waar destijds het ICC gevestigd was. Bijna dertig jaar later werd het werk opnieuw getoond tijdens de tentoonstelling \u0026quot;Dear ICC\u0026quot; in het M HKA. Flor Bex en Lieve Dedeyne schonken aan het M HKA de briefwisseling waarin Acconci dit werk tot in detail beschrijft, inclusief de bijbehorende ontwerptekeningen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes \u0026oelig;uvres de Vito Acconci ont toujours une charge politique et sociale. Dans l\u0026rsquo;installation audio \u003cem\u003eWindow to the World (Remember the Belgian Congo)\u003c/em\u003e, Acconci a fait r\u0026eacute;sonner sa critique sur le r\u0026eacute;gime colonial de la Belgique. Les haut-parleurs fix\u0026eacute;s \u0026agrave; de longs c\u0026acirc;bles lisent un \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;paysage sonore\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, compos\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;enregistrements de son cons\u0026eacute;cutifs et chevauchants\u0026nbsp;: des fragments documentaires sur le Congo belge, des coups de fusil, de la musique de cirque et la voix d\u0026rsquo;Acconci. L\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; montr\u0026eacute;e pour la premi\u0026egrave;re fois en 1978 dans l\u0026rsquo;ancien palais royal au Meir, o\u0026ugrave; l\u0026rsquo;ICC \u0026eacute;tait \u0026eacute;tabli \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;poque. Presque trente ans plus tard, l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre a de nouveau \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; montr\u0026eacute;e lors de l\u0026rsquo;exposition \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Dear ICC\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; au M HKA. Flor Bex et Lieve Dedeyne ont fait don au M HKA de la correspondance dans laquelle Acconci d\u0026eacute;crit en d\u0026eacute;tail cette \u0026oelig;uvre, y compris les plans correspondants.\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":93,"name":"Vito Acconci","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}