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M HKA reserves its fifth floor for surprising interventions and intimate pop-up presentations. INBOX is a place that inspires and surprises, one that offers us a glimpse into the world of passionate thinkers and doers. With INBOX, M HKA creates a physical space in which the museum addresses often-recurring questions.

In the periods between the various events, we present a selection of our collection works, with particular attention to video art.

INBOX can be visited for free.

LABYRINTH OF LINES (1978)

A video environment by Stansfield/Hooykaas
2 video tapes, 12 monitors and a closed-circuit video installation, 14 black-and-white photos printed on linen, water barrel, mirror, leaves and lead wire
Sound: Delia Derbyshire
Donation: Foundation Stansfield/Hooykaas
Collection: M HKA

European video pioneers Elsa Stansfield (1945-2004) and Madelon Hooykaas (1942) were invited in 1978 by Flor Bex, then director of the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC) in Antwerp, to present a new video environment, made-to-measure for the 'horse stables' of the Palace on the Meir.

The video recordings for this audio-video-photo work took place along the Scheldt, during a stay in Antwerp, and were further developed in their studio in Amsterdam.

The installations' content, realised by Stansfield/Hooykaas during their collaboration (1972-2004), was often determined by the environment in which the works were shown. In Labyrinth of Lines, nature enters in the form of autumn leaves that slowly curl up, just like the pictures of video stills that were printed on linen and dispersed in the exhibition space. On the floor, you'll find the title's labyrinth, 'drawn' in lead wire. Visitors are invited to become a part of the whole through the live video camera.

Historically, this work is of great importance. Firstly, of course, as part of the Stansfield/ Hooykaas oeuvre, but above all because of the use of many different sizes and types of monitors. When the work was first installed, this variety of technology was unique. Now, 39 years later, the reinstalment of the work poses a challenge, since the old video technology will be re-used.

The reinstalment of this video environment has been realised in collaboration with Madelon Hooykaas.

At 19:00 during the preview on 19.10.2017, Bart Rutten, director of Centraal Museum in Utrecht, will have a conversation with the artist.

Subsequently, Hooykaas will perform GRID in the M HKAFE (19:45). During the exhibition period, the performance's remainders – a charcoal drawing on the wall and a video recording of the performance – will be shown in the M HKAFE.

Click here to get a glimpse of GRID @muhka_museum!

In the book ‘REVEALING THE INVISIBLE, THE ART OF STANSFIELD/HOOYKAAS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES’, 11 international authors describe the works of these international video pioneers.
The book is for sale in the shop.

For more information and photos, please contact:
Bert De Vlegelaer
Press Officer
E bert.devlegelaer@muhka.be 
T +32 (0)3 260 99 91