Jointly developed by M HKA and the KU Leuven, this long-term, interdisciplinary research project focuses on a specific, yet complex body of work; multifaceted and variably installable, unfinished and open-ended: Ship of Fools / The Dockers' Museum (2010-2013) by artist and theorist Allan Sekula (1951-2013). Informed by the research of the team members, the project continues to evolve in a succession of research outputs, such as this digital platform.

Allan Sekula. Collective Sisyphus

(c)image: M HKA
Untitled (Panama, nr. 5)
Print , 9 x 14 cm
inkt, paper

El "Richmond", Crucero Ligero de 7,500 toneladas de la escuadra de EE. UU., pasando el Corte Gaillard, Canal de Panama. (U.S.S. "Richmond", 7,500 ton light cruiser, passing Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal) [as indicated on frontside of print], color print, postcard, 9 x 14 cm. Date of purchase by Allan Sekula unknown.


On the frontside of the print: 

El "Richmond", Crucero Ligero de 7,500 toneladas de la escuadra de EE. UU., pasando el Corte Gaillard, Canal de Panama

U.S.S. "Richmond", 7,500 ton light cruiser, passing Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal

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