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

Untitled (Figures of Dissent & Revolt Authority, nr. 11), 1962
Photography , 25.8 x 20.2 cm
ink, paper

Man being whipped VINTAGE Photo Mutiny on the Bounty [as indicated on PayPal document], black-and-white photograph, 1962, 25.8 x 20.2 cm. Purchased by Allan Sekula through eBay on June 15, 2010.


On the backside of the photograph:

Mutiny on The Bounty

PUNISHMENT A LA BLIGH...This is one of the moments in "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY" that leads to the eventual mutiny of the crew against Captain Bligh. On orders of Bligh, members of the crew are forced to look on as Percy Herbert flogs Duncan Lamont for a minor infraction of ships's rules