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 (Glam Girls, nr. 22)
Photography , 25.3 x 20.4 cm
ink, paper

NEW SHADE ["Costa Brava"] FOR STOCKINGS, [Barcelona], [as indicated on backside of photograph], black-and-white photograph, 25.3 x 20.4 cm. Date of purchase by Allan Sekula unknown. H/Keystone 1523/857732


On the backside of the photograph:

NEW SHADE FOR STOCKINGS. This policeman on point duty in Barcelona, Spain, must have been hard put to keep his eye on the traffic, as this model showed off "Costa Brava" - a new colour shade for stockings chosen by the International Fashion Committee to be the fashion this summer. The new tone, lightly tanned, goes well with the fashion trend which calls for more womanly dresses. H/keystone 1523/857732