{"id":7384,"title":"The Aeromodeller (Zeppelin) [The Aeromodeller (Zeppelin)]","dimensions":"2700 x Ø 600, 200 x 600 x 300 cm","date_begin":"1969-01-01","material":"PVC-film, woven rattan, wood, metal, engines, propellers ","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":72,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":54,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection SMAK, Ghent","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"1971-01-01","reference":"WV46","stream_count_app":274,"permalink":"the-aeromodeller-zeppelin-the-aeromodeller-zeppelin","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":" Panamarenko","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Object","nl":"Object","fr":"Objet"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/019/772/large/Untitled059.jpg?1386156666","poster_credits":"(c)image: Panamarenko Archive","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I was looking for a good name, and I was visiting Martin and Mia Visser in Bergeijk, together with Richard Long.\u0026nbsp; We were talking about that magazine, that sometimes there was something good in there, and so forth.\u0026nbsp; And then Richard Long said: \"Well, why don't you just call your airship The Aeromodeller?\"\u0026nbsp; And that was that.' \u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Panamarenko\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePanamarenko built \u003ci\u003eThe Aeromodeller\u003c/i\u003e, the airship\u0026nbsp;that speaks most to the imagination, between\u0026nbsp;1969 and 1971. The dirigible is the embodiment\u0026nbsp;of the artist’s dream of being able to move freely\u0026nbsp;through the air at any time. The basketwork gondola\u0026nbsp;was designed as a living space. Two aircraft\u0026nbsp;engines on top of it are used to steer the imposing\u0026nbsp;airship, which is held aloft by a cigar-shaped\u0026nbsp;balloon, thirty metres long. Panamarenko tested\u0026nbsp;the airworthiness of his dirigible in 1971 in a field\u0026nbsp;belonging to the artist Jef Geys in Balen. The plan\u0026nbsp;was then to fly it to an arts festival in Sonsbeek in\u0026nbsp;the Netherlands. The Dutch aviation authorities\u0026nbsp;sent Panamarenko a telegram, however, banning\u0026nbsp;the flight. To make matters worse, a storm blew\u0026nbsp;up over Balen, causing the attempted take-off\u0026nbsp;to fail. \u003ci\u003eThe Aeromodeller\u003c/i\u003e has since become the\u0026nbsp;iconic work in Panamarenko’s oeuvre. In the decades\u0026nbsp;that followed, he built numerous variations\u0026nbsp;and prototypes of airships, each with a different\u0026nbsp;form, colours and proportions.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ik was op zoek naar een goede naam en op een keer zit ik in Bergeijk bij Martin en Mia Visser te lullen met Richard Long. Het ging over dat tijdschrift, dat er soms wel eens iets goed in stond en zo. En toen zei Richard Long:\"Awel waarom noemt ge uw luchtschip niet gewoon The Aeromodeller?\"En dat is het toen gebleven.\" \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Panamarenko\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTussen 1969 en 1971 bouwt Panamarenko zijn\u0026nbsp;meest tot de verbeelding sprekende zeppelin,\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eThe Aeromodeller\u003c/i\u003e. Het luchtschip belichaamt de\u0026nbsp;droom van de kunstenaar om zich te allen tijde\u0026nbsp;vrij te kunnen voortbewegen door het luchtruim.\u0026nbsp;De gondel van gevlochten rotan is geconcipieerd\u0026nbsp;als woonruimte. Boven op de gondel staan twee\u0026nbsp;vliegtuigmotoren voor de besturing van het imposante\u0026nbsp;luchtschip, dat gedragen wordt door een sigaarvormige\u003cbr\u003eballon van bijna 30 meter lang. In 1971\u0026nbsp;probeert Panamarenko de luchtwaardigheid van\u0026nbsp;de zeppelin te testen op de weide van kunstenaar\u0026nbsp;Jef Geys in Balen met als doel de oversteek te wagen\u0026nbsp;naar het kunstenevenement ‘Sonsbeek buiten\u0026nbsp;de perken’ in Nederland. De overtocht wordt echter\u0026nbsp;verboden door de Nederlandse luchtvaartpolitie,\u0026nbsp;die Panamarenko hiervan per telegram op de\u0026nbsp;hoogte brengt. Tot overmaat van ramp steekt boven\u0026nbsp;de weide in Balen een storm op, die de poging\u0026nbsp;om op te stijgen doet mislukken. \u003ci\u003eThe Aeromodeller\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003egroeit uit tot het icoon van Panamarenko’s oeuvre.\u0026nbsp;In de decennia die volgen, bouwt Panamarenko tal\u0026nbsp;van variante modellen en prototypes voor luchtschepen,\u0026nbsp;telkens met andere vormen, kleuren en\u0026nbsp;verhoudingen.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":57,"name":" Panamarenko","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}