{"id":7834,"title":"The Portuguese Man of War ","dimensions":"126 x 63 x 53 cm ","date_begin":"1990-01-01","material":"diving gear on a metal table, plexiglas, rubber neck ring, batteries, tape, air pump with pressure gauge, electrical cable and belt with lead","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":72,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection Joseph, Foundation MUSAE, Bredene","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eDuikuitrusting op een metalen tafel, plexiglas, rubberen halsring, batterijen, tape, luchtpomp met manometer, elektrisch\u0026nbsp;snoer en riem met lood.\u003c/p\u003e","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":36,"permalink":"the-portuguese-man-of-war","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Object","nl":"Object","fr":"Objet"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/024/292/large/Portuguese_Man_Of_War_-_sculptuur.jpg?1407504096","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;This was no simple matter!\u0026nbsp; First of all, there was way too much current.\u0026nbsp; You were just blown out from under!\u0026nbsp; And when you eventually got deep enough, then that helmet would ascend with a lot of power.\u0026nbsp; It literally pulled you with 22 kilos on your head, and that was nuts!\u0026nbsp; After a while the lower edge of the helmet was right under your nose instead of under your chin!\u0026nbsp; I hadn\u0026#39;t foreseen that.\u0026#39; \u003c/em\u003e- Panamarenko\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Panamarenko had already made the\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;Whale\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCrocodile\u003c/em\u003es in the 1960s (works that\u0026nbsp;belonged to his silent objects), he did not create\u0026nbsp;his first real device for use in the water until\u0026nbsp;1990. This sophisticated diving suit, which he\u003cbr /\u003ecalled the \u003cem\u003ePortuguese Man of War\u003c/em\u003e, is intended\u0026nbsp;for walking over the gentle slopes of the seabed.\u003cbr /\u003eThe diving suit has a plastic dome helmet\u0026nbsp;and a small cylinder pump, ten centimetres in\u0026nbsp;diameter, to be worn on the back. The helmet is\u0026nbsp;supplied with oxygen by a cylinder with a piston\u0026nbsp;that goes up and down, a four-litre bladder that\u003cbr /\u003eserves as an extra lung, and a flexible hose that\u0026nbsp;floats on the water surface. Panamarenko tested\u0026nbsp;the diving suit in 1990 in the Maldives, as we\u0026nbsp;can see in the colour illustration that completes\u0026nbsp;the installation.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;Maar dat ging allemaal niet zo simpel!\u0026nbsp; Er was om te beginnen veel te veel stroming. Ge wordt gewoon onderuitgeblazen! En als ge uiteindelijk diep genoeg in het water geraakte, dan steeg die helm met een enorme kracht omhoog. Die trok letterlijk met 22 kilo aan uwe kop, dat was niet te doen! De onderste rand van die koepel zat op den duur vlak onder uw neus in plaats van onder uw kin! Ik had dat niet voorzien.\u0026quot; \u003c/em\u003e- Panamarenko\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoewel Panamarenko al in de jaren 1960 de\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalvis\u003c/em\u003e en de \u003cem\u003eKrokodillen\u003c/em\u003e maakte (werken die\u0026nbsp;tot zijn stille objecten behoren), cre\u0026euml;ert hij pas\u0026nbsp;in 1990 zijn eerste echte watertuig: een gesofisticeerde\u0026nbsp;duikuitrusting die hij \u003cem\u003eThe Portuguese\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMan of War\u003c/em\u003e noemt en die bedoeld is om over de\u0026nbsp;lichte hellingen van de zeebodem te wandelen. Bij\u0026nbsp;het duikpak horen een plastic koepelhelm en een\u0026nbsp;kleine cilinderpomp van tien centimeter diameter\u0026nbsp;om op de rug te dragen. De helm wordt van zuurstof\u0026nbsp;voorzien door een cilinder waarvan de zuiger\u0026nbsp;op- en neergaat, een waterblaas met een inhoud\u0026nbsp;van vier liter die dient als extra long, en ten slotte\u0026nbsp;een slurf die op het wateroppervlak blijft drijven.\u0026nbsp;Panamarenko testte de duikuitrusting in 1990 op\u0026nbsp;de Malediven, zoals te zien is op de kleurenafbeelding\u0026nbsp;die deze installatie vervolledigt.\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"}}]}