Hans Theys

Hans Theys ist Philosoph und Kunsthistoriker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er schrieb und gestaltete fünzig Bücher über zeitgenössische Kunst und veröffentlichte zahlreiche Aufsätze, Interviews und Rezensionen in Büchern, Katalogen und Zeitschriften.

Diese Plattform wurde von Evi Bert (M HKA : Centrum Kunstarchieven Vlaanderen) in Zusammenarbeit mit der Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerpen (Forschungsgruppe ArchiVolt), M HKA, Antwerpen und Koen Van der Auwera entwickelt. Vielen Dank an Fuchs von Neustadt, Idris Sevenans (HOR) und Marc Ruyters (Hart Magazine).

Panamarenko

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(c)image: Wim Van Eesbeek

Vliegende schotel [Flying Saucer], 1979

Panamarenko

Object , 64.5 x 66.4 x 42.9 cm

cardboard base with two copper coils, plexiglas flying saucers with eight magnets, compass and a typed, signed and dated statement

Panamarenko believes that the development of space travel could be boosted significantly by relying exclusively on forces that already exist in the universe. He describes the magnetic fields in space as ‘cosmic highways’ that could be used to navigate between the planets. Panamarenko wants to build his magnetic spacecraft according to the principle of the monopole – a magnet with a single pole – which would be attracted by the opposite pole. Although many scientists deny that a magnetic monopole exists, Panamarenko persists in his quest for single-pole electrons, in the hope of one day finding his way to a magnetic field. The 1979 Flying Saucer experiment consists of two coils with copper wire, a small saucer with eight magnets and a compass. Panamarenko completed the installation with a typed statement of his space theory.

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