Hans Theys

Hans Theys is a twentieth-century philosopher and art historian. He has written and designed dozens of books on the works of contemporary artists and published hundreds of essays, interviews and reviews in books, catalogues and magazines. All his publications are based on actual collaborations and conversations with artists.

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Panamarenko

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(c)image: Claudy Kremer, Courtesy The Deweer Collection - Otegem

Helikopter, 1973-1986

Panamarenko

Object , 100 x 900 x 500 cm

plastic, metal, wood, felt, paint; along with a display case with various objects

'Cayley also made helicopter-like things, although they look more like toys. For instance, feathers with their quills in a stopper. When wound up under tension it would fly a good ways, and then when the feathers opened it would drift calmly to the ground.' - Panamarenko

Panamarenko wrote an illustrated text in the early 1970s on the helicopter’s potential to conquer the air. He did not create this version, however, until 1986. He previously built a number of variations which – although they used lifting force and rotor blades (his Portable Air Transport, for instance, and the flying bicycle Das Flugzeug) – were not constructed according to the standard helicopter model with a cabin and tail rotor. He used a pedal-drive for the construction of this 1986 helicopter and unusually long blades to increase the carrying capacity.

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