The exhibitions Urgent Conversations: Athens–Antwerp and Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens are a collaboration between EMST and M HKA, a theoretical and visual dialogue, based on works from the collections of both museums, which includes more than 70 works structured in 22 topics.
28.04.2017 - 07.01.2018
M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen
EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art - Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str., Athens 11743
There were a lot of problems with Bing-motors. To get them right we needed a better titanium layer, but that was in the domain of the American space industry, and they don't give anything away… (Panamarenko)
Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai from 1947. At a certain moment, you hear a commercial on the radio: "Brillo Lusto, this is your hair, this is your man!" And then I thought: that doesn't sound bad, but I'll make it "Ferro" Lusto. Because Ferro is iron and Ferro Lusto sounds right for a flying saucer. (Panamarenko)