Have you seen this airplane?, 2022
Airplane blankets (Malaysia Airlines 170x127cm, Turkish Airlines 138x96cm, British Airways 155x110cm, Emirates 184x87cm, Pan Am 160x110cm, Air France 141x95cm), flex print, different and variable sizes / Termial, Terminal
The wall installation "Have You Seen This Airplane?", made from airplane blankets from airlines such as Pan Am, Air France, and Emirates, is inspired by tear-off notices for lost pets or stolen items. Here, however, the search is for specific aircraft models such as the Douglas DC-9 from the sixties. A closer look reveals numerous other references to films such as Wim Wenders' “Wings of Desire“, but also Turkish Superman films (Süpermen Dönüyor) from the seventies or the French film “Bird People“, which was shot entirely at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport – all films in which the themes of flight, celestial spheres, or specific aircraft play a central role in relation to human worlds, feelings, and experiences.
If you have any tips, you can contact the email addresses, which also provide information about the films mentioned!
Curator: Anne Mager
Photo: Bozica Babic, Jennifer Lost, Petra Martinetz
Installation view: Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Köln // Kirche der Jesuiten