Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

1977

Film
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The Cocotaxi, made in 2003, is a mechanical chicken fashioned together with wire.  The title is a twist on the name Cotopaxi, a ship in the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

'At a certain moment you see the image of a giant freighter stranded in the Gobi desert.  And that ship was called the Cotopaxi, written large on the hull.  I thought that was an intriguing name, and I turned it to Cocotaxi.  That's a pleasing name for a chicken, no...?!' - Panamarenko

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“Cinema was a way of escaping the tedium of the academy. I discovered the adventure and imagination…” - Panamarenko From 1955 to 1960 Panam

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Cocotaxi bis

Panamarenko, Cocotaxi bis, 2005. Object, metal, wood, clay, silver paint, electric motor and battery, 33 x 16 x 19 cm.

Close Encounters Of The T...

Panamarenko, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. Object, laser videodisc.