SATURNUS V. Voorstel de bestaande raketten te gebruiken om (nucleair) afval naar de zon te schieten [Proposal to Use Existing Rockets for Shooting (Nuclear) Refuse to the Sun], 1975
Print, 115 x 98.5 cm.
©image: M HKA
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. S0112).
Luc Deleu believes that architects bear a great deal of responsibility for our human habitat. Architecture helps determine the quality of life on Earth. As a self-proclaimed 'orbanist', Deleu's architectural viewpoint concerns not only the urban scene but indeed the entire world as a whole, with its problems of over-population and environmental pollution.
From the very outset of his professional career Deleu has opted to present alternatives for existing situations. Over the decades, he has bombarded the worlds of art and architecture with his controversial propositions. In the Seventies he often did this with his Proposals and Counsels, never-to-be executed plans that were presented in the form of texts, drawings and models.
Le Paquebot “France” is Deleu's proposal for the recycling of ships headed for the scrapheap. Oceans and seas comprise a much larger surface-area than does dry land. Why not make more intensive use of this aquatic arena? An obsolete passenger ship or aircraft carrier could be employed as floating universities, so allowing students to both study and see the world.
With a sense of irony, but also a serious concern for our planet's pollution problem, with Saturnus V Luc Deleu launches the idea of incinerating garbage in a very different location - namely, on the sun!
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Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: DE INTERNATIONALE - Museum of Affects. Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, 26 November 2011 - 29 January 2012.
> Exhibition: The Collection II and a Choice of Donations and Loans. MUHKA, Antwerpen, 30 June 1990 - 04 November 1990.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Bornem - Gedeelde Ruimte. CC Ter Dilft, Bornem, 03 May 2014 - 25 May 2014.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. M HKA, Antwerpen, 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Spirits of Internationalism. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 21 January 2012 - 29 April 2012.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: For The City and the World.
> Ensemble: Stichting Gordon Matta-Clark.
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