post_modellismus – models in art - krinzinger projekte - Galerie ...
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Antal Lakner<br />
Naval Cutlery Kit, Icelandic Mar<strong>in</strong>e Units, series: HER - The Icelandic Army, 2003<br />
Sta<strong>in</strong>less steel, synthetic, 30 x 30 x 5 cm, ed. 5<br />
One of his long-term projects (s<strong>in</strong>ce 1999) ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a new topicality <strong>in</strong> each of its new<br />
contexts, is the creation of the equipments of the Iceland Army. The uniforms, the<br />
Turtle type armoured tent, the map with military <strong>post</strong>s, the on-location photographs,<br />
a photo of the Iceland M<strong>in</strong>istry of Defence and the maquettes made <strong>in</strong> small series<br />
were followed by the Plankton class float<strong>in</strong>g naval observation tower and the naval<br />
cutlery. The <strong>in</strong>terest of the prototypes comes from their alternative function: In Lakner’s<br />
<strong>in</strong>terpretation this military is pacifist, serves only purposes of defence, has no arms,<br />
its ground forces and navy occupies observation and defence <strong>post</strong>s. ...<br />
Iceland has been a member of NATO s<strong>in</strong>ce 1949, though has no actual army. Lakner’s<br />
statement could be considered an alternative utopia. But times are chang<strong>in</strong>g now:<br />
thanks to the reorganization of NATO, Iceland now, after several decades, has to<br />
consider establish<strong>in</strong>g an army of its own. We don’t know as yet what their decision<br />
will be. - Judit Angel, <strong>in</strong> Hungary Unplugged (Cotthem Gallery, Brussels, 2003).<br />
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