Posted on 06/04/2012 4:51:02 AM PDT by BO Stinkss
Many animal lovers find it hard to part with their pets when they die. So when cat Orville, named after the famous aviator Orville Wright, was run over by a car, his artist owner decided to turn him into a permanent piece of artwork as the ultimate tribute by transforming him into a flying helicopter. Dutch artist Bart Jansen first stuffed Orville before teaming up with radio control helicopter flyer Arjen Beltman to build a specially-designed flying mechanism to attach to the cat. The end result, named the Orvillecopter, is now on show at the Kunstrai art festival in Amsterdam where visitors can watch Orville flying for themselves. Jansen said the Orvillecopter is 'half cat, half machine', and part of a visual art project to pay tribute to his cat Orville. Jansen, part of the art cooperative Generaal Pardon, said: 'After a period of mourning he received his propellers posthumously.' He added that Orville will soon be 'flying with the birds' stating: 'Oh how he loved birds. He will receive more powerful engines and larger props for his birthday. So this hopping will soon change into steady flight.'
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Oh my....
This is right up there on the weirdsh*t-o-meter.
I do wonder if old “Orville” was pre-destined for his fate. I’m going to hope it’s a fake cat. He looks too good to be recycled roadkill.
Two words: Hover Hogs...!
Pegging the meter. Hilarious stuff. Silly Euro types.
Good thing you waited. Now you don't have to take the rap!
“Now you don’t have to take the rap!”
or the credit!
This sounds like an old Monty Python routine about a flying cat. Not to confused with flying sheep, of course.
Nice picture of the monkey as a bishop. I wonder if there is a pig as mohamed next to it?
I have no idea as to the context of that 'art' but if it relates to the clergy sex abuse scandals, then I'm OK with it. That's the classic "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" monkey pose.
This is seriously weird, but I am saving that photo!
Don’t know where I will ever use it, but its going into the photo file!
At least Dali was a shameless huckster, which was a step up from the rest of the modern “artists.”
You is gonna love this: Orville vliegkat youtube
( Notice: No cows were injured while filming this video...)
Okay, I figured out the motivation. The Dutch are eager to redeem their reputation after it was sullied by that Van der Sloot freak.
Looking at the thing, they had to break or dislocate the shoulders and hips to splay the limbs like that. The unnatural posture makes it look like the animal should be in agony. But the cat's facial expression conflicts with this: the eyes are wide open as if the cat is frightened, but the mouth is almost smiling. Even knowing the cat is dead, the overall effect is disturbing.
If you just had to make a flying toy out of your dead cat, it seems as though you could do it in a way that respects the cat more. For example, if the cat were sitting in and appearing to pilot an aircraft with its front paws, with no visible mutilation of the corpse, that could have been cute.
All I can think of when i see that Picture is a Pigeon seeing that cat hovering in the air thinking “OK, this shit’s not fair anymore...!”
I'm thinking Confuse-a-Cat Limited
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