Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko "Happenings in Belgium" (1965

Poster: concept & design by Hugo Heyrman, 1967 ( 82,9 x 59,6 cm )		"Happenings in Belgium" Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko Around 1965, Hugo Heyrman brought together artists Panamarenko, Wout Vercammen, and the Japanese artist Yoshio Nakajima in Antwerp for groundbreaking happenings, actions and early performance art in Belgium. Chronological list (1965—1968) Antwerp - Brussels - Ostend
	*07.09.1965*	Nu Happening ! Bezette Stad II en III, Happening Now ! Occupied City II and III, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko - Yoshio Nakajima - Wout Vercammen, Groenplaats, Antwerp.
	*08.06.1965*	KYRPWWAWAX, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko - Yoshio Nakajima, Happening in een Heerlijke Nieuwe Stad, KYPRWWAWAX, Happening in a Brave New City, Casino-Kursaal, Ostend.
	*09.25.1965*	Happening News, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko - Yoshio Nakajima - Wout Vercammen, Antwerp, Veilig-verkeers-magiër Thom Jaspers. Meir and Groenplaats, Antwerp.
	*10.02.1965*	Godsdienst Vorst en Staat , Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko - Yoshio Nakajima - Wout Vercammen, Religion, King and Fatherland, Groenplaats, Antwerp.
	*10.09.1965*	Happening in the Modern World, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, Groenplaats, Antwerp.
	*03.12.1966*	Het Lange Wapper Gasmonster terug in aktie, Air Base, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, The Lange Wapper Gas Monster in Action Again, Air Base, Groenplaats, Antwerp.
	*03.18.1966*	MilkyWay Happening, Hugo Heyrman - Bernd Lohaus - Panamarenko. Opening exhibition of the Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp.
	*12.16.1966-67*	De Premiere van de Hersenexpansie in Kleuren! Stunt-Happening, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, Premiere of the Mind Expansion in Color, Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp.
	*01.18.1968*	Happening, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, Brussels, Royal Flemish Theatre, Brussels.
	*07.06.1968*	Happening, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, Stapel ijsblokken, Happening: Pile of Ice Cubes, Conscienceplein, Antwerp.
	*07.13.1968*	Happening: 100 m3 graszone, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, Happening: 100 m3 Area of Grass, Conscienceplein, Antwerp.
	*07.20.1968*	Groot Electronis Uitbazuincomplex, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, Antwerp, Conscienceplein, Antwerp.
	*07.27.1968*	Wereldpremiere, Maquette van Projekt Reservaat, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, (10 Hectarenplan) World Premiere, Model of the Reservation Project, (The 10 acres Plan) Conscienceplein, Antwerp.
	*08.03.1968*	VAGARATZJI, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, Groenplaats and Conscienceplein, Antwerp.

1966 The First Mind Expansion in Colour!, in co-creation with Panamarenko, I made two 3D figures: styropor dolls covered with felt, "Feltra" (1966) and "Molly Peters" (1966). Stunt-Happening, Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, Wide White Space gallery, Antwerp. Ten paintings of glamorous women and female filmstars: Molly Peters, Malibu Beachnik, Carol Leland, Ursula Andress, Jean Harlow, Jocelyn Lane, Carol Lynly and Kristine Keeler.

Hugo Heyrman - Panamarenko, 'Feltra', 1966, concept & realisation in co-creation.
1. photo-source, Margaret Nolan 2. study for life-size pin-up 3. 'Feltra', styropor doll and armchair covered with coloured felt (attached with pins)
177 x 112 x 99 cm. SMAK Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent

International context 1967—1970: 1967 * Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour album. * Che Guevara killed in Bolivia (by troops trained in U.S.) * First edition Rolling Stone magazine (dated November 9, with John Lennon on the cover). * Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey. 1968 Yellow Submarine, an animated film featuring The Beatles, is released. * The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated on April 4. * 30,000 students clash with police in Paris, students occupy the Sorbonne. Workers in France join students in a general strike. * U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles on June 5; he dies the next day. * First Whole Earth Catalog. * Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline. * June 6 - Life magazine, Apollo 10 photos of moon and of the earth in space. 1969 Art Workers' Coalition founded in New York. * Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider. * John Lennon and Yoko Ono honeymoon at the Amsterdam Hilton with a "Bed-In for Peace." * "Battle of People's Park" at the University of California, Berkeley. * The Woodstock Music and Art Fair draws 450,000 people to Bethel, New York. * During a free Rolling Stones concert at Altamount Speedway outside San Francisco, Hell's Angels stab a man to death. 1970 The Beatles split up. * Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose. * Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose.

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