Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2010

artist Fiona Banner @ the tate.   Harrier Jet and Sepecat Jaguar fighter planes.   The Harrier jet is famous for being the only jets that can take off and land vertically. Its always strange seeing videos of a Harrier take off or land like a helicopter or X-wing fighter from star wars.

"It's hard to believe that these planes are designed for function, because they are beautiful. But they are absolutely designed for function, as a bird or prey is, and that function is to kill. That we find them beautiful brings into question the very notion of beauty, but also our own intellectual and moral position. I am interested in that clash between what we feel and what we think." -Fiona Banner

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