11th of July 1897, Spitsbergen. Three men lifted off in a zeppelin for an expedition to the North Pole. They were convinced that this is the only way to triumph the polar ice. But they are never to be seen again.

20th of September 2013, Eindhoven. These three men would pay their tribute to these expeditioners with art, music, film and literature. The Eyecatcher is a 35 meter long and 4,5 meter wide zeppelin made of plaited willow wood, the `skeleton of a dream`.

ØRNEN 1897 is a multimedia installation in hall B of the Klokgebouw in EINDHOVEN and it is a project of George De Decker, Guido De Bruyn and Peter Maschke. It can be visited from the 20th until the 24th of September every day from 11 a.m. till 6 p.m. and on Friday the 20th down to 10 p.m.

Adress: Klokgebouw 50 5617 AB Eindhoven

Sponsors: Trudo, Gemeente Eindhoven, CC Jacques Franck, 3AX asbl, SintLucas, Your Mover, Uit in Eindhoven, Van der Valk Hotel, MAD emergent art center, Canon.