Zero

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The Mitsubishi fighter aircraft, a single-seat monoplane deployed from carriers and used by the Japanese Air Force with great success during World War II. The Allies were unable to build a comparable fighter plane until 1943. Although the Allies code-named it “ Zeke, ” it was known more generally as the Zero, a name derived from one of its original names, Reisen Kanjikisen (Zero Celebration Carrier-based Fighter Airplane): 1940, the first year it was produced, was also the 2, 600th anniversary of Jimmu's, Japan's first emperor, ascent to the throne, and so the “zero-year” celebration.

In the final months of World War II, many of the surviving Zeros were used as kamikaze aircraft.

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International group of artists founded in D?sseldorf and active from 1958 until 1966. Membership of this informal association varied, but the core of the group was made by Heinz Mack, Otto Piene and G?nther Uecker. The range of art produced by Zero members ran from monochrome painting to Nouveau R?alisme, and to object art via kinetic art and light art. The common element was found in young artists who wanted to overcome the subjective expression inherent in Tachism and Art informel, which was still strongly characterized by post-war intellectual movements such as Existentialism. By challenging the artistic ideas of the 1920s again (e.g. Suprematism and Constructivism), it was hoped to find a way of revitalizing and spiritualizing 'concrete' means of expression that did not reproduce the old world but rather opened up new forms of perception and levels of consciousness.

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zero	Zero Halliburton
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