Mexican artist Damián Ortega pulled apart a 1976 Volkswagen Beetle and suspended the parts.
Weird how it looks even more like an insect this way. The car can currently be seen as part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Via the very lovely architectural blog, Gravestmor.
Project Fox is an initiative to launch the new Fox car from VW. Instead of a mega-budget TV campaign, the car manufacturer has created what it terms a “talent sponsorship scheme for young artists, designers, chefs and hotel management staff.” VW have given them an entire hotel.
Hotel Fox opened in Copenhagen in April of this year. VW and the management of Brochner Hotels invited 21 young artists to totally revamp a former 3 star hotel. Completed in a record 4 months, the hotel has 61 rooms, each with its own unique look. While the artists were busy, a competition recruited the hotel’s chefs and management staff.
The project is truly international with artists from London, Denmark, Berlin, South America, Australia, Paris, Russia, New York .. the list goes on. In addition to the hotel,there is Club Fox - a live cooking theatre (!), and Studio Fox, where eight VW Foxes are being used to create ‘mobile works of art’.
VW has further ambitions. The company’s first university, the AutoUni, is being built in its hometown of Wolfsburg and is set to open in spring 2006.
It’s that time of year again…
UK culture minister says product placement “contaminates” TV programmes.
A bit more political visibility in the UK
From supermodel to media brand.
And how to make a business from it
Surprise! Using IM improves kids’ linguistic skills.
Microblogging officially tips over into the mainstream
No, really.
Inventor of LSD dies aged 102.
The latest contender for ‘coolest imaging/photography tool’ turns snapshots into 3D scenes. And it works!
Women in Johannesburg have been staging a miniskirted protest
What did the twentysomething guy say to the other twentysomething guy?
More Flickr zeitgeist
Stop the clock!! We saw another ad on the internet!
A choice quote from The Economist
Toy giants crack down on Scrabulous, one of Facebook’s most popular applications
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Video hackers take down Getty’s video ‘art’ site.
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