photo: Harrod Blank
photo: Harrod Blank
1971 Volkswagen / Westfalia Campmobile. 2001-present (an eternal work in progress.) Completely decorated and illuminated inside and out, this mobile bar/altar/temple/office/home has traveled the US extensively and has been lived in off and on since its creation. Auxiliary electrical system charged by a Simens 125W photovoltaic panel mounted to the pop-top roof provides power for comfortable desert living. Inspired by the incantation of the same name by Th. Metzger.
photos: chasterus
Shows and exhibitions:
- ArtCar Fest 2001-2006
- Burning Man Festival 2001-2006
- Houston Art Car Parade 2003
- Seattle Art Car Blowout 2003
- Extremoganza 2003
- "Wild Wheels" Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2003
- WACKO Art Car Weekend, Ashland, OR 2006
- "A Mosaic Of My Soul," Towe Auto Museum Sacramento, CA, 2004
- "Art Car Bar War," NIMBY 2005
- "Ice Hot Cars," National Automobile Museum Reno, NV, 2006
- Art Car World caravan, February 2007
- daily driver from May 2001 to August 2006
On the web and in the press:
- Yahoo! News Underground article on the Art Car World caravan, Feb 2007: Win Friends and Influence People
- Yahoo! News Underground videos: Inside the ArtCar Mind - Road Trippin' with the Carthedral
- SF Weekly's feature story Ecstasy is an Art Car
- some dusty photos on Flickr
- Paul McRae's I love art cars!
- ArtCar Fest featured cars
- cameo appearance in Harrod Blank's Automorphosis
Interview in video documentary of ArtCar Fest 2005 (left) and a cameo appearance in 2004 (right) for NYC Cablevision / MagRack:
An estimable portrait by Jim Hair.
A t-shirt design by Glenn Fidler.
1991 Honda Civic DX. Created August-September 2006. All items on the extreior skin (except a few live rounds of ammo) are discarded objects. Central hood motif inception by Robert "Rockette Bob" Van Keuren III.
photos: chasterus
Shows and exhibitions:
- daily driver since August, 2006
- ArtCar Fest 2006, 2007
- opening gala of the True World Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA 2007
- Tsunami on the Square, Prescott, AZ 2007 (1st prize, ArtCar category!)
- ArtCar Fest Arizona & Caravan, October 2007
- Art Party, San Jose, CA, March 2008
- 01SJ Festival, San Jose, CA, June 2008