The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle
May 27th, 2009“The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle” by Jonathan Schipper is a machine that advances two full sized automobiles slowly into one another over a period of 6 days, simulating a head on automobile collision. You can see 2 timelapse videos here.
found at I am Jeriko
May 27th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I don’t think my boyfriend would agree because he loves these cars so much, but I think it’s awesome.
It’s a great and simple reflection on the perception of time.
I’m re-posting!!
May 31st, 2009 at 7:44 am
What a waste of awesome cars! He’s right these cars are becoming extinct..not need to hurry the process. It would have been better if he used a PT cruiser instead. Sorry I used to own a ‘79 transam so to see this…well it seems like murder
June 6th, 2009 at 10:11 am
[...] artist created this work a couple of years ago to symbolize the Death of American Muscle. In the display, two muscle cars move imperceptibly toward each other, so slowly you [...]
December 14th, 2009 at 1:57 am
[...] September, Jonathan Schipper did an European version of his installation “The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle” in Den Haag, The Netherlands. This time he used a Mercedes 230 CE Brabus and a MBW 525i. The [...]
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
this is so…damn stupid, why the heck would ya waste to nice looking American muscle cars just to prove a freaking point on something, thats what computer animations for now, man…this is got me alittle steamed! talk about the american muscle dyeing, well…you just killed to nicely looking machnes right there, dumbass!! theres no freaking whay you could be american or a american muscle car lover, because theres NO WAY IN HELL a real american muscle car lover would do something like that, PERIOD!!!