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- The Frozen Car Project
- Houghton, Michigan, United States
- Collaborative artists Mary Carothers and Sue Wrbican have used this blog to track the progress of freezing a 1978 Chevy Nova in a block of ice during January and February 2008. They worked with various groups of people such as students from Hancock High School and Michigan Technological University, the faculty and staff of MTU and government officials from the City of Houghton. The blog traces the ups and downs of bringing this project through its various stages towards completion. For more information you are welcome to check out their website: http://www.frozencar.com
18 comments:
A Frozen Masterpiece!
I have truly enjoyed watching this project begin, evolve, and eventually reach a very surprising conclusion.
Sue and Mary, you two are very talented artists but you actually may be better anthropologists.
awesome project!!
really suppise for me, i never seen like this in my country. coz there is no iced season in my country. by the way you are great :)
Amazing work. The Nova never looked so good. :)
-JP
This is an inspiring project which I was lucky to have worked with and had a little input.
This art was truly beautiful and connected on so many levels, esthetics, environment, community, identity, history, place, space, time, and many more.
And I know I was befriended by two awesome artists, knndred spirits, and wonderful fellow earthlings.
Really unique!
would like to know more.....
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Artists Mary Carothers and Sue Wrbican havesportsbook created an interesting piece of automotive art on the grounds of Michigan Techbet nfl University. In an effort to encourage discussion of “society’s dependence on mobility” the artists have frozen a 1978 Chevy Nova into a solid block of ice
Why a 1978 Chevy Nova?http://www.enterbet.com The Nova was selected for its significance relative to the oil crunch of the
this is really nice. you must have a great talent to carve that ice! and also a wild imagination!
I haven't seen this kind of incredible project & I am so surprised by your strategy that you made a car to be in frozen condition it is really a fantastic masterpiece!
As an investigation of climate change in North America and questioning society's dependence on mobility, Sportsbook Carothers and Wrbican are taking on different elements: Ice and Time. During the winter of 2008, the artists will freeze a car into a solid block of ice in Michigan, the state of the birthplace of the automobile industry. Their chosen site is on the grounds of Michigan Tech University, online betting in Houghton, located on the western side of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Their target date for the unveiling of the ice block is February 4-10, 2008. As The Frozen Car thaws with the spring, the artists will document its demise and interact with the public. march madness Out of respect for nature they will embrace fluctuating weather patterns incorporating the element of chance into the project.
http://www.canadacasino.com
So what happened to the car when the project was done?
that's really cool, I have never thought of a frozen car
What a great masterpiece! How I wish it will snow here in our country so I could also make my own Iced Nova! :)
Superb job! The comprehensive data given was invaluable. I am hoping you keep up the good job done.
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You really got a good sense of blogging.. Very nice post.. I loved that Iced Nova... Can't imagine like this. I wanna have it...
Thanks
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Mitchell Brown
Nice blog here....thanks for your great work.
Wonderful work, It is really an inspiring project.
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