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In the installation Microclimate,
the passengers appear to be trapped inside a flaming and smoking
vehicle. The cabin is filled with smoke and pollution and the figures
are scratching and knocking the windshield in agony, unable to get
out of the capsule.
Motocalypse
Now shows a Mercedes car transformed into a grave monument of itself.
Like a sarcophagus or tombstone, the car is covered with ivy and
other vegetation and is slowly being consumed by natural processes.
A marble plate, partly visible through the ivy, reads, «Petrol-Fuelled
Car, 1885 – 2010, Rest in Peace».
The installations intone a requiem for the extraordinary success
of petrol-fuelled cars. This petrol era was proven very effective
and beloved by masses, but in the long run too harmful towards the
environment. The end of the petrol culture has reached its final
moments, and in the installation this is celebrated by a roaring
and boisterous swansong.
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Atlantis
