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| But I veal admit: Ze old-school Hummers are ze monument to cra... |
 Madame Gonza...
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1 | June 25, 2008 |
| In Texas there are Hummer Farms... |
Madame Gonza...
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0 | June 25, 2008 |
| Parked Hummers - what to do |
Trigby
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33 | June 16, 2008 |
| now if you drive one, you're REALLY an asshole! |
Henry
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2 | June 6, 2008 |
| Hummers aren't the worse |
chris
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27 | May 31, 2008 |
Styrofoam Hummer (2005)by Andrew Junge
This life-size model of a Hummer H1 is constructed from what we normally consider a rather light material, Styrofoam, scavenged during the artist’s three months at SF Recycling & Disposal’s Artist-in-Residence Program. Hummer was handcrafted -- brick by Styrofoam brick -- from thousands of individual pieces of shaped polystyrene, glued together and then either shaved and sanded down, cut with a hot-wire tool, or skinned with polystyrene veneer. The assembled pieces sit on a frame made of plywood and 2x4s (also scavenged). Held together with five gallons of StyroWeld glue, a case of Liquid Nails, a case of PL polyester adhesive, and screws, bolts, metal rods, and pipes, Hummer is 17 feet long, 6 feet high, and weighs over 400 pounds. (And it probably floats.) Measurements of a real Hummer and a 1/25 model were used to ensure correct proportions.
Andrew Junge uses what would typically be considered “junk” in the hope of encouraging others to consider refuse as a resource (or just to think about their trash at all). His aim is to turn the lowest form of human productivity, trash, into art, the highest—a kind of modern alchemy.
Andrew Junge uses what would typically be considered “junk” in the hope of encouraging others to consider refuse as a resource (or just to think about their trash at all). His aim is to turn the lowest form of human productivity, trash, into art, the highest—a kind of modern alchemy.