"MoparKetchup" (moparketchup)
09/04/2013 at 13:13 • Filed to: Art Car
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"MoparKetchup" (moparketchup)
09/04/2013 at 13:13 • Filed to: Art Car | 6
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Welcome to another chapter of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , where we look at the intimidating yet minimalistic approach of Jenny Holzer’s project, using a BMW V12 LMR as her starting point.
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The only things done to this car were some phrases painted in all sides of the vehicle. However, if you read them, you’ll understand how each word fits the epicness this car oozed when it was at Le Mans eating Toyotas, Mercedes, Audis and Nissans for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and midnight snack (it won the 1999 Sebring 12 Hours and the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours). To help it eat like a champ, a 6.1L V12 provided 580 horsepower to propel its 2000 pounds of carbon and aluminum.
“Protect me from what I want”, “ You are so complex you don’t respond to danger”, “The unattainable is invariably attractive”, “Lack of charisma can be fatal” and “Monomania is a prerequisite of success”…epic phrases for a badass car.
Here is a video clip (skip to 2:25) and a sound bite of the BMW LMR V12.
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You can find more information about this car in these links:
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Stef Schrader
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 13:21 |
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Hahahaha, I love it.
syrgrad91
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 13:25 |
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I miss the BMW LMR cars and their venture into F1. It seems like BMW's focus on motorsports is not unlike the attention span of someone with ADHD.
Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 13:26 |
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See also S70 series engines. So full of epic!
DenStorePelikan
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 13:36 |
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God that overlooking shot starting at around 0:55 down the straight is epic! Also, turning cameras inside the car! That should return!
Formula4speed
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 13:51 |
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an art car that focuses on the character of the car—I fucking LOVE it. I want posters. I WANT POSTERS NOW.
Mikeado
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 13:53 |
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I've stood there! It was an awesome exhibit.
Maxton86
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 13:59 |
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The BMW LMR is a good looking race car. A nice clean shape with some interesting details. If I recall, BMW had Peter Stevens design the body. The same guy who designed the body for the McLaren F1 road car and the Jaguar XR-15.
Perhaps the last of the race cars still designed by stylists, before the aerodynamics dictated everything...
Burger-Lord
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 14:01 |
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I like how they squeezed the kidney grills in. Now they need to figure out the Hoffmeister kink.
CRX-Wing
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 14:03 |
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Dat ass...
Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 14:16 |
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Holy fuck I want this more than any mechanical thing that has ever been created. Now where did I leave that million dollar stash...
Mers
> syrgrad91
09/04/2013 at 14:38 |
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Me too but it seems like they do it to prove to everyone that they can, but pull out once their point is made, or once it no longer makes sense fiscally. They're smart about it, generally. I hope to see them back at Le Mans soon.
E36TitanM3
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 14:51 |
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Way to ruin the tradition! Now lets see some iconic pictures of her painting the car... oh wait she didn't she used a stencil and some spray paint. I'm sorry but, you have a real V12 LMR and you put three sentences on it. That doesn't make it an art car.
Andy Warhol would like to tell you you're an idiot btw.
Jonathan Harper
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 14:58 |
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I thoroughly approve of this series.
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MoparKetchup
> E36TitanM3
09/04/2013 at 14:59 |
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BMW chose her to do the project, so if you want to call them idiots or attack them with unfounded insults, then go ahead.
Forester guy
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 15:40 |
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How is this an ART car? theres only a few stuff written on it...I even had to read the article to see that the title photo was the actual car
jnecr
> Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
09/04/2013 at 15:49 |
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So this is the same series of engine that went into the McLaren F1, eh? It has a BMW 6.1L V12...
BrianMadigan
> E36TitanM3
09/04/2013 at 15:53 |
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Jenny Holzer is 'concept art', so you have to think about the meaaaaaning of the piece rather than see beauty in the colors and textures. Personally, her stuff reminds me of the kinds of things printed on paper coffee cups and shopping bags. Silly, corporate marketing mantras that are supposed to empower and give people good feelings, but are just really annoying.
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Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
> jnecr
09/04/2013 at 16:35 |
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Yessir, that's correct. The 850CSi, M8, McLaren F1/F1 gtr, BMW LM and LMR, as well as this thing:
http://www.carenthusiast.com/reviews/articl…
...all have some variant of the s70 ///M developed V12 in them.
Blondude
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 16:40 |
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And people hate performance SUVs...
(The video is in foreignese but all you need to know is that it's an X5 with the same engine as the car above.)
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SLUSHIE
> E36TitanM3
09/04/2013 at 17:15 |
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Some people consider cars themselves art, and they weren't made with a paintbrush.
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syrgrad91
> Mers
09/04/2013 at 19:38 |
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They still participate at LeMans, but they do so in Z4's now, prototypes are a whole other ball game. Much like F1, LMP cars require a dedicated engineering and race team. The only thing they share in common with the traditional race cars is that they share the same track for 24 hours.
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Mers
> syrgrad91
09/04/2013 at 19:55 |
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Yes, you're right. I meant in P1, though, although none of the GT teams are factory, right? I don't remember now, but I would love to see a fleet of GT i8's or new BMW LMP Hybrids... With Porsche and Jaguar coming back soon, it may be good for them to join in. Today I just read they are considering coming back as F1 engine suppliers. The F1 engines starting next year could be (as per Renault) modified into Prototype engines fairly easily. So who knows, right?
Sam Payne
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 21:31 |
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Looks like they just posted an annoying person's facebook status updates all over the car...
Boredinmemind
> MoparKetchup
09/04/2013 at 21:52 |
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ok, like them changing the 3 series to the 4 series? that was unnecessary and retarded as it ruins the continuation of the old pedigree. i would not have had as much of a problem making the 4 door the 4 series as that makes more sense but them changing it at all is annoying. not that ill ever be able to afford one so i dont have to worry.
p.s. not trying to start anything just saying BMW is definitely going down hill from what it once was.
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MoparKetchup
> Boredinmemind
09/04/2013 at 22:20 |
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You sir have a great point, so here you have an article touching that annoying problem...
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/04/avoida…
...and a pic of a 2014 BMW 4 Series:
DETROIT
> E36TitanM3
09/05/2013 at 01:09 |
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ummm Andy Warhol.He would probably laugh at you and say you were so 1950 lol
Can't wait for video art to make its debut on an lcd carbon bodied BMW racecar.
Coyote318is
> E36TitanM3
09/05/2013 at 04:04 |
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You're calling the Andy Warhol M1 an art car? That car is an insult to the M1's legacy.
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Boredinmemind
> MoparKetchup
09/05/2013 at 05:19 |
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damn it BMW you make me have confused feelings.
its like "dat ass" but it's marred with that bad 4 tattoo. but still makes it hard to hate.
CraigM
> MoparKetchup
09/05/2013 at 09:01 |
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I went to see that exibition in 2012, it was amazing to see most of them all in one place. My pics are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgmca/s…
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MoparKetchup
> CraigM
09/05/2013 at 18:56 |
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You've got some amazing pics! Do you think that if next time I post another chapter of the BMW Art Car series, can I use your album for some of the pics, post your link and cite your Oppo avatar?
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CraigM
> MoparKetchup
09/09/2013 at 13:09 |
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No problem, go for it.
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MoparKetchup
> CraigM
09/09/2013 at 14:06 |
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Thank you!