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Maker Faire Austin 2007
Camera Van
An interactive Art Car that was inspired by an actual dream, the Camera Van has the ability to capture the amazed reactions of people who see it for the first time. Of the 2,500 cameras mounted to the van, six are functional Canons that shoot print film, and two are operational video cameras that transmit live images to the giant “filmstrip” composed of four TV monitors on the passenger side of the vehicle. One of the best-known Art Cars in the world, the Camera Van has toured the US, England, Germany, and Canada capturing shocked expressions in over 5,000 photos.
Web site: http://www.cameravan.com/
Topic(s): Arts
Tags: artcar art+car camera van
About the Maker(s)
Harrod Blank
Harrod Blank has been making art cars since he first realized that his '65 VW Beetle could be treated as a canvas. He produced the 64-minute documentary Wild Wheels, which features 46 Art Cars and their respective artists, which PBS broadcast repeatedly as a national special in 1993. The following year, Blank's photography was featured in a companion book, Wild Wheels (Pomegranate, 1994; Blank Books, 2001), which was named “Best Book for Young Adults” by the American Library Association. After his mother's death in 2005, Blank embarked upon the making of Rancho Del Arte, a bilingual arts center with a museum dedicated to Art Cars, an outdoor theater, an underground system of caves, and much more, in Douglas, Arizona on the border of Mexico.
http://www.harrodblank.com
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