Tesla model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue, by Mexican sculptor Chavis Marmol
This looks so sick, I had to share it
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This activated a fragment of a thought that I haven't had in decades, wow. I'm not even sure I remember what this is from.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
I thought this was called Wild and Crazy Kids my whole life, but apparently that's another show that was on around the same time. I guess I watched both and they got mixed together. Thanks for the info!
the dude looks more badass than his statue
He does. There's also a pic without him on his insta and I've gotta say it does lose a few badassery points
Wow Spelunky 3 graphics are great.
When you misjudge the Thwomp timing
I hope it made the noise when it happened.
what we all came for
Artist page https://www.instagram.com/chavismarmol
Thanks, I'll add it to the post
Moments before crushing a tesla
My brain is so poisoned that all I heard when I saw this image was "Markus Wulfhart" army movement noise
Awesome, thank you, I'm not very familiar with ancient American history.
Badass photo
I'm not even anti-Tesla (see my previous comments), but yea this photo is badass.
Is that Señor Xtapolapocetl?
It's an extravagant piece of art. A mad, unthinkable, utterly impossible piece of art! A frabulous, grabulous, zip-zoop-zabulous piece of art!
I bloody love this comment
Artist statement: “🖕🗿”
Bestest use of a Tesla
rad
thats funny because it also means "wheel" in german. you know, like a car?
It also means "bicycle" in German. You know, unlike a car?
i dont!
To be clear, mucch like in Czech, the actual name for the vehicle is longer: Fahrrad / jízdní kolo, literally "riding wheel".
But people omit the redundant part that specifies what kind of wheel when in context, such as "ride a bike": Rad fahren / jezdit na kole.
now i know!
His face says "it had it coming..".
Nice. Symbolism on point. 👌
I love the fact that the car will continue to degrade, but the head will remain.
Spelunky 2 is too hard even for Tesla
Now I wonder, though, did he buy a Tesla for this? Or did already have a Tesla and thought of a creative way to get rid of it?
What's going through my mind is a scene from Straight Outta Compton:
"They're burning all your CD's!" (referencing a large pile of burning CD's from their new album).
"Yeah, but they still bought them, didn't they?"
Could not find the answer to that but I don't think so, given what he has to say about the installation. Also I don't see why he wouldn't get an already wrecked car for dirt cheap to do that.
"In the end this glorified object with all that technology is just that; it is just a product of a capitalist system when in reality what really matters is where we come from, what we are, and what we have been, generation after generation."
Source
Edit : the car in the picture even shows clear signs of wreckage, e.g the hood with giant scratches all over even though it looks like the head wouldn't even have touched it
For context, he did this a year ago.
I usually don't like Avant-garde art, but this one speaks to me.
Mario Brothers strikes again
THIS is the Mexico everybody loves!
https://www.jalopnik.com/mexican-artist-crushes-tesla-model-3-under-9-ton-statue-1851356246/
Is that giant round stone face supposed to represent an ancient stoic warrior? 🗿 Now it does.
The Louvre should display the fine artwork. Just paint a fucking swastika on the Tesla.
now this is art!
🗿
Now that's interesting!
More of these visuals please. Love it.
Nominative determinism strikes again!
This dude seriously just killed Olmec from legends of the hidden temple?
Love it. 💪
[slaps forehead] Dammit, I could have just taped a banana onto it!
Hope the underside of the statue didn't got damaged in even the smallest of ways.
EUGH!
No Maggie, not Aztec, Olmec. Ol-mec.
Oh yeah, he sure showed Elon. 🙄🙄🙄
Do you genuinely think that was this, or any, artist's intentions?
This is the same energy as conservatives burning Nikes because they’re woke.
Elon already got the money for that car it doesn’t matter what happens to it now.
Or he could have just bought a wrecked car that was going to a scrapper anyway.
Yeah exactly. There's zero chance that artist bought a new Tesla just to wreck it lol
That’s an interesting take SatansMaggotyCumFart, but Kid Rock shooting a YETI isn’t the same energy as a real artist making art.
They’re both art even if you don’t agree with one of them.
You acknowledge it as art while at the same time ignoring the ability of art to shape public perception. Interesting.
That is not what I said.
Conservatives burning Nikes shaped public perception too.
First, I don't think it did. Second, fire is good imagery for wanting something gone. This is much more evocative. And finally, I suspect those Nike-burning videos didn't start with used Nikes, because shoes wear out pretty fast. That means those supported Nike in their defiance as much as clowns shooting cases of Bud supported Anheuser-Busch in their defiance. While money for that Tesla certainly went to Musk, it's quite likely that none of the artists money for that Tesla went to him.
It doesn’t matter if you just bought something or bought it ten years ago you’ve still given money to the company that made it.
Given the state of sales for Tesla, I think it's safe to say that's incorrect. No one else is buying that Tesla for it's intended purpose, and it's increasingly likely that the person he bought it from isn't buying another. This piece of art isn't supporting Tesla or driving their sales.
We will just have to agree to all laugh at you for believing so I guess.
That’s fine by me.
👺🤝🗿
People are so dumb, the effect of doing this its only one: You lost a car...
Clearly this guy with very anti capitalist discourse had to buy a $40k car just to wreck it instead of getting an already totaled one from a junkyard, that is the only explanation that makes sense here.