The head on the car is a dream
March 15, 2024 12:52 PM Subscribe
Mexican artist crushes Tesla under giant stone head
Other related works by Chavis Mármol:
Mr Olmeca Head
Neotameme
Other related works by Chavis Mármol:
Mr Olmeca Head
Neotameme
omg thank you for sharing this!! this person is my new favorite artist. Mr Olmeca Head is genius!
if Elno does hear about this he will certainly be provoked, since he is a giant baby.
posted by supermedusa at 12:58 PM on March 15 [5 favorites]
if Elno does hear about this he will certainly be provoked, since he is a giant baby.
posted by supermedusa at 12:58 PM on March 15 [5 favorites]
Favorited for unexpected Cure reference.
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:05 PM on March 15 [17 favorites]
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:05 PM on March 15 [17 favorites]
I was expecting a Cybertruck and the Olmec head from The Simpsons, not sure how that would work, but this was still really good.
posted by box at 1:15 PM on March 15 [4 favorites]
posted by box at 1:15 PM on March 15 [4 favorites]
Zardoz has spoken!
posted by The Tensor at 1:32 PM on March 15 [15 favorites]
posted by The Tensor at 1:32 PM on March 15 [15 favorites]
Wonderful!
Oh, to be an unsuspecting individual walking along and glance down this narrow gap between buildings and seeing this stone head sitting atop a crushed Tesla. I’d be grinning for a week.
posted by Thorzdad at 1:41 PM on March 15 [12 favorites]
Oh, to be an unsuspecting individual walking along and glance down this narrow gap between buildings and seeing this stone head sitting atop a crushed Tesla. I’d be grinning for a week.
posted by Thorzdad at 1:41 PM on March 15 [12 favorites]
something something lots of drones something Olmec head sculpture something Elon Musk's craven worthless skull something something
posted by humbug at 1:43 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
posted by humbug at 1:43 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
Thanks for sharing this!
I just recently discussed the Olmec heads with my (landscape history) students. Among other things, we talked about how giant stone figures have been used throughout history to express power, and about the waxing and waning of empires...
I look forward to sharing this with them on Monday.
posted by marlys at 1:47 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
I just recently discussed the Olmec heads with my (landscape history) students. Among other things, we talked about how giant stone figures have been used throughout history to express power, and about the waxing and waning of empires...
I look forward to sharing this with them on Monday.
posted by marlys at 1:47 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
I'm also digging the Mr. Olmec-head / Mr. Potatohead mashup.
posted by nikoniko at 1:58 PM on March 15 [5 favorites]
posted by nikoniko at 1:58 PM on March 15 [5 favorites]
I want to see this in a sculpture garden near Jimmie Durham's Still Life with Spirit and Xitle.
posted by zamboni at 2:06 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
posted by zamboni at 2:06 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
Delightful!
posted by snofoam at 2:24 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
posted by snofoam at 2:24 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
My zip code is _____, please visit!
posted by winesong at 2:30 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
posted by winesong at 2:30 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
my brother owns Tesla stock
it took 0.12 seconds to send him this link
posted by elkevelvet at 2:42 PM on March 15 [13 favorites]
it took 0.12 seconds to send him this link
posted by elkevelvet at 2:42 PM on March 15 [13 favorites]
I saw a "Cybertruck" on the road today and could not get over how much it looked like a bad prop from a subpar 80's scifi movie. It was ripe for Olmec-ing.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 2:52 PM on March 15 [3 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 2:52 PM on March 15 [3 favorites]
I am not sure it would be as easily Olmec-ed?
Everything I've read is that the stupid "super strong stainless steel" thing about it means that it has no crumple zones and is actually really terrible to run into anything with because none of the vehicle absorbs any of the impact, leaving it all to bounce the people inside it around as violently as possible.
So, yes, a giant stone head might crush it, but maybe not as satisfactorily or even easily.
posted by hippybear at 2:54 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
Everything I've read is that the stupid "super strong stainless steel" thing about it means that it has no crumple zones and is actually really terrible to run into anything with because none of the vehicle absorbs any of the impact, leaving it all to bounce the people inside it around as violently as possible.
So, yes, a giant stone head might crush it, but maybe not as satisfactorily or even easily.
posted by hippybear at 2:54 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
my brother owns Tesla stock
I hope his stock doesn't reach ... rock bottom.
I'll see myself out...
posted by piyushnz at 2:55 PM on March 15 [11 favorites]
I hope his stock doesn't reach ... rock bottom.
I'll see myself out...
posted by piyushnz at 2:55 PM on March 15 [11 favorites]
I'll see myself out...
Personally, I think you should be a little boulder.
posted by zamboni at 3:03 PM on March 15 [14 favorites]
Personally, I think you should be a little boulder.
posted by zamboni at 3:03 PM on March 15 [14 favorites]
Olmec you an offer you can't refuse.
posted by snofoam at 3:07 PM on March 15 [5 favorites]
posted by snofoam at 3:07 PM on March 15 [5 favorites]
a giant stone head might crush it, but maybe not as satisfactorily or even easily.
That just means we have to drop the stone head from a greater height.
posted by zamboni at 3:15 PM on March 15 [8 favorites]
That just means we have to drop the stone head from a greater height.
posted by zamboni at 3:15 PM on March 15 [8 favorites]
my brother owns Tesla stock.
Here is something else to send him.
posted by Runes at 3:28 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
Here is something else to send him.
posted by Runes at 3:28 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
This an an always-welcome reminder to listen to Los Lobos.
posted by stet at 3:49 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
posted by stet at 3:49 PM on March 15 [2 favorites]
I can't see a series of puns w/o thinking "where the hell is Greg_Ace"
doesn't he get pinged the moment a pun is born? it's like, his Bat Signal or something :)
posted by elkevelvet at 3:53 PM on March 15 [6 favorites]
doesn't he get pinged the moment a pun is born? it's like, his Bat Signal or something :)
posted by elkevelvet at 3:53 PM on March 15 [6 favorites]
I really enjoyed the slow, thoughtful, methodical smooshing that car got. It got well and properly splorked.
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 4:34 PM on March 15 [3 favorites]
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 4:34 PM on March 15 [3 favorites]
I guess I'm impatient. I wanted to see the head dropped from a height to crush the hell out of the Tesla in one go. But that might have broken the head, so I can understand the methodical approach.
posted by mollweide at 5:05 PM on March 15 [3 favorites]
posted by mollweide at 5:05 PM on March 15 [3 favorites]
Dropping the head would likely not result with the head resting on the car at the end of the exercise. It would probably drop and then roll.
posted by hippybear at 5:38 PM on March 15 [3 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 5:38 PM on March 15 [3 favorites]
That makes sense. I was imagining it being dropped while still tethered to the crane so that it could be appropriately reseated at the end. But I suspect cranes don't really work that way, because why would they?
posted by mollweide at 5:47 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
posted by mollweide at 5:47 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
"Whatever it does, it's doing it now." [Simpsons]
posted by neuron at 6:47 PM on March 15 [5 favorites]
posted by neuron at 6:47 PM on March 15 [5 favorites]
"Look what I do to your lousy car with this wonderful head. This is bigger than you and the rampant technologies,"
I love this! delightful!
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 6:52 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
I love this! delightful!
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 6:52 PM on March 15 [1 favorite]
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IT IS TIME
GOODBYE
WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 4:00 AM on March 16 [2 favorites]
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IT IS TIME
GOODBYE
WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 4:00 AM on March 16 [2 favorites]
But I suspect cranes don't really work that way, because why would they?
You can drop things reasonably fast with a hydraulic crane like the truck mounted thing they are using but dropping it, having the line go slack and the head roll away and then catch the line again and give a shock load to the crane could be a bit of a brown underpants moment. Not something you can convince most crane operators to try.
posted by deadwax at 5:16 AM on March 16 [2 favorites]
You can drop things reasonably fast with a hydraulic crane like the truck mounted thing they are using but dropping it, having the line go slack and the head roll away and then catch the line again and give a shock load to the crane could be a bit of a brown underpants moment. Not something you can convince most crane operators to try.
posted by deadwax at 5:16 AM on March 16 [2 favorites]
But I suspect cranes don't really work that way, because why would they?
They can.
However, by carefully and methodically crushing the car, the artist creates the impression of the effect of the stone having dropped and crushed the car in one massive hit. The reality, had the stone actually dropped and hit the car would have been far less visually impressive or effective. The damage would have been focused on a relatively smaller portion of the car, leaving a good part of the car unscathed.
By carefully spreading-out the crush damage in the manner in the video, the artist creates a far more visually-impressive, visually-satisfying, and editorially-satisfying effect.
posted by Thorzdad at 6:15 AM on March 16 [8 favorites]
They can.
However, by carefully and methodically crushing the car, the artist creates the impression of the effect of the stone having dropped and crushed the car in one massive hit. The reality, had the stone actually dropped and hit the car would have been far less visually impressive or effective. The damage would have been focused on a relatively smaller portion of the car, leaving a good part of the car unscathed.
By carefully spreading-out the crush damage in the manner in the video, the artist creates a far more visually-impressive, visually-satisfying, and editorially-satisfying effect.
posted by Thorzdad at 6:15 AM on March 16 [8 favorites]
An example of the old saying, "If you want to make an Olmec art, you gotta break a Tesla."
posted by otherchaz at 9:13 AM on March 17 [2 favorites]
posted by otherchaz at 9:13 AM on March 17 [2 favorites]
Make sure you don't only watch this muted, 1812 makes it much better.
posted by shenkerism at 12:53 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
posted by shenkerism at 12:53 PM on March 17 [1 favorite]
I wouldn't want to drop a giant stone head on most people's cars, but for this one Olmec an exception.
posted by rory at 3:29 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
posted by rory at 3:29 PM on March 17 [5 favorites]
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