frozen chevy nova
We continue to follow the progress of the
Frozen Chevy Nova Project. Previously, the technicians
stripped the Nova and prepped it for placement. Now that the Nova has been placed, the crew has been trying to properly freeze the car onto the base. Unfortunately, the weather has been fluctuating and the car has been leaking somewhere, causing the ice not to freeze completely. After talking it over with a few people, Mary and Sue have adjusted the misting process (as seen above) and are hoping to get a better freeze by letting the ice drip down into the car. Too much air, a certain kind of freezing or contamination could result in a less-than-stellar looking result. Hopefully, they'll be able to stay cold over the weekend.
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frozen chevy nova
We continue to follow the
frozen Chevy Nova fun in the Upper Peninsula as Sue and Mary work with the Michigan Techies to drain the car and remove some of the mechanicals pre-Freeze. Remember, this is to make sure that they don't cloud the ice when they fully submerge the car. It's also not a bad deal for the Michigan Tech workers, who volunteer their time and get a few spare parts out of it. More pictures from the frozen front lines below the jump.
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frozen chevy nova
Mary Carothers and Sue Wrbican are our kind of artists, having dedicated much of their efforts towards the issue of mobility, landscape and the influence of the automobile upon American culture. Their latest project explores, among other things, the transition from the late 1970's into the Malaise Era of the early 1980's as epitomized by the Chevy Nova, which was replaced by the less than stellar Chevy Citation. The monument to this change will be a 1978 Chevy Nova frozen into a block of ice at Michigan Tech University on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Can we avoid a world cluttered with boring, underpowered subcompacts but still avoid destroying the environment? Or as the artists put it: "The Frozen Car points to the classic struggle of culture versus nature. It is a monument to a tragedy meant to remind us of our present choices." Below our conversation with the artists.
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