This piece by Bob "
Plaseebo" Conge is a custom
Playsam Streamliner Classic for the upcoming "
PLAYSAM 500" group show, which will be hosted at
Super7 and have all proceeds from sales going to the
World Childhood Foundation. The full title on this piece is "The 1919 Skullwagon Land Speed Record Car" and there's not much to say except that it is absolutely to die for. Since I can't really do much except rave about it, I decided to post Conge's extremely detailed (and well thought out) history of the vehicle… Enjoy!
The 1919 Skullwagon was designed and piloted by Claude Faytte Bragdon, the american architect based in Rochester, New York. The car was sponsored by the Fox Sisters, a clairvoyant duo from the same city, who dabbled in the paranormal and spiritualist beliefs.
The Skullwagon was powered by a 500 hp psychic energy turbine, the first and only of its kind. At 1:30 PM on November 23rd 1919 the Fox sisters had arranged for 8,697 of their followers to tune in and direct their psychic energy to the specific coordinates of latitude and longitude of the location of the Skullwagon on the starting line of the Salt Flats Racetrack Playa in Death Valley California. At 1:31 PM the cars aluminum skin began to shimmer, emitting a pulsating blue light and at 1:36 the Skullwagon broke inertia, silently inching forward. Continually gaining speed at an ever increasing rate with only the sound of its wheels turning through the white dust and the air whistling along its sleek body, the Skullwagon appeared more akin to a sailing ship than car. At 1:43 she reached a top speed of 167 miles per hour shattering the previous land speed record. A title the Skullwagon would hold for the next 28 years.
Some years later, long after the memory of the Skullwagon had faded from racing history, the first siting of the "sailing stones" appeared and continues to this day. The "Sailing Stones" which leave linear "racetrack" imprints are a geological phenomenon found in the playa. The stones, some weighing over 100 pounds, slowly move across the surface, leaving a track as they go, without human or animal intervention. They have never been seen or filmed in motion. The stones only move once every two or three years and most tracks last for three or four years.
Some believe the stones are being moved by the residue of psychic energy from that long ago run of the Skullwagon.
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PLAYSAM 500" opens on April 28th at
Super7, 1427 Haight St. (@ Masonic), San Francisco, CA 94117. Participating artists include: Andrew Bell, Arbito, Clayton Bailey, Dacosta!, Super Cooper Berella, Beast Brothers, Betso, Kat Brunegraff, 64 Colors, Carson Catlin, DrilOne, Tristan Eaton, Brian Flynn, George Gaspar, Paul Greenwood, Gary Ham, Greglovestoast, Nathan Hamill, Jay222, Walter “Chauskoskis” Jacott, Jryu, Jeremiah Ketner, Paul Kaiju, Aya Kakeda, Frank Kozik, Josh Herbolsheimer, Travis Lampe, Matthew Langille, Josh Mayhem, Sarah Lunabee Miskelly, Frank Mysterio, Motorbot, Ritzy Periwinkle, Plaseebo, Patricio Oliver, Task One, Dave Pressler, Reactor 88, Jason “Aka Big Money” Rodan, Jermaine Rogers, Cris Rose, Scribe, Rsin Art, Ardabus Rubber, Skinner, Bwana Spoons, John “Spanky” Stokes, Steve Talkowski, Cameron Tiede, Scott Tolleson, Vise One, Angie Vtec, Ben Walker, Adam Washburn, The Air Rat, Julie West, Kevin Winnik, Nicholas Woodworth... and many others!
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his "Teuth" figure and super-sized him to a whopping 7" tall (see the size comparison with the picture on the left), then embedded actual candy inside each one of those resin figures... and I gotta say they look seamless! Brian tells us that the second one from the right is for the show and that the other 5 will be available at Tenacious Toys on Sunday, April 23rd! This series of six candy filled, resin casts are all different, but will be priced at the super reasonable price of $100 a pop... and I guarantee these will sell out! The show takes place on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at The London Candy Company, 1442 Lexington Ave, New York, NY so if you are in the area... don't miss it!
