Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
What happens when you take two canvasses, lots of Akzonobel Sikken paint (1,200 litres to be exact), and a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 car and put them all together? Well depending on how artsy fartsy you are, it’s either art or a terrible waste of good paint. Seems to be a common theme these days, creating art with paintings done by a car in motion, like the one by BMW with the Z4.
Watch the video after the jump.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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aaa..what is this?
what a waste of paint!
should give it to orphan kids… so they can play and be happy.
rubbish…
so what…. mclaren sucks this year !
nice.. wonder how it whud be if they use PPG Aerospace paint instead
it's a one of suck.. it's not an art.
try to paint using a F1 Car ?
art ~
gotta be the lamest art of the year……
the final result looks brilliant…
That piece of canvas is worth at least couple of hundreds of grand now simply because of all the logistical effort put in to produce it. Not too sure about the artistic value because I'm not an arts person.
Dont those paint will gonna spoil the car? I mean they use a 10million build car just to run over those color less than few mins or secs? I don really believe that is a real F1 car..
Moreover setting up those equipment + man-power does not come cheap. There goes their money, cant they have better idea to spend that money?? Come one la.. donate some $$$ to less-fortune kids around the world or develop new affortable merc cars…
WTH… Stupid art, stupid Ad.
Stupid Mat Saleh.
without hamilton's outstanding performance like 2007 debut year and champion year 2008, F1is like a scrap race….very boring and not attractive anymore…
martin mclaren principle must utilize the hamilton's incredible talent to attract ppl to circuit……
Next thing you know, they'll try to flush a toilet with an F1 car.
Stupid gimmick.
well rich people have creative ways to spend money to impress people
Agree with that….
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Hamilton waste paint and money said,
June 28, 2009 @ 6:43 am
what a waste of paint!
should give it to orphan kids… so they can play and be happy.
Ala, the paint manufacturer's the one doing the painting…they can waste all the paint the want!
I hate to be the guy who is going to clean that car afterwards.
Oh! It's stupid, it's sickening!
BMW better
It's never a waste of time or money on these kind of things for them. It's an advertisement and all of you saw it. So, it's a success. All the sponsors Mobil, SAP, Vodafone, Santander, Bridgestone, Sikkens, etc. all got their fair share of air time. If the car is not getting enough air time on races, then they gotta do something about it to please their sponsors.
already watch this video last week… but what's the point? burn money
Yep, agree with some of you guys!! What a waste coz the final result not that exciting. Boring . … .