Platform21: We’ve Seen the Future, and it’s Weird

The Platform21 exhibition in Amsterdam is said to showcase contemporary issues that will be relative to the future. In this installment, titled Joyriding, automotive themes are the focus of the efforts of design and art school graduates.

The exhibition is a rather whimsical take on concept cars for the future, offering scale models, animated movies, even remote controlled cars. No effort is made by the artists to put forth practical ideas; rather the elements of Joyriding have been created to provoke conversation and thought.

One of the features of the show is the wooden, three-wheeled vehicle called eMotio by artist Hugo Vrijdag. The concept is said to be driven by shifting your weight from side to side, and seems to draw inspiration from pre-war open-wheel racecars.

Platform21 = Joyriding runs through February 3, so if travels bring you to the lowlands in the near future, check it out.

+ Bornrich: Platform21 - Fantasy fleet of cars of the future

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