Inflatable Trans-Am

This a lifesize inflatable Trans-Am created by transmedia installation artist Guy Overfelt. The unusual object will be on display at "oh, Maybe..." an Emeryville, California art exhibition staged in conjunction with the de Young Museum's Warhol Live exhibition. The opening night "Factory Party" is this Friday, March 6, from 6-11pm. Guy Overfelt: Think Context

[#1 posted by kavalec , March 3, 2009 12:09 PM]

Fill it with helium.

[#2 posted by dezeinstein , March 3, 2009 12:22 PM]

This looks like a '78 -I had one.
This one probably runs better.

[#3 posted by ridl , March 3, 2009 12:39 PM]

"transmedia"? how meta-. or post-. or very.

[#4 posted by dakine , March 3, 2009 12:46 PM]

I suppose this goes with the inflatable smoke...

[#5 posted by dbarak , March 3, 2009 1:04 PM]

I run over your Trans Am...

http://nbnl.globalwhelming.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/inflatable-tank-400x316.jpg

[#6 posted by Brainspore , March 3, 2009 1:16 PM]

I am definitely going to that "Factory Party" in Emeryville this Friday. I'll probably be wearing my white Warhol wig if any other boingers want to say hi.

[#7 posted by dculberson , March 3, 2009 1:28 PM]

'Bad decisions are more likely in a 1977 Trans Am.'

(paraphrasing Mister Jalopy.)

[#8 posted by Jeff9821 , March 3, 2009 1:40 PM]

It's just like the ones that the Allies used to fool the Axis before the great G-Day invasion (in which thousands of Guidos stormed the beaches of Asbury Park).

[#9 posted by Jeff9821 , March 3, 2009 1:42 PM]

Also, if you look hard, you can see the inflatable 8-track tapes of Foghat and Journey on the passenger side floor!

[#10 posted by dbarak , March 3, 2009 1:58 PM]

You guys are giving me the munchies and dry-mouth.

[#11 posted by boingaddict , March 3, 2009 2:08 PM]

it would look even more awesome if he would of used an internal bladder system to make the shape less balloony....looks good though hehe

[#12 posted by Phikus , March 3, 2009 2:53 PM]

Great for holding that rare parking space for you.

Jeff9821@9: FTW!

[#13 posted by TroofSeeker , March 3, 2009 3:27 PM]

Great! Now my inflatable girlfriend is gonna be demanding one of these!

(can't believe I'm first.)

[#14 posted by Xydexx , March 3, 2009 3:36 PM]

Inflatable Trans-Am? Not to be confused with the aircar (car that runs on compressed air). -=)

[#15 posted by UncommonSense , March 3, 2009 5:23 PM]

Needs an inflatable Burt Reynolds.

[#16 posted by Kieran O'Neill , March 3, 2009 11:23 PM]

Heh. Almost as good as Russia's inflatable arsenal.

[#17 posted by Takuan , March 3, 2009 11:33 PM]

why not a war with all inflatable weapons?

[#18 posted by Anonymous , March 4, 2009 4:43 AM]

If he really wanted to make it look even more real, he would have made it without wheels and blocked it up on four inflatable cement blocks...

[#19 posted by saul goode , March 4, 2009 5:32 AM]

go get a late pass

http://flickr.com/photos/23403530@N00/42355062

town car limo @ The Deitch Art parade 2006

[#20 posted by domeier , March 4, 2009 8:19 AM]

Golf clap, but it should be sitting on inflatable cinder blocks instead of wheels. Maybe throw in an inflatable single-wide to park it in front of, while you're at it...

[#21 posted by tartar , March 4, 2009 11:53 AM]

Haha... can they put it into a pool?

[#22 posted by Anonymous , March 4, 2009 1:15 PM]

looks like it's from a 2000 show at jack hanley gallery

http://flickr.com/photos/guy_overfelt/sets/72157608907744197/

[#23 posted by saul goode , March 4, 2009 7:33 PM]

DOH!

[#24 posted by Keeez , March 5, 2009 8:31 AM]

I wanna see an inflatable cast of Heavy Metal Parking Lot drinking inflatable Michelobs.