A cool exhibit at SF MOMA

I was down in San Francisco at the weekend and I visited the SF Museum of Modern Art. Lots of the usual stuff hanging from the walls, which is all very nice, but there was one more unusual exhibit that was quite interesting - a car sheathed in ice.


So they have a specially constructed refrigerated room that keeps the temperature down at 11 degrees F, and inside they have this ice covered thing that barely resembles a car at all until you peer in side the shell to see the seat and steering wheel or when you look underneath and see the wheels.

The car is, or perhaps was, a BMW experimental Hydrogen fuel car that is now sheathed in an interesting steel mesh which is then covered with ice. The whole idea is to make you think about effect our cars and our driving them has on the environment (driving -> increased CO2 -> global warming -> less ice - I suppose). I don't think that you are supposed to think about the environmental impact of having a room perpetually at 11 deg F for months on end - or perhaps you are?

Anyway, it was pretty cool in more ways than one. The SF MOMA even had a supply of blankets for you to use to keep you warm while viewing the exhibit.

Here is a video about the project.