Porsche participated this year in the Gdynia Design Days, a Polish art festival. The automaker commissioned concept artists Ada Zielinska and Rafal Dominik to create a unique art installation. The pair clung to this year’s themes – the ocean and climate change – deciding to create an artificial reef on the iconic sports car.
“People are now creating reefs with old cars and sunken ships and we thought it would be interesting to use a classic 911 in the same way and display it right next to the s itself” , Zielinska said.
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The artists struggled to find someone to lend them their 911. Porsche Poland marketing manager Marek Sworowski began looking for a suitable vehicle, eventually discovering a 1973 911T that the owner was about to restore .
Zielinska and Dominik used 3D printing and crushed seashells to create the art car. It took an “intensive” period of two weeks to complete, gluing the finished forms to the vehicle. He was unrecognizable when finished. The car, titled “Sunken Romance”, made its debut at the festival for the first time. A crane hoisted it above the port of Gdynia and caught people’s attention.
“A lot of people were quite shocked and really thought it was pulled out of the sea,” Zielinska added. “People were running towards him from all directions, taking out their phones to take pictures.”
After the festival, the car was stripped of the artificial coral reef and accessories and returned to the owner so that he could begin restoration work. However, Zielinska would later contact Porsche to create a film exploring the imagined origin story of the artwork.
Porsche has commissioned several works of art over the past few years, transforming its models into exciting creations. Last month, the automaker showed off a giant race car driver playing with a new Porsche 911, and there were smaller creations too. Porsche unveiled two art cars based on the Taycan and Taycan Cross Turismo in 2022. Two artists gave the vehicles distinct exteriors.
Porsche participated this year in the Gdynia Design Days, a Polish art festival. The automaker commissioned concept artists Ada Zielinska and Rafal Dominik to create a unique art installation. The pair clung to this year’s themes – the ocean and climate change – deciding to create an artificial reef on the iconic sports car.
“People are now creating reefs with old cars and sunken ships and we thought it would be interesting to use a classic 911 in the same way and display it right next to the s itself” , Zielinska said.
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The artists struggled to find someone to lend them their 911. Porsche Poland marketing manager Marek Sworowski began looking for a suitable vehicle, eventually discovering a 1973 911T that the owner was about to restore .
Zielinska and Dominik used 3D printing and crushed seashells to create the art car. It took an “intensive” period of two weeks to complete, gluing the finished forms to the vehicle. He was unrecognizable when finished. The car, titled “Sunken Romance”, made its debut at the festival for the first time. A crane hoisted it above the port of Gdynia and caught people’s attention.
“A lot of people were quite shocked and really thought it was pulled out of the sea,” Zielinska added. “People were running towards him from all directions, taking out their phones to take pictures.”
After the festival, the car was stripped of the artificial coral reef and accessories and returned to the owner so that he could begin restoration work. However, Zielinska would later contact Porsche to create a film exploring the imagined origin story of the artwork.
Porsche has commissioned several works of art over the past few years, transforming its models into exciting creations. Last month, the automaker showed off a giant race car driver playing with a new Porsche 911, and there were smaller creations too. Porsche unveiled two art cars based on the Taycan and Taycan Cross Turismo in 2022. Two artists gave the vehicles distinct exteriors.
