mikeyb
04-05-2006, 11:08 AM
(text taken from Everything2 (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=950405))
Yugo Next is an art exhibit created by students from the Manhattan School of Visual Arts, and overseen by their professor, Kevin O'Callaghan. The idea was to take a bunch of old, worthless Yugos, and turn them into something useful. For example, one student took a Yugo and turned it into a Port-O-Potty.
I saw this when it was up at Grand Central Station (it's traveled all over the country since) expecting some fairly lame looking metal boxes meant to look like crates, or such similar garbage (I only went because my uncle is the crazy teacher who came up with and supervised this thing). However, it was pretty impressive what the students were able to do with these things.
He has some good stories about how one goes about obtaining this many Yugos. For example, he got 39 Yugos for just $3,600 after putting an ad in the paper with, "Yugos: Dead or Alive". A lot of people were willing to just give them away. IIRC, he got the idea for this whole thing after he saw some kids using a Yugo as a backstop. If you thought some of these ideas sound crazy, you would (or wouldn't) be surprised how many sketches he got from his students for Yugo Condoms. Some examples of the art pieces include:
Yugo confessional:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16849-l-7uI3pfDzJy3gWw5UpVZkw.jpg
Yugo diner:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16850-l-18rYhpJc2DMFshMnjKyzyg.jpg
Yugo movie theater:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16851-l-Qlc2GxNrOJaFuvFHTJsIWg.jpg
Yugo fieldstone fireplace:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16852-l-CVJhvI7y8U96SLDwvCHQ.jpg
Yugo foosball table:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16853-l-5gnY4iJU6gw6WLNGaiazXQ.jpg
Yugo Zippo-style lighter:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16854-l-rTpxUhHq2E7ixNONa69sA.jpg
Yugo mailbox:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16855-l-FpgemCfI3yqkprE4BFAXOQ.jpg
Yugo Easter Island moai:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16856-l-zbE2saRJxAjRBGGsY8rNg.jpg
Yugo Bell-style telephone:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16857-l-Nuno01SWyTI6EeB1sjYw.jpg
Yugo supermarket ride:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16858-l-keSihMugu5r7i4hUY2h9xg.jpg
Yugo accordion (it plays!):
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16859-l-NvnKhUbnVEFMU6CjmaKDkw.jpg
Yugo shooting gallery:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16860-l-0ncdQI0r6IJ0p8t5Fs5w.jpg
Yugo ceramic-tile shower:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16861-l-2IwI0AWDfGmntG5iRIjSg.jpg
Yugo coin-op slot machine:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16862-l-6lqfvUQw2XbGP8lthEaw.jpg
Yugo Jules Verne-era submarine:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16863-l-0xOQlKWopKcSIIQKlRIg.jpg
Yugo subway car:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16864-l-U0zmxE5JMcI4xQRF0zO0Q.jpg
Yugo two-slot toaster:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16865-l-uEbnQjVL6puwN19ZcTzihQ.jpg The sad part is, it's highly likely that more imagination went into these than the cars on which they were based.
Yugo Next is an art exhibit created by students from the Manhattan School of Visual Arts, and overseen by their professor, Kevin O'Callaghan. The idea was to take a bunch of old, worthless Yugos, and turn them into something useful. For example, one student took a Yugo and turned it into a Port-O-Potty.
I saw this when it was up at Grand Central Station (it's traveled all over the country since) expecting some fairly lame looking metal boxes meant to look like crates, or such similar garbage (I only went because my uncle is the crazy teacher who came up with and supervised this thing). However, it was pretty impressive what the students were able to do with these things.
He has some good stories about how one goes about obtaining this many Yugos. For example, he got 39 Yugos for just $3,600 after putting an ad in the paper with, "Yugos: Dead or Alive". A lot of people were willing to just give them away. IIRC, he got the idea for this whole thing after he saw some kids using a Yugo as a backstop. If you thought some of these ideas sound crazy, you would (or wouldn't) be surprised how many sketches he got from his students for Yugo Condoms. Some examples of the art pieces include:
Yugo confessional:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16849-l-7uI3pfDzJy3gWw5UpVZkw.jpg
Yugo diner:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16850-l-18rYhpJc2DMFshMnjKyzyg.jpg
Yugo movie theater:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16851-l-Qlc2GxNrOJaFuvFHTJsIWg.jpg
Yugo fieldstone fireplace:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16852-l-CVJhvI7y8U96SLDwvCHQ.jpg
Yugo foosball table:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16853-l-5gnY4iJU6gw6WLNGaiazXQ.jpg
Yugo Zippo-style lighter:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16854-l-rTpxUhHq2E7ixNONa69sA.jpg
Yugo mailbox:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16855-l-FpgemCfI3yqkprE4BFAXOQ.jpg
Yugo Easter Island moai:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16856-l-zbE2saRJxAjRBGGsY8rNg.jpg
Yugo Bell-style telephone:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16857-l-Nuno01SWyTI6EeB1sjYw.jpg
Yugo supermarket ride:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16858-l-keSihMugu5r7i4hUY2h9xg.jpg
Yugo accordion (it plays!):
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16859-l-NvnKhUbnVEFMU6CjmaKDkw.jpg
Yugo shooting gallery:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16860-l-0ncdQI0r6IJ0p8t5Fs5w.jpg
Yugo ceramic-tile shower:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16861-l-2IwI0AWDfGmntG5iRIjSg.jpg
Yugo coin-op slot machine:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16862-l-6lqfvUQw2XbGP8lthEaw.jpg
Yugo Jules Verne-era submarine:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16863-l-0xOQlKWopKcSIIQKlRIg.jpg
Yugo subway car:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16864-l-U0zmxE5JMcI4xQRF0zO0Q.jpg
Yugo two-slot toaster:
http://is.rely.net/2-55-16865-l-uEbnQjVL6puwN19ZcTzihQ.jpg The sad part is, it's highly likely that more imagination went into these than the cars on which they were based.