artist pimps out strangers cars at night with cardboard and tape

artist pimps out strangers cars at night with cardboard and tape
images courtesy of max siedentopf

in the late evening hours, when amsterdam dwellers are fast asleep, max siedentopf is just beginning his day. by night, the local artist takes to the city’s vacant streets armed with two humble materials: cardboard and tape. for the project ‘slapdash supercars’, siedentopf finds ordinary cars belonging to completely unknown, sleeping strangers and decks them out with paper body fenders, hood scoops and spoilers.

on the reason for the project, siedentopf tells VICE magazine, ‘individuality, self-expression, and status are more important than ever these days. but for some reason you see that things as ordinary as cars are getting personalized less and less, while it could be a strange but great form of self-expression. I thought I’d do people a favor by giving them a custom-made supercar.’