Catch Me If You Can: Rally Cars

1935 Jaguar 3.5 Litre SS 100. Rally Demo Day. Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Philadelphia, PA
1935 Jaguar 3.5 Litre SS 100. Rally Demo Day. Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Philadelphia, PA

The Simeone Museum demonstrated four cars under the theme: Rally:

  • 1935 Jaguar 3.5 Litre SS 100 which was so named to reflect the theoretical 100 mph maximum speed of the vehicle
  •  1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Coupe with its rakish fastback body by Oblin and racing pedigree, this specific car was one of the first produced Grand Sport Coupes and raced in the 1951-1953 Liege-Rome-Liege races.
  • 1954 Austin Healey 100-4 BN1 which broke more than 100 class D (2.0 to 3.3 liter engine displacement) records and also broke the all American stock car record distances from 5 to 3,000 miles.
  • 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing which, in addition to featuring the legendary Gullwing doors, was the first production car with fuel injection.

By Kinan Faham

"the Silent Camera" was conceived in 2009 and was inspired by the music of Arvo Part especially his piece "Silentium". I perceive the modern world as oscillating between two extremes that are analogous to two of Arvo Part's pieces: "Perpetuum Mobile" represents the hustle and bustle of everyday life, the sea of people surrounding you, the noise in the streets, the deadlines, the challenges and the lessons to learn, the new technologies and risks facing our civilization, the musical pieces you learn [or fail to master],.. etc. "Silentium" represents the resolution of every musical note, every spoken word and every movement of your day. It is the moment that you are most likely to remember after the day's noise has settled and its turbulence has subsided. It is the moment that we all crave and the moment that will allow us to persist to the next day when the Perpetuum Mobile cycle starts again.

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