Glastonbury announces new “monumental installation” Carhenge

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Glastonbury 2023.The art sculpture is made by revolutionary underground artist Joe Rush, who is also the founder of the Mutoid Waste Company, and the “builder of rock’n’roll environments”.

The design — which is named after Stonehenge — is developed out of 24 mutated vintage cars and will be displayed in the middle of the festival.According to the festival organisers, the design was made to highlight the outcasts of society and pay tribute to those who embody “punk ethos”.“[It is] dedicated to the pillars of Counterculture, a culture liberated from conformism and consumerism, a culture of subversion that stems from the uncompromising desire of a few rare visionary and revolutionary originators,” the description reads. “Carhenge celebrates the Underground and the punk ethos [and] each car is a tribute to those heroines and heroes from the margins of society.”While the display will appear throughout the festival — which kicks off on June 21 and runs until June 25 — it will fully come to life on Thursday June 22.

For this, the sculpture will be illuminated with a show of lights, created by designer Ed Warren, and “the inventive Congolese jump up beats” of musician Fulu Mizik.A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)This isn’t the first time that Rush’s work has been displayed at the iconic festival.The artist has had his “mutant world” installations showcased at Glastonbury since 1985.

This included an original, scaled-down version of Carhenge which was displayed in 1987, and the iconic mechanical Phoenix atop the Pyramid Stage in 2013.2023 marks the first time that seven of his major installations will be shown together.