photograph: John-Martin White
In My Last Car I have loved and lost, have shouted and whispered. I have taken great journeys to mysterious places like ASDA and the Far North. I have sat in My Last Car in the rain unable to get out until my favourite track has finished playing. I have picked up children from school, helped friends move house, driven newborn babies from hospital and cried on hard shoulders. My Last Car is my friend and helper, my guardian, my other place. It is home to secret intimacies, broken promises, laughter and longing.
My Last Car is an interactive touring exhibition and theatrical performance that looks at our love and loathing of the motor car. Featuring specially created video and a motor-soundscape, the heart of the project is the secret interior of a Rover 216 Cabriolet, lovingly disassembled and transformed into a gallery exhibition, created by communities and animated by live performanceand digital display. My Last Car is an epic road trip that takes in love, loss, landscape and the future.
My Last Car starts its journey at Warwick Arts Centre from 4 – 8 October with an exhibition and performances.
Do you have a car story or picture to share? Tell the team about it and read others at the My Last Car website.
The Yorkshire leg of My Last Car’s journey is a collaboration between imove, 509 Arts, Warwick Arts Centre, Pioneer Projects, Ryedale Folk Museum and Tipping Point. It is additionally funded by Grants for the Arts.
Private: My Last Car Exhibitions, Performances and Events
Exact dates to be announced: May/ June 2012: Bentham, North Yorkshire July/August 2012: Ryedale Folk Museum photograph by John-Martin White Do you remember your first car...? How about your last..? What if your current car was your last...? Written by Sarah Woods, directed by Al Dix and with digital content from Shanaz Gulzar, My...
My Last Car – a glimpse
We crashed (pardon the pun!) My Last Car's rehearsals for their first ever exhibition and performance at Warwick Arts Centre, 4-8 October 2011. Here's some snippets of what we saw......
My Last Car – Alan Dix, the man behind the wheel
Alan Dix, the man behind My Last Car, talks about the inspiration and themes of My Last Car as he prepares for its first exhibition and performances at Warwick Arts Centre in October 2011....
My Last Car – Clare’s car story
Everyone has a car story. We can't decide if Clare's is really scary or just proves that good Samaritans really do exist... ...
Alan Dix
Alan Dix is the Director of 509 Arts and the man behind the wheel of My Last Car. After a 30 year career as a theatre director, producer and cultural consultant, Alan set up 509 Arts, a company that works with public sector bodies and arts organisations to develop projects and programmes that in turn...
Shanaz Gulzar
Shanaz is part of the My Last Car team and is a designer for LeanerFasterStronger, part of Extraordinary Moves. Shanaz Gulzar works across multiple artforms including film, theatre, new media and digital art to explore the interactions between new technologies and film, place and identity and the lived experience. Shanaz is currently creating a large-scale...
Bryan Tweddle
Bryan is one of the designers of the My Last Car exhibition After graduating from Manchester Art College with a postgraduate qualification Sculpture, Bryan went on to work as an artist, designer and maker all over the world. He has created aluminium angels, a submarine rising through a gallery floor, a giant head in a...
Sarah Woods
Sarah is working on My Last Car, a wake for the petrol engine. Sarah Woods is a playwright and campaigner, working primarily in the fields of climate change and social justice. She has written more than thirty plays, series, adaptations and drama-documentaries for BBC radio, including a new adaptation of The Borrowers and two original...
Steven Gumbley
Steven is one of the designers of the My Last Car exhibition. Steven is a visual artist who loves making artworks for particular places. As a co-founder of I.O.U., and contributor to many other companies, he has designed and presented theatre and events throughout Europe. Steven also creates public art commissions, exhibition design, sculpture and...
My Last Car exhibition – Bentham
A complete car is taken to pieces and turned into a gallery display in Bentham Town Hall. Featuring video, audio and car stories, the exhibition is a fascinating journey through the complexity of the motor car and what it means to us. The...
My Last Car – Ryedale Folk Museum
My Last Car is an interactive touring exhibition and live performance that looks at our complicated relationship with the motor car, alongside a community programme that celebrates 'getting around without a car'. Featuring specially created video and a motor-soundscape, the heart of the...
My Last CARnival
On the 2nd of June this year, My Last Car will take over the streets of Bentham with My Last CARnival. Pioneer Projects and local people will be creating stunning events all around the town, with Bizarre Cars, exhibitions, video projections, live performance,...
