By Zeyn Joukhadar , Lucas Artists Literary Arts Fellow
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On the evening of September 29, 2018, Lucas Artists Visual Arts Fellow Matteo Rubbi and I painted a projection of the night sky on Montalvo’s Nissan Altima using professional grade glow-in-the-dark paint. We projected a live view of the night sky onto the car using the Stellarium program and the LAP’s video projector, and then painted each star and planet by hand. We first painted the passenger side of the car (including hubcaps and tire sidewalls), then turned the car around and painted the driver’s side. Finally, we painted the front hood, trunk, and top of the car without the aid of the projector by visually confirming the placement of the stars via the Stellarium program on a laptop and painting them on the car individually.
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Because we were working from a live feed of the night sky, the stars were moving at a rate of roughly 1-2 inches per quarter hour. The Star Car project became not only a performance piece, but a representation in motion of the four hours over which we painted the car. Two to three coats of paint were applied to each star over the course of 48 hours and once set, is water-resistant.
If you happen to be in Montalvo’s Parking Lot #1 by the Lucas Artists Program Commons, you may get a peek at the mobile artwork, the LAP’s Star Car.
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