Guest Curator #7: Shawnee Barton

This was posted by Shawnee Barton, an artist who keeps a blog on other people’s blogs. If you have a little nook of cyberspace and are open to welcoming a guest poster, or if you're a video whiz and want to help her with her crashing trucks/fireworks project, please email her at shawneebarton@gmail.com. She will be grateful. To see where she is posting next, check out shawneebarton.com.

"Once upon a time, I wanted to make a video where a semi-truck carrying firecrackers crashed head on into another truck and a large scale fireworks display erupted with symphony orchestra music and all.

I never could figure out how to make that video, but while I was looking for footage of trucks crashing, I came across these old drivers training videos that are super gruesome. They have names like "Wheels of Agony" and "Mechanized Death." I liked them so much, I ordered the whole set from the Ohio Department of Safety . Anytime I want to impress someone, I pop these bad boys in the dvd player and show them off like they're like a big-horned hunting trophy or a limited edition Princess Diana plate."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx-rXEdaGao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fHQyp9ytA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G844qTtTShA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzr7CHX_0b0&feature=related