HST II

Love when we stumble upon great blogs, here is the latest one!
And thought this future design to be the most pertinent to us as of late.
While we can't complain as we've rode in our own Peterbilt, Freightliner, and Volvo, we still wish we had one of these while we were on the road!





HST II is a concept long-distance road haulage envisioned to transport high volume containerized and palletized cargo units with a proposed overall 29 meters of length and 65 tonnes of maximum gross combination weight. If you still remember our post about HST, than you can see that HST II is a better version from the previous HST Truck. This vehicle can be operated with a comprehensive yet straightforward computer just like a modern passenger car. The large 2.90 meters long cab provide a comfortable living and working environment that cannot be imagined in the contemporary trucks. Aside from the considerably larger size, HST II is different from usual articulated trucks by extraordinary fuel efficiency, a higher level of safety, extensively improved driving experience, enhanced infrastructural and environmental considerations.
(Future Technology)

Sleeping, grinding, and dreaming of Tim Burton

Our blog has been quiet lately, only because we're trying to make a smooth transition from eighteen wheels back onto our own hoofs. It took over a year of planning to begin this project, and is also taking quite some time to find our way back to 'reality'. The series, titled Hurry Up & Wait, is not completely finished. We plan to continue as experienced patrons of the American trucking culture, rather on our own terms without the pressure of on-time deliveries and the long haul.

We're busy preparing for a show, hoping to give our site a new makeover, and will begin posting some images from our year on the road.

Also, something exciting to think about and anticipate: a Tim Burton retrospective at the Moma. Sweet!

© Tim Burton
Untitled (The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories)

Self Portrait : Tarek Al-Ghoussein

In his "Self Portrait" series, Tarek Al-Ghoussein (born in Kuwait) photographs himself dressed as a Palestinian terrorist. Causing him to spend time in an Arab prison, his series illustrates how profound and far a stereotype can acclimate.



This project began with thoughts of Sisyphus. I was drawn to the apparent similarities between the Myth of Sisyphus and what I have observed to be a growing “myth” generated through the Western media, specifically the myth that all Palestinians are terrorists and that the Palestinian intifada, like Sisyphus, seems condemned to an endless cyclic struggle. Even the “tools” of the myths have similarities. Sisyphus is condemned by the gods to push a stone up a hill for eternity only to have it roll back down when inches from the top. Since the mid-1980s the news media have associated the Palestinian intifada with stone throwing and other acts of violence. Transcending media representation has been an ongoing “uphill battle” for Palestinians. The work represents a commentary on contemporary Western media representations of the Palestinian as terrorist. The series of self–portraits recontextualize the “trademarks” of the intifada (stone and scarf) using the light box, a medium traditionally reserved for advertising and the promotion of consumer goods. The process of producing these photographs resulted in my detainment in an Arab country outside the UAE. This has made me realize that perhaps myself and other Arabs need to question our own associations with the “scarf”. It has become a symbol of terrorism in its own right.
April, 2003 Tarek Al-Ghoussein






all images © Tarek Al-Ghoussein