Air Drive
Renaud Marion’s Air Drive, a retro-futuristic photographic series of flying cars.
The MB&F M.A.D.Gallery will soon be showcasing nine visionary images of ‘flying’ cars from the series “Air Drive” by French photographer Renaud Marion from the 10th of May to the 10th of August 2017.
Taking cues from his childhood imaginings and inspired by science fiction films and artists, Marion depicts his vision of futuristic transportation of wheel-less cars serenely suspended above the ground. While the vehicles’ levitation most definitely smacks of sci-fi, the cars are in fact modified vintage classics, including Chevrolets, Mercedes, Jaguars, Aston Martins and Porsches.
The images that will be showcased soon are a throwback blend of retro style with futuristic imaginings. Iconic cars from the glory days of automobile production in these images are transformed into airborne transport, catapulting their vintage design into a visionary age. He chose to shoot classic automobiles because they most closely resembled his childhood idea of what a flying car should look like.
Growing up in the 1980s, Marion thought that by the year 2000 everyone would be piloting flying cars, like the landspeeder from Star Wars or the futuristic soaring machines from French artist, Moebius. Marion’s dream of one day propelling a floating vehicle has not yet become reality but in this series, the 41-year-old has brought to life the ‘hover’ vehicles of his childhood fantasies.