Out of the pages of the most recent issue of MAKE: California artist Chris Burden built a Hot Wheels track of epic proportions.

Burden’s kinetic sculpture Metropolis II is a mesmerizing cityscape where 1,100 toy cars blaze down 18 lanes of freeways in endless loops. The work took Burden, his chief engineer Zak Cook, and ten assistants four years to build in his Topanga Canyon studio.

Pick up your copy of MAKE Volume 26 up in the Maker Shed. Available in PDF as well! Or subscribe – of course!

5 Responses to The Ultimate Hot Wheels Track, in MAKE Volume 26

  1. Now this is a fun!

  2. Great video of this in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysAoZGIKjAA 

  3. Great video of this in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysAoZGIKjAA 

  4. Anonymous on said:

    what are the dimensions of this thing; and mount a cam on one of the cars and let it go around

  5. is there a video????

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