smart Goes Disco

The disco era is back! First Japan and now Germany. Let us explain: back in October, Toyota released the iQ Disco Concept, aiming to offers us a disco ball on wheels. Now, smart is introducing the Glitterball, a one-off development that takes the concept even further, as its wheels also use a disco ball theme for the wheel caps. As you can see, this city vehicle could easily be used to “fuel” an immense party.

We are talking about a project based on the electric version of the smart fortwo, which has been covered in reflective glass tiles. Created by the experimental artist formation ‘Apparatjik’ to be used in the “Pixel City” movie, the one-off vehicle is currently displayed at their installation in Berlin (this is located at the Neue Nationalgalerie).

“smart is the official main sponsor in this project by Apparatjik, consisting of world-famous musicians Magne Furuholmen of a-ha, Guy Berryman of Coldplay, Jonas Bjerre of Mew and sought-after music producer Martin Terefe. Their “Apparatjik Light Space Modular” features not only concerts but also an interactive installation which collects data to be turned into a piece of music,” stated the press release.

“The deriving song will be performed by the prestigious Deutsches Kammerorchester and accompanied by a spectacular image show titled ‘Apparat TV’. The projections will be streamed out of a six metre tall cube into the city through the museum’s glass walls. Inside that cube is where Apparatjik will be performing live on 26 and 27 March.”