Kill Me Fast Ducati Art Series by Kristian von Hornsleth

When producing two-wheeled missiles capable of leaving behind the majority of two-wheeled cars on the road today, you have to pay attention to every single detail, no matter how small, of the manufacturing process. Naturally, the designation is also something to be careful at.

Maybe that is why motorcycle manufacturers would rather resume that to names such as CBR, GSX-R, ZX-R, R1. At first glance they don’t say pretty much, but we know they mean Competition Bike Replica or Gran Sport eXperimental - Racing, for example. And that doesn’t bother us at all.

But have you ever wondered what impact a moniker that implies death would have on the sales of bike such as these? We’re pretty sure they would have been seriously affected.

Ducati is one of the manufacturers known for producing really fast and good-looking bikes. But they name them 1098 or 1198, and we’re OK with that. But not one Danish artist, who thought these Ducati superbikes need a change in both styling and designation aspects.

And so the “Kill Me Fast” Ducati art series was born, which includes 10 custom painted bikes. The inspiration Kristian von Horsleth had for his “Kill Me Fast” series was, in fact, given by a Ducati salesman. "You don't feel anything as you hit the wall with 320 km/h," said the salesman when teh artist asked him if it was dangerous to ride such a bike.

“Then I wondered why, I myself was so fascinated by this relation between amazing italian design and the superior engine technology. It is precisely this blend of beauty, speed and death, which inspired me to include this 'scuplture' in my artistic work. The painted lines and forms interacts in a 'futilistic' attempt to investigate and challenge the given logic of the Ducatis design,” von Horsleth says.