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The Guardian // Entertainment // Art

At Dark Mofo, I joined thousands to watch an artist stage a car crash – months after I was in one

Monday 9th June 2025, 3:00PM

Brazilian artist Paula Garcia practiced stunt driving for years for Crash Body, a tense 20-minute ballet of chrome and rubber culminating in a violent endGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMy windscreen exploded when I hit a 16-year-old cyclist with my Toyota Corolla in March, on what was meant to be just a quick trip to the bakery. Glass covered the bag of pastries on my passenger seat as I came to a stop at the end of my street, just 200 metres from my front door.Having flown over my bonnet, the kid was lying on the dewy Brunswick asphalt in a crumple of shock and school uniform, the balance of our lives suspended in his cries: “My back! My back! My back!”Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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