Cardboard Art

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At first glance, there appears to have been two serious accidents and some poor interior design but amazingly these scenes are actually CARDBOARD art works.
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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Chile-based artist Don Lucho only works with recycled materials he finds on the street.
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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The 23-year-old created the realistic vehicles by covering wooden structures with cardboard and, with artist collaborator Quillo, placed the life-size models
on the streets of Santiago in order to simulate emergency scenes. Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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While his full-scale living quarters includes a kitchen, including pots and pans, as well as a toilet and a place to sleep.
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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And the bedroom is so realistic it features dirty underwear on the floor and a wardrobe that gives new meaning to FLAT-pack furniture.
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features

 


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Don Lucho explains: I placed the accidents in central streets in the city as I wanted people to come across a scene of an accident that hasn't just happened.
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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The confusion people feel when they first encounter the scene makes them doubt what is real and what impact it should have on them.
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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'The scenes are more a story that has already happened waiting to be photographed. They are no longer tragic events but anecdotes to record and pass on.'
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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The apartment was created by painting the cardboard white and colouring in details with a black marker. It was then all taped together to form the finished apartment.
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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Don Lucho explains: I started drawing my bedroom in three dimensions, with a 1.1 scale. I later added what I considered basic for the subsistence of an average home.
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 


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This project tries to create a parody of the social reality of the South America...
Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features

 


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Picture: Don Lucho/Martin La Roche Contreras / Rex Features


 
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