The centrepiece of the 2013 Festival of Speed celebrated 50 years of the iconic Porsche 911

1. IMAGES OF
THE PORSCHE CENTRAL
DISPLAY AT GOODWOOD
IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY
gary marlowe JULY 2013

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IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY
ABOUT THESE IMAGES
EACH YEAR AT THE FESTIVAL SPEED A DIFFERENT MARQUE TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN FRONT OF GOODWOOD
HOUSE AND, EACH YEAR, GERRY JUDAH CREATES A HUGE INSTALLATION. THIS YEAR IT WAS THE TURN OF
PORSCHE, WHOSE ICONIC 911 WAS LAUNCHED 50 YEARS AGO. STANDING 24M, THIS WAS BY FAR THE
TALLEST DISPLAY YET AND A REMARKABLE FEAT OF ENGINEERING. ANGLED AND RESTING ON THE
SLENDEREST OF ARMS, IT APPEARED TO DEFY GRAVITY BY MERELY STAYING UPRIGHT. AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT
WAS - AND IT WAS THE EPITOME OF MINIMALISM - I WAS SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED BY IT. NOW THAT MIGHT
SEEM A STRANGE REACTION TO SOMETHING SO IMPRESSIVE, BUT MY PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN IS IT HAD
NO RELEVANCE - VISUALLY OR IN ANY OTHER WAY - TO EITHER PORSCHE, THE 911 OR A 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
WHAT’S MORE, IT WAS MATT WHITE, EXACTLY THE SAME COLOUR AS LAST YEAR’S LOTUS DISPLAY, WHICH
ALSO FEATURED CARS MOUNTED IN A SIMILAR FASHION. HAD IT BEEN IN GOLD (THE COLOUR ASSOCIATED
WITH A 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND FEATURED PROMINENTLY ON THE PORSCHE EMBLEM) IT WOULD AT LEAST
HAVE HAD A RELEVANCE. THE TRUTH IS, YOU COULD HAVE PUT ANY MAKE OF CAR ON THIS. AND, TO ME, THAT
MAKES IT ALMOST A COMMODITY STRUCTURE. MY OTHER ISSUE WITH IT, WAS IT ONLY WORKED FROM THE
FRONT, THE BACK JUST DIDN’T LOOK GOOD. BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLICITY OF THE DESIGN, IT WAS ALSO
CHALLENGING TO GET A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT IMAGES. VISUALLY, THE SKY AND THE SUN MADE THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE TO HOW IT PHOTOGRAPHED AND I THINK I’VE GOT SOME GREAT SHOTS OF IT. NOW
WHAT WOULD REALLY HAVE IMPRESSED ME WAS IF PORSCHE HAD CHANGED THE COLOURS OF THE CARS
OVER EACH OF THE FOUR DAYS OF THE FESTIVAL!

3. IMAGES OF
THE PORSCHE
CENTRAL DISPLAY
AT GOODWOOD

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