WATCH: BMW i5 Flow Nostokana honours South African artist
Celebrating Esther Mahlangu, the BMW i5 Flow Nostokana is a showcase that uses revolutionary colour-shifting ink to bring art to life.
Meet the BMW i5 Flow Nostokana, the latest vehicle from the esteemed BMW Art Car progamme. What makes this one a slam dunk is that it celebrates South African artist Ester Mahlangu with colour-shifting E-ink on the new i5 as a canvas.
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Unveiled at Freize Los Angeles, the BMW i5 Flow Nostokana fuses all the creativity of the 88-year old Ndebele artist with the latest tech from Munich, reports CAR Magazine UK.
BMW I5 FLOW NOSTOKANA
“The Art Car honours the history of the BMW’s global cultural engagement. It combines art and design through progressive technology and shows that technology itself can be art,” said Adrian van Hooydonk, head of BMW Group Design.
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Pictured up top, the BMW i5 Flow Nostokana riffs off Mahlangu’s last BMW Art Car, the famous 1991 525i. Back then it was the first designed by a woman and African artist. Now the i5 has been updated to stay relevant in the digital 21st century.
COLOUR-CHANGE TECHNOLOGY
To give the BMW i5 Flow Nostokana its unique colour-change effect, it uses large areas of film that change colour. These change depending on the voltage applied. There are strips across the roof, bonnet, rear section and on either side. However, look closely and there are in fact 1 349 separate pieces in total. These all work together to bring Mahlangu’s work to life. This i5 literally is a moving piece art.
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