{"id":7950,"date":"2010-02-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/parisian-metro-tickets-enlisted-to-fight-the-empire-as-kirigami-x-wings-star-wars\/"},"modified":"2010-02-07T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T16:00:00","slug":"parisian-metro-tickets-enlisted-to-fight-the-empire-as-kirigami-x-wings-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/parisian-metro-tickets-enlisted-to-fight-the-empire-as-kirigami-x-wings-star-wars.php","title":{"rendered":"Parisian Metro Tickets Enlisted to Fight the Empire as Kirigami X-Wings [Star Wars]"},"content":{"rendered":"

I, not being an artist, am content to ride Boston's subway system quietly, eyes down, in a general malaise. It's a New England thing. French artist Hubert de Lartigue, on the other hand, uses his subway time to imagine X-Wings.<\/p>

X-Wings from paper metro tickets, to be precise. de Lartique assembles them using nothing but a scalpel and a folding tool—no glue—and they're pretty sharp.<\/p>

\"I'm very proud of how it turned out and I feel like I am the author of a little masterpiece. I got to the point where I asked myself whether the Parisian metro tickets hadn't actually been designed to enable me to one day use it as a canvas for this ‘work.' Their proportions and even the patterns and drawings on them take part in the whole of the work. I'm not kidding, I find that there is a great underlying mystery here…\"<\/p><\/blockquote>

So what say you, Parisian metro officials? Who amongst you is the closet Star Wars<\/a> freak that designed an entire city's subways passes after a marathon Star Wars viewing session?<\/p>

Step-by-step instructions for creating your own fleet of Empire-defying papercraft X-Wings can be found here<\/a>. Naturally, also living in Paris will help your construction efforts immensely.

Editor's Note: This is actually kirigami, as the artist is making small cuts to the paper. Apologies to the origami artists out there! -j.l.<\/em> [Hubert de Lartigue<\/a> via Neatorama<\/a>]<\/p>

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