Kimberley, South Africa

The BLOODHOUND SSC Project invites learners in the Northern Cape to participate in a competition to design artwork for a helmet for Andy Green, the fastest man on Earth. 

Andy is the current holder of the world land speed record and he will also be in the cockpit of the BLOODHOUND supersonic car. This very special and extremely fast car will attempt to break the world land speed record in 2014 and reach 1 600 km per hour in 2015. These supersonic runs will take place at Hakskeenpan, a large, flat dry lake bed near Groot Mier in the Northern Cape Province.

 

Andy’s helmet will be seen around the globe when the car runs on Hakskeenpan – so this is a unique opportunity for a young artist from the Northern Cape to achieve worldwide visibility.

You can see what the car will look like by visiting the project web site at www.bloodhoundssc.com. “We encourage the young designers to work with the blue and orange colours of BLOODHOUND SSC, as well as to represent South Africa and the Northern Cape in the design,” advises Wendy Maxwell, education officer for the project.

Learners must use the official competition template (A3 size) and must ask their teacher and head teacher to sign their work. All entries must reach the William Humphreys Art Gallery (PO Box 885 Kimberley 8301) by 3 May 2013 at the latest. The competition is supported by the Northern Cape Department of Education, the William Humphreys Art Gallery, Xerox and the Bloodhound Education Programme.

If you have access to the internet and an A3 printer, you can download the competition template at http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/helmetdesign

You can also get hold of a template by sending your name and postal address to Wendy at sabloodhound@gmail.com.

Note to editors:

The Northern Cape Provincial Government is a key partner in the BLOODHOUND SSC Project, as they are preparing the track at Hakskeenpan. The work is done by about 300 people from the Mier community. Over the last two years they have jointly removed close to 6 000 tonnes of pebbles, stones and rocks from an area 20 km long and 1.1 km wide.

Media enquiries and images:  marina.joubert@mettlepr.com / +27 (0)834094254

Media interviews: Dave Rowley or Wendy Maxwell at sabloodhound@gmail.com / +27 (0) 82 657 6861

Google map of Hakskeenpan:
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