Donut

Since early childhood Mike Stubbs has been obsessed with fast cars and speed. In Donut he demonstrates a continued obsession and questioning through a combination of video and poetry. 'Donut' is a term used by young fast-car enthusiasts to describe a circle of burnt rubber made by spinning a rear-wheel-drive car on the spot. In the work there is an implicit concern that, as the artist converts fuel into speed and sound, he is wasting precious energy and his car is releasing fumes that damage the planet. The work embodies the tension between a vernacular pleasure and addiction to car culture as a post-war phenomenon, and social awareness of environmental and economic issues of sustainability.

Donut was installed in the Science Museum Energy Gallery installed 2004-2018, presented alongside a poem. A version of the piece also featured on Channel 4 television in the series '3 Minute Wonder' and also as a more complex installation shown in museums and galleries in Australia and the UK.

Since early childhood Mike Stubbs has been obsessed with fast cars and speed. In Donut he demonstrates a continued obsession and questioning through a combination of video and poetry. 'Donut' is a term used by young fast-car enthusiasts to describe a circle of burnt rubber made by spinning a rear-wheel-drive car on the spot. In the work there is an implicit concern that, as the artist converts fuel into speed and sound, he is wasting precious energy and his car is releasing fumes that damage the planet. The work embodies the tension between a vernacular pleasure and addiction to car culture as a post-war phenomenon, and social awareness of environmental and economic issues of sustainability.

Donut was installed in the Science Museum Energy Gallery installed 2004-2018, presented alongside a poem. A version of the piece also featured on Channel 4 television in the series '3 Minute Wonder' and also as a more complex installation shown in museums and galleries in Australia and the UK.