‘Hook-Up Truck’ rolls out in Bay Area
The Hook-Up Truck, a commercial box truck retrofitted for sex on the street, departs on its maiden voyage this weekend around the Bay Area.
The truck, described on the project’s website as “either participatory performance art, a safe and convenient place to get down while out on the town, or the end of civilization as we know it” will be cruising around Oakland Friday night before heading over to San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood at 10 p.m.
On Saturday, the truck will be parked from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at a party at NIMBY, an industrial art space on Amelia Street in Oakland.
Since we first brought you the story last month of conceptual artist Spy Emerson’s sex-themed art project, the story has exploded on the internet, landing on websites and blogs as far away as India.
Emerson welcomes the new publicity. Everyone, it seems, is intrigued by the provocative piece that was first conceived as she joked around with her friends.
“My friend was telling me about his use of Grindr and how he had sex with someone in a driveway,” Emerson said. “I though, ‘What if I started some kind of service for people on the go?’”
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