About
“Graham” also known as “human designed to survive a car crash” (or some variant of) was designed by the Transport Accident Commission in Australia as a way of showing how humans would have evolved to survive automobile accidents. Photos of Graham were often used in humorous photoshops or posted with text commenting on his odd appearance.
Origin
Graham was designed by Patricia Piccinini, who is known for other non-traditional human sculptures[9] such as The Young Family which depicted human-animal hybrids. She was commissioned to help work on Graham by the Transport Accident Commission in 2016. On July 20th TACVictoria uploaded a video titled “TAC’s interactive sculpture by artist Patricia Piccinini – Meet Graham, TAC 2016” was uploaded onto YouTube[2] ad explained the sculpture, that is was meant to highlight how fragile the human body is, and how easily it can be injured by car crashes. The site MeetGraham.com.au was launched the following day.
Spread
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Meet Graham – meetgraham.com.au
[2]YouTube – TAC’s interactive sculpture by artist Patricia Piccinini – Meet Graham, TAC 2016
[3]Smosh.com – 22 Hilarious Reactions to ‘Graham’ the Car Crash Survivor
[4]Tumblr – Sixpenceee
[5]Fortune.com – Here’s the Only Human Designed to Survive a Car Crash’
[6]CNN.com – Meet Graham, a ‘human’ designed to survive a car crash
[7]ABCNews.com – Meet Graham, Who Survives Car Crashes So Others Can Live
[8]Huffingtonpost.com – Meet Graham -- The Superhuman Evolved To Survive Car Accidents
[8]LiveScience.com – Bizarre-Looking ‘Graham’ More Likely Than You to Survive Car Collision
[9]Wikipedia – Patricia Piccinini