From Mother Jones · Sophie Hurwitz · · 1m 10s
Elon's 50-foot Prometheus statue erected
Elon Musk's company town gets 50-foot bronze Prometheus statue from French sculptors.
In brief
Elon Musk's company town gets 50-foot bronze Prometheus statue from French sculptors. Atelier Missor created a 50-foot bronze Prometheus statue for Elon Musk's Starbase, Texas, after months of planning. Originally reported by Mother Jones.
Statue erected
A group of men dressed like extras from Les Misérables erected a 50-foot bronze Prometheus statue outside Elon Musk's company town of Starbase, Texas.
Cost and timeline
Building the statue reportedly cost Atelier Missor $1 million of their own funds and took 100 days from casting in Paris to assembly at Starbase.
Sculptors' background
Atelier Missor, founded in 2021, describes itself as a classical foundry in Paris on its way to building a new Rome.
Sculptors' mission
The sculptors claim they were drawn to classical sculpture after receiving a vision of Napoleon I while wandering Place Vendôme in Paris.
Statue details
The statue, made of bronze, stands 50 feet tall and is not on Starbase property but sits by a Texas road about ten miles away.
Elon's response
Elon Musk posted 'Nice work' on October 1st after Atelier Missor completed the statue.
The main idea
Atelier Missor created a 50-foot bronze Prometheus statue for Elon Musk's Starbase, Texas, after months of planning.
