Music: [oddmusic] bicycles and the arts

Bicycles and the Arts

Friday, October 1, 2010 (8 p.m.)

Happy Dog Gallery

1542 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd floor

Chicago, IL 60622

You are invited to attend "Bicycles and the Arts," a multidisciplinary event
that happens during the Fifth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival and
Chicago Artists Month. "Bicycles and the Arts" creatively explores
connections between these two vital elements of culture and society --

* "Wheels on the Ground and in the Sky," a group exhibition with paintings,
sculptures, and videos -- models of multi-functional bike racks by Andrew
DelaRosa and John Bambino; photographs by Janina Ciezadlo; a painting by
Alpha Bruton; a bike-book sculpture by Regin Ingloria; a sculpture by Matt
Weber; "Pigeon-toed About Homage" by Catie Olson, which is inspired by Jean
Tinguely's "Homage to New York"; a video of Rob Frye's recent FLUX Bike ride
in Los Angeles; and "Bikes Make the World Go 'Round," an interactive kinetic
sculpture presented by Working Bikes Cooperative;

* John Greenfield reads from his new book "Bars Across America: Drinking and
Biking from Coast to Coast";

* Chicago Underground Library presents a Pop Up Library;

* a musical ensemble performs -- Derek Repsch (electronics and amplified
bicycle), Andrew Royal (violin), Jon Godston (soprano saxophone), Robin
Boudreaux (tenor saxophone), Dan Godston (trumpet), Alex Wing (guitar), and
Jimmy Bennington (drums) -- including a telematic performance with an
ensemble in Detroit and an homage to Frank Zappa's 1963 appearance on The
Steve Allen Show (when Zappa taught Allen how to play a bicycle and the
Steve Allen Orchestra performed with the musical bicycles);

* conversations with bicycle groups in other communities across the U.S. via
skype, including Spearfish Bike Cooperative (Spearfish, SD) and the New
Orleans Community Bike Project;

* images and sounds of projects by U.S. and international artists and
organizations are presented -- sounds by Emeka Ogboh (Lagos, Nigeria), and
images from a recent exhibition about bicycle culture at the Museum of
Copenhagen, and those by Ultra Grøn (Copenhagen) and Cay Brøndum
(Copenhagen).

"Bicycles and the Arts" involves partnerships with the Active Transportation
Alliance, Copenhagen Cyclery, Working Bikes Cooperative, and the League of
Illinois Bicyclists. We would also like to thank the Copenhagen Center for
Traffic for their help. $7 suggested donation, all ages and open to the
public.

www.chicagocalling.org

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