Wednesday 30 March 2011

Bike test no.1

ive been trying to create a cyclotrope out of the wheel that is still attached to my bike, so i mounted a camera to my bike rack and rode it up and down the drive, its workng, its not great yet but its work in progress!

5 comments:

  1. hello love your cyclotrope we been playing with lots of bicycle stuff for the past 2/3 years
    see
    http://spokenchain.blogspot.com/
    http://bikebeard.blogspot.com/
    http://lesvelobici.blogspot.com/

    we have posted your cylotrope film on this site of ours
    http://bicycleartschool.blogspot.com/
    check out the deorated wheels page
    http://bicycleartschool.blogspot.com/p/wheel-wrapping.html

    recently we worked with year 8 schoolkids for 12 weeks, doing allorts including a Duchamp Haiku Wheel

    we will be doing some more playing with bicycle wheels, cameras and art at a community event under the Cumberland Flyover in Bristol in June.

    Love it !!

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  2. hi! thanks for you comment, thanks for those links, i love the bike wheel domes, amazing i want on in my garden! and the pigeon circus on a wheel is brilliant!
    im glad you liked my film, ive just finished making a very similar cyclotrope film for a UNAIDS campaign and im hoping to keep experimenting.
    i love your decorated wheels, i really would love to try that, ill send you photos if i do, please keep me updated with your bike experiment its so exciting!

    All the best
    Tim

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  3. hi, the UNAIDS film is lovely love the colours just bought a CD Shangaan Electro coincidently on the South African tip.
    We playing with a wheel sculpture thing this coming weekend Under The Flyover event in Bristol
    have filmmaker with us and pedal powered projector
    just playing we'll keep you posted..

    http://www.hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk/content/planning.html

    Kevin

    bikebeard@gmail.com

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  4. Hello Tim

    saw the Oxford Alleycat youtube clips,know them well now, been doing work with a school up there all this year.

    we had a great day today, see http://spokenchain.blogspot.com/2011/06/local-living-day-at-create-centre-11th.html

    our attempts shot with a Nikon coolpix, fun !!!

    our e-mail is bikebeard@gmail.com

    Kevin and Sylvie

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