Cyclecide Heavy Pedal Crank Art Exhibition at The Lab in San Francisco

Cyclecide Cyclefuge at Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2008

Cyclecide and Circuit Network are presenting the Heavy Pedal Crank Art Exhibition at The Lab in San Francisco, California. The opening reception is Friday, March 30, 2012 from 6 pm to 10 pm (free admission). The show itself happens Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, 2012 (free admission) with a closing night party on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 8 pm to 11 pm ($7-$15 sliding scale).

The aim of this exhibition is to explore the concepts, principles, and ideas that the bike has inspired, transgressed, or altered.

Join us for a fun and inspiring weekend celebrating that most versatile machine, the Bicycle. Artists recycling bicycle parts, making work inspired by the bicycle or building their own hybrid machines include Johnny Payphone (clockwork bike); Keith Martin; August Wood; Loid Mongoloid (bike slot machine and jewelry); Jay Broemmel (slouch cycles-altered bikes); John & Sarina Raffa; Slim Buick (custom vintage bikes); Paul Cesewski (Kinetic bike sculptures); Kal Spelletich (Turbo Trike); Yoli Hadde; Neil Smith & Justin Solomon (Black Label Bike Club, Oakland); and Jarico Reesce (Cyclecide), among others. We Invite all to come and see bikes that have been transformed or altered into pre-cycled sculptures and vehicles of imagination!

Also join Cyclecide and participating artists for Saturday night’s closing party celebrating the rise of the Bikes. Screenings of Jay Broemmel’s spoof “The Loaded Warrior” and the Cyclecide bike “safety” video. DJs, live performance by Los Banos, Cyclecide’s merry band of mariachi-punk musicians, and more to be announced.

photo by Scott Beale