M:ST 4.5: Ride On!
During the month of July 2009, M:ST presents Ride On!, a series of bicycle-based artworks appearing throughout locations in Calgary. Presented in conjunction with TRUCK’s new TR:AFFIC residency program and The Good Life Community Bike Shop, Ride On! invites you to interact with the work of various artists through hands-on workshops, art installations, and participatory bike rides.
Remember your first bicycle? And the exciting realization that you now had the power to take yourself anywhere you wanted? No longer reliant on parents or older siblings to give you a lift, a bicycle was not just about transportation, but was an expansion of your territory – growing the parameters of where you could go and what you could do.
Using the particular mobility and adaptability of bicycle-powered adventure, the projects in this series move out of galleries and studios, and into new landscapes and situations. Including bicycles that play a soundtrack for your ride, record the sounds around you, disappear into the landscape, or take you on a tour of back-alley art projects, this series invites viewers to use and interact with bicycles in new ways, inspiring movement that is less about transportation and more about exploration.
We invite you to come along for the ride!
Artists
Kelly Andres
Marc Dulude
Tender Mountain Clan
Jessica Thompson
Schedule
MON July 6 – SAT August 1 @ The Good Life Bike Shop
Stop by to watch Marc Dulude’s video The Invisible Bike, sign out Jessica Thompson’s SOUNDBIKE and take it for a ride!
SAT July 11 & SAT July 18 1:30 pm, meet @ The Good Life Bike Shop
Join the Tender Mountain Clan on a bicycle tour of their favorite street art spots. Download a map for self-guided adventures at www.mstfestival.org
MON July 27 – SAT Aug 1 @ The Good Life Bike Shop
Sign out Kelly Andres’ Songbike.
TUE July 28 & WED July 29, 1pm and 5pm @ Eau Claire Centre Court/North Plaza (weather permitting)
Join Kelly Andres and her Urban Habitat Lab for hands-on workshops on sustainable urban living. To register, please phone M:ST at 403.837.6678.
THU July 30, 7pm @ The Good Life Bike Shop
Make a bicycle-mounted noisemaker with TRUCK artist-in-residence Jessica Thompson during the Bikehack + Soundride workshop, register by phoning M:ST 403.837.6678.
FRI July 31, 5:30pm, meet @ Eau Claire Plaza
Bring your Bikehack + Soundride noisemakers to July’s Critical Mass Ride.
SAT Aug 1, 2:30pm, location TBA
Join Kelly Andres and Jessica Thompson for artist talks.
M:ST 4.5 Partners
Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival Society
P.O. Box 22056 Bankers Hall R.P.O, Calgary, AB CA T2P 5G7
PH. 403.837.6678 email: info@mstfestival.org