Power Bike Parade
Power Bike Parade is a bike-powered electronic orchestra that
demonstrates the use of an alternative power source by converting the
kinetic energy of pedaling a bike into electricity used to create a
festival of electro-acoustic music and glittering LED lights. The
two-rider parade takes this everyday act of riding a bicycle, and
expands it into a visual and sonic spectacle, re-appropriating the act
as a performance and a venue for expression.
The bikes are outfitted with contact microphones, speakers, and custom
bike instruments to amplify the sounds the bike makes during a ride,
while LED lights are mounted on the bikes and connected to kinetic power generators, which power the lights as you pedal, amplifying and transforming the bike ride itself into a performance.
Material and logistical support provided by Brooklyn Bike & Board!!! GET YR BIKE FIXD THERE!!!