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Bristol Oktober Bike Fest

2011-10-17T11:17:00.001-07:00

This weekend was the Bristol annual Oktober Bike Fest. I was riding as part of a newly assembled all girl single speed team for the first time. Arriving in town Friday morning, I met some people from the Pervasive Media Studios to talk about cyclic's most recent bicycle art project, followed by a visit to Arnolfini Gallery. At the end of the day it was time to start the climb out of city center, over the Clifton suspension bridge and on to Ashton Court where the race was held. Climbing out of town on the stylish Singular Gryphon on loan from Sam, wearing an equally stylish trench coat, looking good for a someone who lost their biking legs over the bridge - it was sooooo high.

Saturday morning our team Captain Jessica named us The Slits for the weekend and we all agreed to it. One lap of the course was 9km and was made up of 70% newly carved out single track. It was disney dirt. Fun lady lumps, tight corners, a neat rock garden and two decent climbs. After 07:30hrs of riding, 13 laps, and various comments on the bike, from 'bet those drop handle bars are fun' to 'well done! you lunatic!'. The Slits came second in the combined womens category, although had there have been a single speed women team category, we were winners! We won buffs, beer tokens and danced victoriously into the night.

Image from www.rightplacerighttime.co.uk

blue sky, blue sea, blue cyclic! blue

2010-05-24T09:07:00.000-07:00

10 o'clock this morning cyclic! set out for the beach. A nice 50km round trip. Blue skies and a cool breeze: perfect. Riding next to the red Koga on my 1979 'sit up and beg' dutch city bike, felt like riding alongside a champion in a beaten up Peugeot (1979). Doing my very best to keep up with the koga and feeling very important. Giving water or repairing a flat for the one true champ: a good friend on a racer. We stopped only for the obligatory coffee and apple tart and to admire the grace of a jumbo jet taking off from Amsterdam's airport, slowly rumbling over the nature reserve 'spaarnwoude'. A good day of riding, with a good amount of hanging out at the beach in between. As the afternoon came to an end, a cool mist rolled in, cooling our hot pink legs for the journey home. After perhaps too much sun, we came across a huge 'cyclic blue' building, only one thing to do, an impromptu performance/photoshoot. This reminded us that we still have s few cyclic t-shirts left. Contact us if you would like one.

Bicycle Monologue: Opening Act for Amsterdam Bicycle Film Festival

2010-05-19T05:00:00.000-07:00

Vera donned her best wool jersey to take center stage alongside her finest bike 'red koga' at the opening of the Bicycle Film Festival in Amsterdam. Under the spotlight and in front of a huge audience Vera performed the first in a series of Bicycle monologues 'Mid-bike crisis'. The performance was a confession on what we the biking community all have in common: a special love for the bikes in our lives. All this coincided with the Giro Italia speed trials and the start of Sur Place.

Photo credit and thanks to Igor Freek.

Cyclic! at Sur Place

2010-04-07T00:43:00.000-07:00

... but in a very different form.

We thoroughly enjoyed last years exhibition in the Chiellerie gallery and were thinking about doing it again this year. Through the winter there was not much thought of cycling but come spring we were thinking and talking Cyclic! again.

As we were getting in gear so were other people: Mediamatic contacted us about their upcoming Sur Place exhibition about fixed gear bicycles. We decided to jump on their bicycle bandwagon and enjoy the benefits of a bigger organisation and platform and a large group of bicycle enthousiasts working together on this 4 month project. So far it's been a lot of fun: joining in the bi-weekly 'doortrappen op dinsdag' brainstorm sessions (we presented Cyclic! there, other people presented their ideas, everybody eating, talking, listening, cycling on eachothers bicycles together) and looking forward to a summer full of bicycle events.

The Sur Place exhibition opens on 8 May, not-so-coincidentally on the day the Giro D'Italia will be racing by the Mediamatic exhibition space on the Vijzelstraat. The opening will also be the start of the Bicycle Film Festival in Tuschinsky.

And, this is were Cyclic! comes into play again: I've been writing more monologues like the 'mid bike crisis' below and will perform them at the opening event on 8 May. Cheryl will make the visuals to go with the performance. We are happy to make another bicycle/art/media production AND to have a chance to share it with a larger audience. It's all very exciting.

Hope you will be there on 8 May at the opening of Sur Place and enjoy the bicycle monologues!

Mid bike crisis

2010-02-24T12:56:00.000-08:00

Scene: me and my classy vintage fire engine red Koga Miyata in a narrow Amsterdam stairwell, third floor, just outside my apartment. It's been a long, dark and cold winter so we haven't spent much quality time together of late. I see her everyday when I leave the house or come back home. The Koga has endured the bad weather rather stoically, silently gathering dust in the stairwell, looking out the window at the rain and snow. Somehow she got a flat, she looks neglected but still proud. Patiently waiting for me to fix her and take her out for a spin on the first sunny day. Trusting my love, love for the first bike I ever truly loved.

Me: *sigh* (look at the Koga, feeling sorry for her, apologetically I stroke the still perfectly lacquered bar, red like my fingernails)
I should have gotten a new inner tube when I was in the bike shop today, I forgot.. damn. It would have been a good day for racing today, the first decent day of the year! It's not cold at all, and I got a new rain jacket and gloves, it would've been great.. just a short trip, the Abcoude-Driemond circle to start with.

Koga: ...

Me: We should start training for the hills of Limburgs Finest soon, 150km this year. It's going to be really tough, we need to be in good shape.

Koga: ...

Me: Then again I was rather busy today.. I was at Pristine. It's this new fixed gear shop that opened up a while ago. It's full of shiny rims, crazy coloured saddles, all brand new stuff, beautiful really, in a hipster cool kind of way.

Koga: ...

Me: All high quality stuff, mind you. Cinelli, is one brand they sell. Nice classy old Italian brand. Classy and beautiful like you.

Koga: ...

Me: Maybe you've noticed I've been a bit distracted lately. Any other winter I would've made sure you were ready to race at all times. Maybe you wonder why I didn't take you to this beautiful new bike shop?

Koga: ...

Me: I'm not sure you'd like it there to be honest. You know what they do with vintage bikes like you? They strip them of their gears and brakes and wheels and everything! Until only the frame is left. And then they fix the frame with the coloured rims and grips and maybe a little frog leg brake on the front wheel. Sometimes a nice new spray paint job. They turn vintage bicycles into really sexy naked modern objects of desire, it's fantastic! *exited now*

Koga: ...

Me: I would never do that to you, you understand? I love you just the way you are. I love your gears and I love your brakes. You got me through the hills of Limburg remember? Man that was great.. how we beat some guys on really expensive new carbon frames, aaah... *reminiscing smile*

Koga: ...

Me: You're my first true bicycle love you know that? There have been others before you but they didn't mean anything to me. You were the first one I really wanted to be seen with. I first realized I loved you when I imagined someone had stolen you. It broke my heart just thinking about it. This was when we raced the Classico Boretti. When we came over the finish line, triumphantly, that was our marriage. I've loved you ever since and I love you still.

Koga: ...

Me: I'll always love you. Nothing will change that, you understand?

Koga: ...

Me: This pink Mercier that entered the house is no threat to what we have. You know the one, she arrived about a year ago, I stripped her and put her on the wall, just a pretty thing to look at, nothing more. She's useless to ride anyway, you're a much better racer.

Koga: ...

Me: But she is the perfect candidate for a Pristine make over I realized as soon as I found her.. I thought that if she had some work done she would really shine! Not race long distance, mind you, but really shine when I take her for a spin around Amsterdam. Nothing special, for long rides I would still take you, always.

Koga: ...

Me: So I've been spending some time with the pink Mercier at Pristine. Well it's been such a shitty winter so I couldn't take you for a ride anyway. Sure you don't mind staying inside in weather like this.

Koga: ...

Me: She's been fitted with white rims and tyres, white spokes, white handlebars and, listen to this... a GOLD chain. It's crazy really, completely over the top. But that's what she's like, you understand. A pink frame to start with, she has ditzy bling polo playing trash written all over her. She's starting to look real good now, in a proud ghetto kind of way. Not classy like you but I have to admit it's pretty fucking cool to have a pink bling baby like this to cruise with.

Koga: ...

Me: I think I'll need some practice learning how to ride her properly without getting into horrible accidents but I'm sure I'll get used to it. There's this whole gang that plays bike polo that I like to hang with, they can teach me how to do tricks as well! Also the whole summer long there'll be an exhibition about these fixed gear bikes in Mediamatic, it's super cool, I'll be spending a lot of time there.

Koga: ...

Me: I'll make sure to plan enough time racing with you to prepare for Limburgs Finest but that's not until June.

Koga: ...

Me: I'm going to move you over a bit so there'll be space for the pink Mercier when she comes home from her extreme Pristine make-over on Saturday.

Koga: ...

Me: I hope you don't mind her moving in. Rather, I've been secretly imgagining you two becoming good friends. No need to look at me as if you're the Queen of England now. She has a decent vintage background like you, she's not all vulgarity and not as superficial as first impression would have it. Let's not forget I found you on Ebay as well!

Koga: ...

Me: Please... don't give me the silence treatment. You know you win that one.

Koga: ...

Me: You know sometimes I miss being a world travelling young and free and wild bike messenger. I love my job but it's in an office. I was hoping that the pink Mercier would give me back some of that being free in the mean streets feeling, the feeling of playing outside, the feeling of being so alive you think you'll live forever.

Koga: ...

Me: I'm really sorry if I hurt your feelings.

Koga: ...

Me: I appreciate your wisdom and understanding. Only age and having been together for a long time can build a love like ours.

Koga: ...

Me: I love you too

Track and beer tuesdays at Mediamatic

2010-02-24T01:02:00.000-08:00

Last night cyclic! went to the second session of 'doortrappen op dinsdag' at Media-Matic. This summer they are organising a massive fixie exhibition and event to coincide with this years Giro Italia. Great people MAD about bikes coming together, familiar faces showing up after the big winter sleep. Fish talked about his passion for hacking track life. Taking street track bike riders and introducing them to the velodrome, what an awesome initiative.

Cyclic predicts that this will be a summer we will never forget. Lets Play!

Missed cyclic! '09?

2009-11-01T07:14:00.000-08:00

If you heard about cyclic after the weekend of events and exhibition, we have started uploading the weekend onto flickr

Awesome

2009-10-22T09:11:00.000-07:00

A huge thank you to everyone that helped out and came out to see what cyclic was all about. We are taking a well earned break right now, but pretty soon we will be back with more photos and news ;-)

Best (bicycle) regards! Vera & Cheryl.

Ode aan de wereldbeker door Vindersloon

2009-10-13T07:33:00.000-07:00

Op vierentwintig maart begon seizoen tweeduizendéén,
wie ging er in Milaan-San Remo met de prijzen heen?
Wie begon het jaar het meest capabel?
Een Duitse renner, Erik Zabel.

Op acht april alweer een koers, dit keer door het Vlaamse land,
Dekker werd hier tweede, dit was een teken aan de wand.
Wie won er wel? Gesterkt door Salami?
Een Italiaan, Gianluca Bortolami.

De week daarna, tijd voor de hel van het noorden.
Wie kon het hardste stoempen, wie sprak zijn laatste woorden?
Wie kwam er in Roubaix als held over de kasseien draven?
Een Nederlander, Servais Knaven.

April dat is een zware maand voor wereldbekerrenners,
Van Luik naar Bastenaken, dat weten alle wielrenkenners.
Wie daarna het eerst weer terug is, is hij die de koers wint.
Een Zwitser deze keer, Oscar Camenzind.

Is het nu voorbij? Nee, april kent nóg een race,
gesponsord door een biermerk over Limburgse tracés.
Wie was de gelukkige, wie vindt Amstel Gold nu lekker?
Een Nederlander, onze eigen Erik Dekker.

De wereldbeker maakt nu plaats voor de grote rondes.
Die duren nog veel langer ook al draait het om secondes.
Maar goed, we zijn nu halfweg, en Dekker staat vooraan.
Oh oh wat is dat spannend het wordt tijd om door te gaan.

Dat doen we in augustus weer het diepste uit de kan.
We rijden in de bergen Classica San Sebastian.
Wie wordt hier vainquer, gelooft niet in laisser faire?
Een Franse veteraan, Laurent Jalabert.

Door naar Hamburg om de HEW Classic te verrijden.
Weer dezelfde mensen die hier om de eer gaan strijden.
Hij won ook Milaan-San Remo, het is incroyable,
de Duitse routinier, Erik Zabel.

Ook zesentwintig augustus zijn de heren ongedurig.
Zij rijden dan om het kampioenschap van Zurich.
De rit gereden op twee borden tortellini.
Een Italiaanse winnaar, Paolo Bettini.

Zeven oktober rijden de mannen Parijs-Tours.
De UCI ongelukkig met de winnaar van de koers.
Ooit in een schandaal krijg je altijd stank voor dank.
Het draait hier om een Fransman, Richard Virenque.

Het is zover, nog maar één ronde, die van Lombardije.
Wie mag zich als laatste in de armen van de missen vlijen?
Geen champagne deze keer, maar een heerlijk glas Sambuca.
Doornat won de Italiaan Danilo di Luca.

Tien wedstrijden gereden om de winnaar te bepalen.
Een jaar lang trappen op pedalen om het podium te halen.
Op één na balen ze allen als een stekker
En dat is de eindwinnaar, Erik Dekker.

november 2001
Niet gepakt of niet gepakt
Nu acht jaar later is zo hier en daar de lof gezakt,
want menig rijder werd op stimulantia gepakt.
Hij reed op EPO, en al ben je nog zo aimabel
dat is feitelijk niet de bedoeling, Erik Zabel

In juni 2004 vloog Bortolami uit de bocht.
Kenacort het spul dat werd gevonden in zijn vocht.
Een paar maanden later stond hij weer aan de start.
In 2006 het fietsen over door problemen met zijn hart.

Dan volgt er nu een breekpunt want we komen bij de braven,
dopetechnisch ongeschonden en hij fietst nog, Servais Knaven.
En Laurent Jalabert is kleerscheurvrij gestopt
hij heeft het ondertussen tot het Frans bondscoachschap geschopt.

Paolo Bettini werd jaren later wereldkampioen
dat heeft hij niet op cortisonen hoeven doen.
Nog een vrijgewaarde, al stond hij toch zo stijf als een plank?
Nooit gepakt, nooit toegeven, Richard Virenque.

Danilo di Luca is de laatste uit mijn rij,
ook hij deed escapades dus hij bleef niet schadevrij.
Que cera cera heeft nu een wrange ondertoon,
In de giro van dit jaar nam hij het gewoon.

En Erik dan hoor ik u denken wat deed Erik Dekker?
Dat lijkt me ook geen gemodificeerd hemoglobine-trekker?
Nee, hij won op eigen kracht, de goden zij dank!
Want ik bewaar mijn geld al jaren bij de Rabobank.

Oktober 2009
vindersloon@gmail.com

Oorbeek rocks Cyclic!

2009-10-10T11:12:00.000-07:00

Photos © Cafe Velo

Dressed in vintage cycling jerseys Oorbeek performed in brilliant Cyclic style; departing from the Duchamp installation of a bicycle wheel mounted on a bar stool, which was then used as a musical instrument and played with inner tube, bass guitar, tambourine, a balloon and spoke cards. The multi coloured spoke beads were a nice addition to the original Duchamp.
The Tour de France soundscapes (commentators frantically rattling of the names of the coureurs, typical Tour de France sirens, shouting spectators, nostalgia) blended wonderfully with the backdrop of Brent Humpreys work 'Le Tour'. I loved it!

Only one more day of Cyclic left now, see you tomorrow in the gallerie for a last chance to enjoy the works on display, check out the shop and the movie programme put together by Myrte Derks.

cyclic open!

2009-10-10T06:31:00.001-07:00

Photos © Cafe Velo

Last night cyclic opened her doors to the awaiting public, kicking off the weekend with a great poem from Vindersloon about the Tour and doping. Being a group show, it was super to see some familiar and some new faces come out for the opening of exhibition. Thanks to all that came and contributed to the success of the opening!

Today at 4pm Oorbeek will be performing a piece that departs from Marcel du Champs bicycle wheel. Bike by if you haven't been already! Check the programme for details on tomorrows film screening of Mash.

The exhibition also has its own shop where you can pick up limited edition, books/posters and t-shirts!

bikes on the move!

2009-10-08T04:47:00.001-07:00

This morning we picked up the macbike bakfiets. Today and tomorrow will be a haze as we race around town in time for the opening tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will hold out and we will get some late Autumn sun.

Detailed programme

2009-10-06T06:38:00.000-07:00

Opening hours gallery:

Friday 9 October 5pm - 9pm
Saturday 10 October 2pm - 6pm
Sunday 11 October 2pm - 6pm

Programme:

Friday 9 October: Opening

We welcome you in the gallery from 5pm to start celebrating Cyclic with us!

At 6pm Vera en Cheryl will officially open Cyclic with a poem about doping and other Tour de France facts by Vindersloon. Drinks will be served and we'll have a bicycle music soundtrack provided by Club Rascal resident dj Bex.

Saturday 10 October: Ride & Live Performance

At 11.30am we'll serve coffee in Café Vélo style from the Macbike bakfiets outside the gallery for all the cyclists who want to join us for the Cylic ride.

Depart at 12, expect to be back around 2pm-3pm for the afternoon program.

At 4pm Oorbeek will give a performance departing from the bicycle wheel installation by Marcel Duchamp. Where they will finish is (in true Oorbeek style) unknown but will undoubtedly be interesting. This is where it all comes together: bicycle – art – performance. Enjoy!

On this day you can have your old or boring bicycle clothing pimped by the Cyclic Style dept. Please bring your bicycle clothes that are in need of an upgrade and have them revamped by our expert seamstresses.

Sunday 11 October: Film screening

This afternoon will feature a film program put together by Myrte Derks.

3pm Mash
4pm Bootleg Sessions V2

At 6pm Cyclic will finish.

All weekend: Works on display and for sale

Bitches in Control (Rotterdam)
Brent Humphreys (USA)
Café Vélo (Amsterdam)
Erosie (Eindhoven)
Fotoduda (Amsterdam)
Gabriel Kousbroek (Amsterdam)
Magieke Jansen (Amsterdam)
N.M. Schraa / Kapitein Roodbaard (Amsterdam)
Lovelilalee (UK)
Matthew the Horse (UK)
Tim Ayres (Amsterdam)
Vera van de Nieuwenhof (Amsterdam)
Wheels-on-Fire (Delft)

The Cyclic shop will be selling cool t-shirts, posters, booklets, graphic design, and a new line of fixie inspired jewellery by Zelda Beauchampet. Proceeds will go towards the realization of Cylic.

Brent Humphrey's Le Tour

2009-10-05T01:39:00.001-07:00

Here's a preview of the work of Brent Humphreys that is being flown over the Atlantic for Cyclic as I'm typing this.

Brent is photographer from the USA who made a stunning series about the Tour de France; portraits of cyclists, alpine landscapes, the circus and spectators surrounding the Tour.

Zelda Fixie magic!

2009-10-02T07:46:00.000-07:00

Zelda is a talented young dutch designer who will be presenting her new fixie inspired jewelery at cyclic! Zelda from Rotterdam makes fun and magical accessories. To see more of Zelda's beautiful works check out www.zlda.nl

confirmed artists!

2009-10-02T06:38:00.000-07:00

Bitches in Control, Brent Humphreys (Project le Tour), Cafe Velo, Erosie, fotoduda, Gabriel Kousbroek, Kapitein Roodbaard (Amsterdam Fixxxed), Lovelilalee, Magieke Jansen, Matthew The Horse, Oorbeek, Vera van de Nieuwenhof, Wheels-on-Fire,Tim Ayres, Vindersloon, Zelda Beauchampet

Macbike supports Cyclic!

2009-10-02T03:01:00.000-07:00

Asides from the Macbike Marnixstraat being our unofficial headquarters, meeting point, and a great place for gathering bits of bike maintenance wisdom from Theo the bike mechanic, they are now officially supporting us by providing us with a 'bakfiets' for the Cyclic weekend so we can transport all the art works in style to and from the gallery.

Big thank you to Theo from Macbike Marnixstraat!
'the art of bicycle maintenance!'

Rabobank supports Cyclic!

2009-10-01T06:40:00.000-07:00

Today we received good news from the Rabobank. They will support Cyclic by sponsoring the rent of the gallery space. Yay!

Rabobank has a long tradition of sponsoring art & sports, notably cycling, so for us they were the first choice when looking for a sponsor.

Thank you Rabobank!

2 more weeks until cyclic! opens her doors...

2009-09-26T07:49:00.000-07:00

Next week we will announce the film screening line up as well as some artist statements, a detailed programme of the live performance acts, as well as what will be on sale during the show. In addition to the line up looks like we will also be exhibiting some beautiful vintage race bikes to put on display and share with you...

Best (bicycle) regards, Vera & Cheryl.

Location for cyclic! weekend is between the Munt Plein & Waterlooplein at 58 Raamgracht, Amsterdam!

Kapitein Roodbaard

2009-09-24T03:48:00.000-07:00

Just dropped of his work. It's great meeting all the participants prior to the event. Tonight there'll be a meeting with Myrte Derks who'll be showcasing some bicycle movies on Sunday 11 October.

About Kapitein Roodbaards work: Fearsome! I saw it online, it's quite something else to see it larger than life in print. It'll be a centrepiece of the exhibition.

Bikes, bikes and more bikes at bricklane bikes!

2009-09-22T06:57:00.000-07:00

In June I made a trip to London and discovered some very exciting bike work/shops in Londons East-end. Brick Lane bikes and 14 Bike Company. Well now it is September and I found myself in London again and once more marveling the field of multi-coloured and every-era frames hanging from the ceiling at Brick lane bikes.

I am super excited about visiting shops like these. What I am even more excited about is seeing so many more cyclists in the city. Living in London 7 years ago the only people on bikes were brave couriers and the odd nutty professor. Now I stand and watch the many different people with their different styles flowing through the city by bike. This is really positive change for great city!

Star gazing & yellow workshop at bricklane bikes.

Magieke Jansen - t-shirts designed for the Courier Messenger World Tokyo championships

2009-09-16T05:53:00.000-07:00

Today Magieke Jansen dropped by to deliver his work for Cyclic!

Looking good: photography and graphic design inspired by cycling holidays and work as a bike messenger.

Unfortunately Magieke himself won't be around at Cyclic since he'll be participating in the CMWC (Courier Messenger World Championships) in Tokyo AND while he's there he'll be campaigning on getting the CMWC 2011 to be held in Amsterdam.

His t-shirts designed for the Tokyo championships, his photographs and a book with his work will be on sale. Cool stuff!

Preview of the line up and dates for cyclic!

2009-09-11T04:58:00.000-07:00

Homage to the bike

2009-09-06T07:32:00.001-07:00

It was a great ride with the cycleslutz along the water and here it is, the BIG WHITE BIKE! at Nulde beach...

Tour de Big Bike

2009-09-05T08:36:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow the cycleslutz (Vera-Opperslut, myself and a few others) will ride out to Nulde to climb into the big white bike saddle. Hopefully it will stay dry and the sun will come out for a group photo. If you fancy making a pilgrimage out to this bike yourself, we would love to publish your photos here!

Best (bicycle) regards, Cheryl.

Wheels-on-Fire

2009-09-04T01:56:00.000-07:00

We pretty much got the program together and will give you some teasers on this blog of what will be going down in the weekend of 9-10-11 October.

Here is one guy who will put his work on show and for sale; Jan Willem van Breugel is a designer who uses recycled bicycle parts to make beautiful things.

"Wheels-on-Fire recycles old bike-parts into shiny retyred bags, sturdy accessories, straight lighting and massive furniture.

Holland is a small and flat country, so cycling is an easy, popular solution for travelling short distances. With 16 million people in the country, nearly everyone owns a bike. Many of the older bikes are abandoned at the repair shop or worse... Others finish their lives in accidents, canals or ditches. Wheels-on-Fire collects & recycles old bicycle-parts and turns them into stylish and good-looking products."

www.wheels-on-fire.nl

Get in gear!

2009-08-22T00:18:00.000-07:00

We have been blown away by your ideas and work for the cyclic exhibition and ride! The last month we have received a great response and seen some really exciting work. We are now gearing up towards announcing the program.

We will be making a final selection and programming in the coming weeks and will announce this on the blog by mid-September.

Best (bicycle) regards, Cheryl.

Deadline this Friday

2009-08-17T04:55:00.000-07:00

We are getting a great response to the Call for work.

Those of you who have not yet submitted your work to Cyclic the deadline is this Friday 21 August.
Mail images (maximum of three) of what you would like to exhibit with a short description/motivation to cyclicamsterdam@gmail.com

We look forward to hear from you and will announce the selected works and program in September!

Best (bicycle) regards, Vera & Cheryl.

Amsterdam fixed in good spirits

2009-08-06T04:36:00.000-07:00

Met up with some people from the Amsterdam fixed gear weekly meetup last night, watched some bike polo and talked about some ideas for the exhibition. Thanks to those who shared their ideas and enthusiasm with me. Look forward to hearing from you and good luck to the Amsterdam Polo team in Arnhem this weekend!

Cheryl.

On another topic, I am thinking of organising a ride out to a bike sculpture in Nulde - fun!

Cyclic! in progress

2009-08-05T09:05:00.000-07:00

Is it just the weather, or is Cyclic so hot right now?

2009-08-05T06:35:00.000-07:00

Yes, Cyclic is hot!

We're getting great response from all over Europe and even the US to our call for work; it will be a challenge to make a selection out of the work people are sending us. I'm so looking forward to seeing it all come together during Cyclic!

Keep it coming please, the call is open until 21 August.

Best (bicycle) regards,

Vera

Work in progress

2009-07-29T03:58:00.000-07:00

This blog is new, fresh, quite empty, a blank canvas.. just the way we would like Cyclic to be; a blank space for cycle-minded artists to fill and for visitors to fantasize about.

But we decided to start adding more content to this blog leading up to the event; to give you an idea of whats happening behind the scenes (busy busy busy, talking to artists, talking to the radio, trying to find sponsors, thinking about exhibition practicalities, juggling work, personal life and this project)and to share bike/art/media related stuff that inspires us, the stuff that initially inspired us to start Cyclic.

So, we want to share our thoughts and ideas but at the same time we want to keep the boundaries of the exhibition wide open. The only limit is the bicycle theme; the call for work is open until 21 august so to all artists out there, please send in your ideas/work/cv to cyclicamsterdam@gmail.com for a chance to exhibit and sell your work at Cyclic.

Enjoy, and thanks for your input so far!

Vera

Radio interview...

2009-07-24T01:32:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the English Breakfast Radio, who had us on this mornings show to talk about Cyclic. Aside of promoting the up and coming Cyclic exhibition, we talked about 'Bike Pain' poetry and 'Biker Tan'. Thanks again to Mike an Sylvia for having us on the show. Listen to the interview again on the second half of the show.

Call for work...

2009-07-19T02:44:00.001-07:00

Cyclic is a bicycle » art » media happening in Amsterdam celebrating cycling culture. Exhibiting bicycle inspired artwork, graphic design, performance, styling and a meet up & ride.

We are calling for submissions and ideas from artist/designer/photographer/makers to show during an exhibition in October.

Send us your work (maximum of three images) with dimensions/size and a short description/motivation to cyclicamsterdam@gmail.com

Deadline for the open call is August 21st 2009.

Programme

2009-07-18T00:48:00.000-07:00

On Saturday 10 October Cyclic invites you to come in for coffee at 11, join us for a ride at 12 and be back in time for a live performance at 3pm. An afternoon of performance, music, mingling of cycling aficionado's and drinks follows. At the end of the day take home some bike art or design...

The exhibited works will be on show and for sale from the opening on Friday 9 October 5pm onwards until the event closes on Sunday 11 October at 4pm.

A more detailed programme will become available in September.