Velocypedia: A contemporary art exhibition about bicycle passion and sustainable transportation
International exhibition Velocypedia introduces works of artists, designers, craftspeople, and fans of cycling – everything inspired by the most known mode of transport powered by human force – the bicycle. The bicycle plays a main role as a symbol of sustainable mobility, providing unlimited pleasure and unusual functions.
The aim of the exhibition is to promote everyday cycling and at the same time to highlight the problems of transportation in big cities in 21st century. Other important topics of the exhibition include criticism of the negative impacts of automobilism and the occupancy of public spaces for car expansion.
The exhibition was held in Prague, Czech Republic, from May 4th till May May 24th 2011.
Jan Slovenčík - Allez Marcel, allez!, Object 2011
Jan Jaroslav Sterec - Without the Smell, Instalation, 2011
Pavel Tichoň - Attempt for the World Guinness record: Longest distance cycled without hands while doing oil paining (17km) - Action documentation, 2006
Šimon Vahala - Fall, from the series My worst day - Digital print, 60x70 cm, 2006
Olja Triaška Stefanovič - Series Hole Photographs, 150x200 cm, 2005-2010 Non conceptional urban planning caused also by the expansion of the space for cars leaves the visible traces in the city landscape.
Dan Vlček - Wheels - Installation, 2011 Photo: Stephan Groetschel
Stanislav Zámečník - Car Expansion - Light Box, 100x55 cm, 2007
Petr a Jiří Hebedovi - Bamboo bicycle, 2010
H3T Architekti - Cyclo-Sauna, Kolonok, 2010 http://www.h3t.cz/en/dashboard/default/59?picture=186
Mikuláš Novotný - City folding Bicycle Folder, 2010 http://www.earch.cz/clanek/5824-mestske-skladaci-kolo-folder-city-folding-bicycle-folder.aspx
Dream Bike - Fixed gear, 2011 http://pedal-project.com/
Family Minkova/Podivínských - Family Cycloexpedition / Our trips on bicycles: 2005 - Journey there and back - to Venice and back - 2 800 km / 2006 - Journey to the mountains - through Czech and Slovak Mountains and Polish flatlands - 1 800 km / 2008 - Expedition El Gafla - to Morocco and back - 6 709 km / web: www.LivePla.net
Okolo - Design Ride, 2011 Selection of the bicycles creating in 20th and 21st centuries by some of the prolific interior designers. Bicycles by Jean Prouvé or Richard Sapper, among others, stand next to the designers famous furniture or lightning creations and create new contexts of their work. Everything on the minimalist drawings with the stories about the single bicycles. http://okoloweb.cz/our-projects
Jakub Valášek, Velocipedist´s Workshop, Performance, Installation of Historical Bicycles, 2011, http://www.velociped.cz/
Silvie Vondřejcová, Bike Line In Vysočany, Prague, Photographs, 2010
Concrete Bikes, Design Bicycle, 2010
