Happenings: 100 Foot Ride @ Happy Collab

2/26 (Sat) Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space 1254 N. Noble St. 6 - 10 pm

"The Happy Collaborationists (in partnership with ACRE) present a looped 16mm film installation work by Chicago artist Alexander Stewart, 100 Foot Ride. Continuing a series of projects that use the 100-foot length of a roll of 16mm film as a formal constraint, 100 Foot Ride combines durational performance art with a Structural-film format. In this piece, the artist constructed a contraption with a loop of wire connecting a stationary bicycle with a 16mm Bolex camera. As the artist pedals the bicycle, the wire turns a handle, which cranks the film through the camera. While 100 feet is not traditionally a challenging distance for a bicyclist, the 100-foot length of the roll of film translates into a difficult task for the artist as he struggles with the physical task of pedaling while battling the entropy of his jury-rigged bike-camera contraption."

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(as cribbed from face-eating-book).