‘In Clean Air We Fly’ – Bike Powered Sound Installation by Kaffe Matthews- London, 6 December 2009

Come down to Gillett Square in Dalston, London on Sunday, December 6th between noon and 9pm for a free sound installation powered by bikes. The installation has been produced by Kaffe Matthews with the help of local children and scientist to get us thinking about air pollution.

In Clean Air We Fly

An electronic symphony composed by Matthews with local children and involving atmospheric chemist Peter Brimblecombe. It will play from 8 speakers across the square, slicing through the polluted London air. Powered by bicycle with Magnificent Revolution.

Invisible Dust

http://www.invisibledust.com

The first invisible dust venture by curator Alice Sharp, promoting environmental awareness.

Location and Travel

Gillett Square, Dalston, London N16 8JN.
Travel: Dalston Kingsland Overground station; buses 149, 243, 76, 67.
Googlemap: http://bit.ly/7hEK9m

Produced by Hackney Co-operative Development’s Gillett Squared Project.

Magnificent Revolution workshop – London, 13 December 2009, 10am-5pm

Venue: London, Pangea Project, 72 Stamford Hill, N16 6XS, http://pangeaproject.co.uk/
Date: Sunday 13th December 2009

Time: 10:00 till 17:00

Cost: £35

MR facilitates this workshop for those interested in learning the ins and outs of pedal power generators. Our workshops have a good balance of theory and hands-on experience. Participants can discover how to use their own bike as part of a small power station, capable of powering computers, stereos, TVs and other small household appliances. Participants will find out about:

* Basic system design
* Load assessment
* Power generation
* Electricity storage using batteries
* Conversion of DC to AC electricity by inverters
* Control and monitoring of power.

Participants will take turns in constructing 3 different types of pedal powered systems. The 3 scenarios provide insight into the various equipment used in renewable systems and the pros and cons of these systems. Basic D.I.Y. skills are an advantage but are not essential to take part in any of our workshops.

There may still be some places left. If you’re interested, book here http://www.magnificentrevolution.org/2009/11/bike-generator-workshop-london-2/
The course is refundable up to 7 days prior to the course (minus £10 admin fee). No refunds for cancellations within 7 days of the course.

Bring pack lunch!

Human Powered Home – 24 October 2009, London

Button pressing age gave rise to obesity. More and more people work in sedentary office jobs. People use artificial spaces to exercise, to step-up but not get higher, to run and not get anywhere. What are we doing with our physicality and strength?

Are we willing to sacrifice breathing clean air, balance of our ecosystem and future of our children for convenience? for luxury of pressing buttons on electrical appliances? for having it all so easy and instant because we’re just too busy? Magnificent Revolution is not ready for environmental suicide and this is our response……..

We invite you all to our Human Powered Home exhibition at The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence this coming Saturday 24th of October 09 from 10:30 till 19:30 at the Bargehouse, South Bank. You know you want a ride a bicycle that chops grass….come down and have a go on a true chopper and other human powered delights that we’ve built!

The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence is a free interactive, living exhibition put together by nef (the new economics foundation)
Programme attached

See you there,

Magnificent Revolution

Can You Bike Your Way To Power Small Appliances?

Great post by Green Life at http://agreenliving.net/can-you-bike-your-way-to-power-small-appliances/

Magnificent Revolution at Le Cinema de Broadwater

Update 26 September 2008: some photos from the event!

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http://www.magnificentrevolution.org/2008/09/320/

Autumn is knocking on the door and it’s time for some good films. Over the summer we powered plenty of music, and it’s nice to see the cinema getting back on track! On the 25th of September, Magnificent Revolution is putting on a Pedal Powered Cinema in cooperation with the Haringey Independent Cinema and Broadwater Community Centre. The cinema will be outside in the 1930s shell amphitheater next to the skate park at the Lordship Recreation Ground (near Adams Rd entrance, N17) . If weather fails us, then we’ll relocate to the Broadwater Farm Community Centre. Screening will start at 8pm and we’re going to show Bellevile Randesvouz.

Poster download (PDF).

BAKA BEYOND – Live & Pedal-Powered

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/baka/shop/pages/albums/livepp.htm

“This is the first bicycle-powered digital recording ever (as far as we know). Recorded directly to DAT from the mixing desk, powered by the Rinky Dink, this CD captures the clarity and spirit of the music as it was performed in the summer of 1995.”

Thanks to Paul Conneally for mentioning this!

Revolutionary Cycle cinema – video by Simon Mullen

See NRG unveiled at the IOCT, 23 September 2008, 11.30am

See NRG unveiled at the IOCT, Tues 23 September 2008

About NRG

It’s 2010 and you have been appointed to lead the new World Energy Directorate, with the power to control international spending and research on energy sources and production. Your decisions will influence the life of billions of humans, countless species and the Earth as a whole. How will your choices change all our lives during the planet’s next forty years of industrial development?

Part environmental game, part multimedia artwork, NRG (short for En-er-gy) is self-sustaining, people-powered installation. No previous knowledge about energy issues is assumed or required, but NRG is intended to stimulate thought and discussion about energy consumption, its links to global warming and the need for the development of lifestyle alternatives.

NRG was created as part of the first Digital Writer in Residence position at the Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. It is funded by a Grant for the Arts from Arts Council England.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 11:30 AM (GMT)

Location:
Institute of Creative Technologies
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 9BH
United Kingdom

Click for Details and Registration Information

More Pedal-A-Watt

Video of the Pedal-A-Watt in action from the Econvergence website:

Click here to download the original video from the Econvergence website (.avi, 7.6MB).

Bicycle Film Festival Keeps Rolling

Article about 8th annual international Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) in Utne Reader by Julie Hanus – http://www.utne.com/2008-07-18/Arts/Bicycle-Film-Festival-Thats-a-Wrap.aspx