Moon Ride

Interactive installation. Modified bike trainers, bicycles, cables, balloon light and muscle power.

Participants are invited to hook their own bikes up to bike trainers previously transformed into generators. Every step on the pedals generates electricity, illuminating a balloon light hovering in the night sky. The cyclists’ effort determines the brightness of the balloon.

Moon Ride plays on the presumption that there is no light at night without human effort – not even moonlight. It is the physical encounter of a society on its way to another dimension of reality.

(The first Moon Ride installation was produced with the technical support of the Ars Electronica Futurelab)

2013

Moon Ride. Interactive installation. Group exhibition “Citydrift/Detroit”. Abandoned warehouse, Kunsthalle Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Abandoned warehouse, Kunsthalle Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Moon Ride - Citydrift/Detroit, Kunsthalle Detroit, Michigan (USA). Video: Assocreation.

2012

Moon Ride. Interactive installation. Group exhibition “Earth, Body, Mind”, 2nd Kathmandu International Art Festival, Nepal.

Naag Bahal, Patan (Nepal). Video: Assocreation

Naag Bahal, Patan (Nepal). Photo: Artudio.

2010

Moon Ride. Interactive installation. Group exhibition “Warsaw Under Construction”, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej. Warsaw (PL).

Museum of Modern Art, Plac Defilad, Warsaw (PL). Photo: Museum of Modern Art.

2007

Moon Ride. Interactive installation. Machine-RAUM Biennale for Video Art and Digital Culture. Kirkegade and Foren Møllen, Vejle (DK).

Foren Møllen, Vejle (DK). Video still: Assocreation.

Foren Møllen, Vejle (DK). Video: Assocreation

2006

Moon Ride. Interactive installation. Group exhibition “Simplicity”, Ars Electronica Festival. Hauptplatz, Linz, Austria (produced with the technical support of the Ars Electronica Futurelab).

Hauptplatz, Linz (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

Drawing and reproduction: Assocreation.

2005

Moon Ride. Performance. Augarten, Vienna (AT).

Augarten, Vienna (AT). Photo: Assocreation.