Archive for August, 2008


Short Confessions

 

You can now catch ‘Short Confessions Of An Absent Minded Messenger’, the only Australian film in last year’s International Bicycle Film Festival, on You Tube.
 
The Director, Michael Ebner, has also released the prequel in the series, ‘Short Confessions Of An Amateur Hitman’.
Bike Sydney coordinates the Sydney leg of the film festival. Check out our plans for this year’s celebrations.  

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Live Green 17th August

Live Green is on again, on the 17th August at Victoria Park, Sydney and of course BikeSydney will be there.

Live Green - Ideas to green your life

“More than 10,000 people attended the first Live Green event in 2007 and this year’s program promises to offer more innovative and simple practical actions you can take to reduce your environmental impact and help make our Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision a reality.” Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP

So a run down of what is happening on the day visit http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/livegreen/. Also the City of Sydney are giving away a new bike, so for a chance of winning that visit http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/livegreen/Utilities/Newsletter.aspx.

BikeSydney is a volunteer orgainsation, so if you can lend a hand for an hour or two on the day at the BikeSydney stall that would be great. Basically we will be handing out some maps and information for cycling and also answering questions that people may have. So if you can help email cityride@bikesydney.org.


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Calling all photographers

Mystery Tour: An invitation of submit images to an exhibition of cycle touring photography

Anyone who has toured by bicycle knows that it’s often the unexpected encounters and unplanned detours that become the highlights of a cycle tour. At a suitable distance, even the challenge of overcoming a mechanical breakdown in the middle of nowhere, can become a tale of ingenuity and heroic triumph.

For this exhibition, we are asking you to dig a little deeper into your collections of cycle touring images (no sunsets or posing with road signs) to reveal some of those unexpected moments.

We are looking for images that document chance meetings with friendly (or unfriendly) locals; bush-mechanic-style innovation in the face of mechanical tragedies and magical places discovered by getting totally lost. Images selected for the exhibition will be printed as oversized postcards with the photographer’s statement on the back.

SUBMIT: UP TO 10 LOW RES JPEG IMAGES [1mb each] FOR PREVIEW. Each photograph should be accompanied by a short statement (max. 20 words) about the image.?
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, September 12 2008
EMAIL TO: fcurve@gmail.com
Selected photographers will be asked to submit high resolution files at a later date. Prints not required.

Mystery Tour will be part of ‘road’ -  a series of art shows tying in with the International Bicycle Film Festival, bought to you by BIKESydney and Cheeky Transport.


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