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About Me

..A project conceived by a final year grad school student with the help of some true friends : CyclEvent is about to become 'VÃ©loCinÃ©'. The main idea is that bicycles can also be used to generate electricity. People attending the event are invited to volunteer as bikers, every bike being related to a generator that transforms the biking energy into electricity. This non conventional, environmentally friendly way to generate electricity also allows people to become aware of what it costs to use electricity powered utensils every day. Then, the concept is to reuse the electricity generated by the bikers to do an artistic performance. And we've come up with this : an interactive artistic projection. Each biker is responsible for one particular animation (a figurine, a colour...) that is preprogrammed in the computer. Depending on his velocity and the inclination of his handlebars, the animation evolves on the computer, and on the cinema screen put into place for the purpose. A videojockey is responsible for the harmonization of all animations and a brass band will offer a musical background to the performance.

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I'd like to meet:

We are looking for crazy and fun people eager to join the project, to volunteer on D-Day, to make suggestions on feasibility, dates, partnerships...Des experts techniques (Ã©lectro-mÃ©canique, vÃ©lo Ã©lectrique, besoins d'Ã©lectricitÃ© pour la sono d'un concert live...)Des passionnÃ©s de vÃ©lo...Ã la campagne comme Ã la ville, pour aller au boulot comme pour partir en vacances.Des fÃ©rus de cinÃ©ma, d'animations improvisÃ©es...De fins connaisseurs des questions lÃ©gales, logistiques, administratives... que soulÃ¨ve un Ã©vÃ©nement de grande ampleur en plein air (en ville)

My Blog

Thank you all

Hello to everybody! I just meant to thank all of you who have commented on the project, who have given me new ideas, and who think that this project has the potential to be organized at some poin...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:45:00 GMT

VéloCiné

VéloCiné Sous les coups de pédale, l'oeuvre d'art se dessine Des cyclistes amateurs réaliseront une projection animée, autoalimentée en électricité « Une performance urbaine qui...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:02:00 GMT

Energie et Equité - à méditer

Extraits de Ivan Illich : "Energie et Equité" - A lire de manière critique, mais à méditer "Aujourd'hui il est devenu inévitable de parler d'une crise de l'énergie qui nous menace. Cet euphémisme cach...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:14:00 GMT

Changes

So, it looks like the project is evolving in a slightly new direction. We are about to abandon the idea of "fuelling" a live concert. Instead, we've come up with an idea that we t...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:21:00 GMT

Le vélo - moyen de déplacement et moyen de produire de l énergie

La petite reine est à nouveau à la mode. Vélib' enthousiasme les parisiens, notamment en plein été, et les autorités publiques n'ont de cesse de répéter les avantages de l'usage du vélo en milieu urba...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:47:00 GMT

Produire un flux continu

Bon. Et maintenant, revenons-en aux questions de faisabilité du projet. Alors, je crois comprendre que tout cela risque d'être un peu coûteux, et va nécessiter quantités de matériel. Or si ce matériel...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:33:00 GMT

Translation

What is cyclEvent all about? My idea is to conceive an original cycling event in Paris, on the occasion of a bicycle festival in 2008 or 2009 (Fête du vélo, Semaine de la mobilité...).&...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:54:00 GMT

C est possible!

Si un seul cycliste peut alimenter sa télévision en électricité suffisante, essayons de voir ce que 2000 cyclistes peuvent réaliser grâce à leurs efforts conjoints ! Le suisse Manfred Nüscheler (à dro...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:21:00 GMT