For our first issue, we’re doing a crowd funding campaign through Crowd Supply. They’re a new website which not only hosts the campaign but will also be the printer of the magazine after the successful campaign. Check it out over here.

gBikes has partnered with local business owner Boyd Thomson to design and build a creative and sustainable way to power his business, in what will be gBikes’ first permanent installation. Working with a small grant provided by the LiveSmart BC: Small Business Champion Program, the idea was to design a functional and stylish piece that allows visitors to the Wilder Snail Cafe to generate their own electricity while enjoying a nice hot beverage.

Bikes that generate electricity? Yeah, that sounds like gBikes.

Dubbed the gSnails, this row of electricity-generating stools will allow cafe visitors to pedal away while enjoying a coffee, reading a book, or working on their novel. Standard electrical outlets built in to the stools will allow riders to independently power their own laptops, cell phone chargers, or any other electrical device. An integrated computer system will provide real time data into how their pedalling efforts are affecting their own energy production and consumption.

The initial design has been completed, parts have been water-cut, and initial fabrication is under way. With a deadline fast approaching, it’s going to be crunch time to deliver these snails at a hare’s pace.

  

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The machines were stationed at by the Lenovo booth, and even amidst the latest, biggest transparent televisions and blaring tech gadgetry, Spider and the Snake still captured peoples imaginations. The crowds and media were stunned and thrilled to see what could be done with the creative application of engineering and what you could run off modern battery technology.  Over the 3 day deployment we had coverage from Popular Mechanics, BBC World, c|net and made the IGN top 10.

The folks at IGN were so excited by the machines that they did a separate interview with Mondo Spider co-creator Jonathan Tippett about his next project, Prosthesis: The Anti-Robot, which he is building in the eatART Laboratory.

And as if the media adulation and crowd wowing were not enough, the week was topped of with a moment that could only take place in Vegas: The King himself, Elvis, came back from the grave just to ride the Spider!

As  final bonus Ryan Johnston and Jonathan Tippett got a ride in the worlds first electric DeLorean, and guess what? It ran on the same batteries as The Mondo Spider! Now that’s the future!

Experience an abstract journey from a time when we worshiped water to today, when we largely take it for granted. The visuals will delight and amaze while the music will rock your pants, and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Council of Canadians’ campaigns for sustainable water management and water rights in Canada.

Sublight is partnering with eatART to create a visual smorgasbord sure to bring out your inner water god or goddess, and costumes are encouraged. Stunning interactive projections will immerse you in an aquatic utopia of running rivers, crashing ocean surf, and maybe even a water fight or two, so be prepared to get wet ‘n wild. Click “more…” for ticket information, a look at Dallyn Rule’s incredible poster and more details about the event.
Get your tickets here and now!
http://northerntickets.com/events.php?s=wavelength

Tickets also available at RedCat Records on Main and Highlife on Commercial Drive.
Prices go up to $20 on Saturday 19th at 2pm so, get your tickets early. Tickets will be $25 at the door.

Click here for the Facebook event page.

Featuring the talents of some incredible musicians:
Hannah Epperson paired with a DJ Ajay Bhattacharyya (Data Romance) will be opening up.
Adham Shaikh, Juno-nominee and extraordinary talent.
Lady Ra blending fantastic flavours of sound.
Burinata Duo with double the DJ fun!

Aeriel performances by Lady Lamé

Featuring the VJing talents of Sublight:
flyingoctopus
Nazar
Quadtree
St. Ray
BZC

Physical installations include:
The Black Ghost Electric Bike Car
gLiving
Hope, The Whale

Also the artistic talents of
Jodi Stark
Mike Telford
Kim Cooper
Dallyn Rule
Grant Harris
Curtis Perrin
and more! omg!

Get your tickets here and now!
http://northerntickets.com/events.php?s=wavelength
Tickets also available at RedCat Records on Main and Highlife on Commercial Drive.
Prices go up to $20 on Saturday 19th at 2pm so, get your tickets early. Tickets will be $25 at the door.

Click here for the Facebook event page.

eatART is excited to be a partnering organization in this years New Forms Festival. Two of our sponsored projects will be exhibited - Jonathan Tippett’s work in progress ‘Prosthesis’ will be on display along with the Black Ghost by the gBikes team, which will be on the move during the event. The eatART lab will also be hosting visual and musical artists for performances  on Friday September 14th & Saturday September 15th.

New Forms Media Society is a non-profit society and media arts organization founded in 2000 that nurtures and connects local and international arts, science and grassroots communities through the annual New Forms Festival.

By promoting Canadian Artists in collaboration with the international arts and technology world, the NFF facilitates multimodal art works and engages in discussion on their role in our cultural environment. Since its inception, an integral element of the NFF is the recognition of independent and groundbreaking artists; the NFF aims to showcase and increase awareness of these artists and their work within our community and beyond by promoting them within a larger milieu.

The NFF is part of a larger, international, multi-media festival movement, which explores the ever changing and evolving world of art and creates a platform for artistic growth. The society wishes to make new media art, music, film, technology based installation and performance accessible to a wider audience.

2012 marks the twelfth year of New Forms Festival. From Sept 13-16, NFF12 will be taking over the Masters of Digital Media building at the Centre for Digital Media campus on 577 Great Northern Way, as well as the Waldorf Hotel and New Brighton Special at New Brighton Park. This year, as part of the International Cities of Advanced Sound (ICAS) initiative, exhibition artists will address the theme of ‘Living Labs’

The Annual Energy Awareness Art Party takes place in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery and includes a pedal powered sound system and an unforgettable outdoor dance party!

The event will showcase our giant zero emissions kinetic sculptures.

Pedal power will be generated by teams of “watt-riders” who will power the event by pedalling with their back wheels resting on a spinning mini generator that is connected to the sound system. The riders will collect “energy pledges” that coincide with the amount of “watts raised,” with all proceeds going to the eatART Foundation. In tandem with this pedal-powered energy source, an array of solar panels will be powering the tents and info booth.

For more information and to become a Watt Rider, email emily@eatart.org

They’re nimble, speedy and most important of all, zero-emissions.