< ART SHOW 2008
Febuary 8, 2007
Pedal to the People: Bike Art as Activism
Extra News
The Critical Mass Art Show features art that celebrates the bicycle as a way for people to connect with their community and be a better citizen. Choosing to travel by bicycle slows down the damage we are doing to our planet – especially the damage done by personal automobiles, which are wreaking havoc with emissions of carbon dioxide and other toxic substances, and are responsible for more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States alone. With diversity, vitality and vision, the Critical Mass Art Show celebrates the bicycle as a symbol of self-sufficiency and an elegant solution to congestion, pollution and sprawl produced by the private automobile. [full article]
February 8, 2002
Critical Mass 5th Annual Art Show
Citylink, Leah Pietrusiak
The show is not just about art, and the group is just not about bikes; a look at the social issues at the heart of Critical Mass. The artwork varies, but keeps to one theme - the veneration of all aspects of the bicycle. Yep, believe the picture - they just love bikes. As a means of transportation, as a viable alternative to car culture - and as a symbol of community building. And of the reclamation of the streets. [full article]
February, 2002
Chicago's Critical Mass and the transportation of everyday life
HannahWinkle.com
In February of 2002, over a hundred people rode across icy city streets for about 9 miles. This ride ended at a party in a gallery filled with art made by CCM participants. This showing was put together by several participants of Critical Mass who got together artwork from many other Mass participants and other artists, The art displayed either critiques ‘car culture’ or celebrates ‘bike culture'. [full article]
March 1, 2001
Hate Your Car? Area bicycle boosters harbor deeper automotive misgivings.
Chicago Journal, Lydialyle Gibson
In our culture, were surrounded by images of the automobile as the dominant mode of transportation. I mean, you cant watch 10 minutes of TV without a car commercial. So its nice for people to be in an environment that shows another form of transportation, and that makes it appealing. [full article]
February 15, 2000
NO WHEELS
A 2-Wheeled Alternative to Auto Show
Tribune, Jon Anderson
"We are not anti-car," noted Eric Anderson, the show curator, taking a moment off. "We just want to celebrate the joy of biking and to share that feeling with others." What Critical Mass would like to see, he added, is a policy of "appropriate use" for cars. That means "when no other means of transportation is practical," though, as one cyclist noted, "any place on Earth is within biking range, if you have the time." [full article]
December 18, 1997
Pedaling Art
New City, Michael Glab
This is a testament to the technology of the new millennium, says Laura, a public policy analyst. We can share information in new ways. We can all gather together without anyone being in charge... Laura is a biker. Not a biker chick. She pedals. To work. To the store. To her, a bike is as necessary as a Ford Fiesta to a waitress at Dennys. She and a gang of other activist bikers are celebrating their rides as well as denigrating the automobile at Autogeddon: A Critical Response to Car Culture at Lineage Gallery. [full article
