Being a bicycle commuter, I frequently get cheered on, catcalled or honked at while riding to and fro from work. Los Angeles is hilly so sometimes you are going slow, sometimes you are going pretty fast. It just depends. The best times are when people wave at you and smile for doing your best. It makes riding a bicycle exciting and unexpected.
Other than the health benefits of riding a bicycle, what about one’s self-esteem? Being yelled at in a rude manner puts me in a bad mood and being a sensitive person, can create some feelings of anger. I am none too pleased when the f$cker behind me, driving a Benz, is honking at me for riding a bicycle and I am ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT! This drives me nuts to no end and makes me want to pull out my pepper spray. But alas I don’t and I do follow the law as best I can.
Others and myself should be appreciated for NOT wasting resources, polluting the air, taking up space, etc. What if there was a group who cheered on your efforts for not using a car? What if there was a group who waved a winner’s flag every time you passed them? What if there was a group who cheered you when you came up the hill or down? AND IT'S DONE IN ALL SINCERITY?!
ALL BICYCLE RIDERS ARE INVITED TO PASS BY THE Winners’ Intersection at 2400 Sunset W,90026 and Coronado (an intersection where you have to stop and start at the base of a hill). A small group will be cheering on anyone who bikes or skates down either sides of the bike lanes AT YOUR OWN PACE. Between 12:30-1:45pm using checkered flags, the Winners' group will cheer and howl for people coming down those lanes (or close to it). Statements such as “Winner!” will be yelled. If people bike in groups, everyone who passes by will be declared the “Winner!” No one will be left out or behind. WE ARE ALL WINNERS!!!
(remember to be safe, bring your gear, and follow l.a. bicycle laws!)
During early 2007, L.A. started to kill my truck. Not much later, it was stolen and destroyed. About 9 months later, I made bumper stickers to distribute to those who have been or will be in similar situations.
Edition of 200, 2008
Red stickers were also made for a show in San Francisco in 2008. Have you seen them?
******************************************************************************************************************************************** 2007 A(mine) at Stevenson Blanche Gallery Participating Artists: Nate Page and Mike Chang; Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg and Daniel Pineda; Aaron Wrinkle, Miller Updegraff, Nate Garcia, and Ian Arenas
2009 Arts for All, Culver City Alexandria Bibliotheca, Alexandria Egypt
2006 Swiney Park: Collaboration with Swiney youth, facilitated by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
I worked with a wide range of local children from the ages of six to sixteen. These individuals, the artists, decided as a group to create a mural that was welcoming sign to their park. They picked significant sites from around the area to depict and created many drawings. I took these drawings, and cutting them out created a collage. Using these collages as guide, the artists then painted the sections that they had drawn, painting layer upon layer and finally outlining the forms with paint marker. They "signed" the mural with a border of hand prints.
2005 Lincoln Park: Collaboration with Lincoln youth, facilitated by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
I worked with a wide range of local teenagers ranging from the ages of twelve to sixteen. These individuals, the artists, decided as a group to
create a mural depicting what was really important to them in their neighborhood. They picked
significant sites from around the area, games, and activities to depict and created many
drawings. I took these drawings, and cutting them out created a
collage. Using these collages as guide, the artists then painted the sections that they had drawn,
painting layer upon layer and finally outlining the forms with paint
marker. They "signed" the mural with a border of hand prints.
There are six murals creating an installation. Displayed like billboards in a half circle, the murals on the outside reflect the landscape, the murals on the inside reflect the people doing their activities.
