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Saturday May 16th, 2009

WHAT: A Kinetic Sculpture is a Human-powered vehi­cle that also has an artis­tic theme. Think of parade floats on bicy­cles, or mum­mers on hand crank dri­ven pirate ships, or an alien space ship on 2 welded together bikes, think of a giant pink poo­dle hur­dling through space, mud, sand and water. A Kinetic Sculpture Competition is all about fun and inge­nu­ity, mak­ing the wack­i­est, most inter­est­ing con­trap­tion is the goal– fin­ish­ing the course or winnning is not. Kinetic Sculpture Competitions have been tak­ing place all over the world since 1969 when a California artist named Hobart Brown made some artis­tic improve­ments to his son’s tricycle.

WHEN: The Derby Parade leaves at 12:30pm, the Arts Fest is from 12-5pm with bands and ven­dors all day.
The award cer­e­mony will be held between 3:30 and 4pm at the Arts Fest.

9:30–11:30am KKSD Participant Check-in
12:00 Trenton Ave Arts Fest starts
12:30 KKSD Parade leaves the Arts Fest (see ROUTE)
1:30–2:00 KKSD parade returns to fest, through the MUDPIT
2:00–3:15 People vote for their favorite sculp­ture
3:30–4:00 pm– Awards announced at the Arts Fest Stage
5:00 Arts Fest and KKSD are over, see you next year!

WHERE: The Kinetic Sculpture Derby is at the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival on the 2000–2300 blocks of Trenton Avenue in the Kensington Neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA, USA, Planet Earth. The Parade leaves from Trenton and Dauphin.

For more info, check out:
http://kinetickensington.com

A Kinetic Sculpture is a Human-powered vehi­cle that also has an artis­tic theme. Think of parade floats on bicy­cles, or mum­mers on hand crank dri­ven pirate ships, or an alien space ship on 2 welded together bikes, think of a giant pink poo­dle hur­dling through space, mud, sand and water. A Kinetic Sculpture Competition is all about fun and inge­nu­ity, mak­ing the wack­i­est, most inter­est­ing con­trap­tion is the goal– fin­ish­ing the course or winnning is not. Kinetic Sculpture Competitions have been tak­ing place all over the world since 1969 when a California artist named Hobart Brown made some artis­tic improve­ments to his son’s tricycle.

The KKSD is not a race, but rather a design com­pe­ti­tion and parade cel­e­brat­ing human powered-transit and art in Kensington. Winning cat­e­gories are — Best ART, Best COSTUME, Best ENGINEERING, PEOPLE’s CHOICE, 2nd to Last, Best BREAKDOWN. The peo­ple get to vote at the fest for their favorite sculp­ture so come to the fest and vote!

- from the website

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Get out there an sup­port all these folks and the neigh­bor­hood! Ya might also want to put in a cheer and a vote for our dog in the hunt.

Team ZxxxxxH

Vincent Colvin
Colleen Rudolf
Lane Davis
Joel Erland
Mead (Max) Mitchell
and Kate Kaman.