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Kinetic Costume Guide

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Going to a Kinetic Sculpture Race? Great! Will you be wearing silly clothes? Fabulous! If you're lacking inspiration, this guide will help you plan your outfit.

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2006 Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race Movies

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

A vast improvement over last year's drenching! See KineticBaltimore.com for photos, write-ups, commentary and awards. The 2005 movies illustrate precisely the sort of doom and damp which we do not endorse.


My very favorite sculpture, the Platypus powerhouse shifts into four-wheel drive to chug steadily out of the water. Not content merely to have a wicked cool sculpture whose engineering is art in itself, the Platypus returned this year sporting a platypus so impressive that it could have been its own sculpture. Quicktime movie, 18MB, 30 seconds


The Platypus churns up Key Highway, pausing to shift the gears of their Suzuki Samari transmission, and daintily topples a cone when their lane becomes insufficiently wide. The lighter two-headed dragon flies up behind. Quicktime movie, 18MB, 29 seconds


A dapper pilot pops out of the squid-covered KinetiNautilus as it zips up Key Highway, passing the Frog. The Rat is next in line to leap past the leisurely amphibian. Quicktime movie, 16MB, 25 seconds


On our way to the water entry, we passed the spinning Hillbilly House, Suessmobile and Fifi cycling through downtown Baltimore. The effect as we accelerate away from them is quite fun. Quicktime movie, 13MB, 21 seconds


The Hillbilly House spins by and we play tag with the Seussmobile, pipes and bouncing limbs a go-go. Thing 1 graces us with a furry salute as we jet off toward the water entry. Quicktime movie, 19MB, 30 seconds


The overly-complacent crowd breaks and runs as Bumpo the elephant careens out of the mud with unexpected speed. Quicktime movie, 9MB, 14 seconds

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2005 Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race

Thursday, May 5, 2005

The cold rain that pervaded this year's race caused the mud, which is usually the consistency of warm fudge, to be a brown puddle. Sculptures flew through with speed that probably surprised veteran racers.

Miso the segmented dragon bobs and sticks its tongue out as it rolls
Quicktime movie, 1.4MB, 14 seconds



Platypus trundles its 3500 pounds and nine riders with ease
Quicktime movie, 1.2MB, 11 seconds



Bomb Squad by the Belt Street Pilots' Association
Quicktime movie, 1.1MB, 10 seconds



I was disinclined to take many photos this year because of the miserable weather. My camera got so wet that the LCD screen no longer works. Tom was not daunted though, and KineticBaltimore.com has a full selection.

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