Mechanical & Artistic Wonders

ITEM! The Great Handcar Regatta is currently seeking Mechanical & Artistic Wonders to present in honor to a curious and enthusiastic public.

Please correspond post haste with a description, imagery, and contact information should your contraption or demonstration fit within our modus operandi.
— The Mgmt.


Artistic Wonders From 2008
The following host of preeminent MECHANICAL & ARTISTIC champions par excellence shall be witnessed for an adoring public who shall exclaim heartily, “What will they think of next?!”:

Neverwas Haul Neverwas Haul Neverwas Haul
A self-propelled three story Victorian house on wheels! See our Blog for moving pictures, photos, and information and interviews, including renderings of exclusive Neverwas Haul goggles to be AWARDED as PRIZES to adoring Regatta attendees!

Make Magazine: Fire Truck Make Magazine: Fire Truck MAKE Magazine: Fire Truck / Craft:
A modded fire truck and multifarious hacker / craft demonstrations

Space Cowboys UNIMOG Space Cowboys UNIMOG Space Cowboys UNIMOG (ATAVAV)
All-Terrain Audio Visual Assault Vehicle, originally a 1973 Mercedes German Military vehicle, that is the largest off-road sound system in the world, completely self-sufficient with lights, video projectors, screens, radio transmitters, on-board generators and wireless network.

Tony Speirs / Artfarm Motel, Shrine of Fortuna Tony Speirs / Artfarm Motel, Hope and Fear Tony Speirs — Art Farm Motel
Large-scale interactive collaborative artworks featuring:

Bryan Tedrick, Spread Eagle “Spread Eagle” *Bryan Tedrick
30′ wide wings of redwood / metal and kinetic by wind or by hand

Cyclecide Cyclecide Cyclecide
Hand-mangled large-scale bike sculptures as carnival rides

Tom Sepe, Whirlygig Emoto Tom Sepe, Whirlygig Emoto Tom Sepe’s “Whirlygig Emoto”
A Steam-Electric Hybrid Motorcycle

Michael McGinnis, Giant Superplexus Michael McGinnis’ “Giant Superplexus”
A large-scale, complex, 3-dimensional labyrinth that is rotated by hand to lead a ball bearing through it

Children's Museum Children’s Museum of the North Bay “Museum on the Go”

(* funded in whole or part by Burning Man)

And more!

  • Fortune Tellers
  • Magicians
  • Stilt Walkers
  • Costumed Performers

 

  • Games
  • Roaming Musicians
  • Balloon Animals
  • Fantastic Machines, Gadgets and Gizmos
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