Interactive Bicycle set the lyrics and images of the Queen song “Bicycle Race” to the rhythm of cruiser riding. As participants rode in circles in front of projections, the act of changing direction released text of the lyrics from the song onto the screen. At the conclusion of the experience, the entire song was revealed.

Steering the bicycle while riding triggered a tracing projection of the bicycle’s path. Each strong turn (past twentydegrees in either direction) released an explosion of two line segments of lyrics onto the screen, thus re-creating the song in a different order. Also, in each session an image of the women from the Queen album cover “flashed” the audience and the rider for five seconds.

The goal of this interaction between human, bike and computer was to create a visual record of the song and of the user’s experience, as well as to enhance the joy of riding a bike.



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