Brooklyn Gravity Racers:
Pierogi a Go-Go
10 September through 11
October, 2004
Help us celebrate
Pierogi's 10-year anniversary with
a month-long exhibition
of race cars at Pierogi, culminating in three days of racing at Supreme
Trading
Show dates at Pierogi:
10 September - 11 October, 2004
Race Dates at Supreme Trading: 6-8 October, 7-9pm
The first two race nights (Wednesday,
6 October and Thursday, 7 October) will
be eliminations
The last night (Friday, 8 October) will be finals and awards*
Click here to see when your
racer will compete
See some examples of racers
here
Brooklyn Gravity Racers is
organized in collaboration
with Gary Bachman and
Mike Ballou
installation views (above and
below): Pierogi, 2004


pre-race set up at Supreme
Trading (above and below)


Images from the first
Brooklyn Gravity Racers event, hosted by Pierogi in 1995, called "Four
Wheels at Four Walls." (below)

September 2004 will mark Pierogi's
10-year anniversary. We will celebrate this decade-long adventure by holding
a raucous racing event and exhibition. We invite you to participate in
the September exhibition by making a pine wood derby racing car. All cars
will be displayed in the gallery on rows of shelves throughout the exhibition,
with off-site races held toward the end of the show. There will be three
days of racing culminating in the announcement of awards for categories
including speed, aesthetics, et cetera. Trophies will be awarded and commemorative
T-shirts will be available.
The competition is open to
all artists. Competitors may also include patrons and critics who have
been involved over the years, or who would like to be involved in the
coming years, and others.
Three days of racing will
take place at Supreme Trading, one block from Pierogi, on North 8th Street.
The track will be approximately 60 feet long, with a gradual slope from
ten feet high descending to ground level. The cars will run powered by
gravity alone, as is the tradition of pine wood derby racing. Announcers
will call the races, cameras will be in place for photo finishes and race
tallies will be tabulated on blackboards. There will be bleachers, banners,
bar and excitement for all!
The pine wood derby car kit
consists of one six-by-two-by-three-inch block of wood, two axles, four
wheels, along with rules and instructions. Kits will be available beginning
June 1st at Pierogi for a fee of $4 (which covers the cost of the
kit). (We will organize several pick up locations in Manhattan as well,
later in the month.) Kits are also available at your local cub / boy scout
supply shop (one of these shops is located in the Empire State Building).
There will be sign up sheets and other information available at these
locations. Please be sure to leave an e-mail contact on the sign up
sheet as all further communication will be via e-mail. (If you are
truly a luddite we may make special arrangements.) Specific details of
the races will be announced later.
The Brooklyn Gravity Racers
event is organized in collaboration with Gary Bachman and Mike Ballou
who conceived and organized the first Brooklyn Gravity Racers event, hosted
by Pierogi in 1995, called "Four Wheels at Four Walls."
Stay tuned for further details.
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