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Brooklyn Gravity Racers at
The Boiler: Pierogi a Go-Go
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Help us celebrate
Pierogi's 15-year anniversary by entering the race!
Make a car and join in three days of racing and
an exhibition of gravity racers
Register your car by September 15th to be included in the event
NEW DATES:
Racers
on view at The Boiler: 18– 25 September
Race dates: 23, 24, 25 September, 2009 (6–9pm
at The Boiler)
Drop off your car and Register by 15th September at Pierogi
Elimination heats—Wednesday,
23 September and Thursday, 24 September
Finals and awards—Friday, 25 September
LOCATION:
The BOILER
191 North 14th St. (between Berry St & Wythe Ave.) W'burg Brooklyn
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Call for further details: 718.599.2144
What kind of car
would you make? See examples of racers
here
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details

September 2009 will
mark Pierogi's 15-year anniversary. We will celebrate this fifteen-year
adventure by holding a third raucous racing event and exhibition. We invite
you participate in the September exhibition by making a pinewood derby
racing car. All cars will be displayed at The BOILER on rows of shelves
throughout the races and the following weekend. There were will three
days of racing (September 16, 17, and 18) culminating in the finals and
the announcement of awards in categories such as speed and aesthetics,
among others. Trophies will be awarded and commemorative T-shirts will
be available. The cars will be on view until September 20.
The competition is open to all artists who have participated in Pierogi
exhibitions, events and the Flat Files. 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.
The track will be approximately 60 feet long, with a vertiginous drop
from 16 feet to ground level. The cars will be powered by gravity alone,
as is the tradition of pinewood derby racing. Announcers will call the
races, cameras will be in place for photo finishes and race tallies will
be projected live. There will be banners, beer and excitement for all.
The pinewood derby kit consists of one 6 x 2 x 3 inch block of wood, two
axles, four wheels, rules and instructions. Kits will be available at
Pierogi beginning July 16, for a fee of $4.50, or you may order them online
here.
The Brooklyn Gravity Racers event is organized in collaboration with Gary
Bachman, Mike Ballou and Chuck Yuen. Bachman and Ballou conceived of and
organized the first Brooklyn Gravity Racers event, hosted by Pierogi in
1995, called "Four Wheels at Four Walls."
For more information and racing rules please call the gallery (718-599-2144).
Installation views
(above and below): Pierogi, 2004 (10 Year Anniversary)


Pre-race set up at
Supreme Trading, 2004 (above and below)


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

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