{"id":5573,"date":"2010-04-23T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/exhibit-a-midnight-ridazz\/"},"modified":"2010-04-23T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T10:49:00","slug":"exhibit-a-midnight-ridazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/exhibit-a-midnight-ridazz","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit [A]: Midnight Ridazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Exhibit [A]: Midnight Ridazz The Midnight Ridazz<\/a> began, in February of 2004, as a small group of bicycle enthusiasts hitting the streets every 2nd Friday of the month. Since then, the spirit of open-minded, friendly, and fun rides has spread, with factions all over the Southland, and beyond. Current estimates put the count at more than 1300 cyclists in the Midnight Ridazz family. <\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, this is an eclectic group filled with all kinds of creative types. They’ve taken over Exhibit [A] Gallery, located at 517 Pine Avenue, and curated a show they call BIKE LOVE. <\/p>\n

Although the official reception isn’t until Saturday, tonight you can catch a preview of the show and enjoy some experimental music by Mike Weber (The Lap Steel Duo), and the group I’m in, Ain Soph Aur. Music starts at 7:30.<\/p>\n

One of the featured artists in the Midnight Ridazz show is Leslie Caldera<\/a>, a passionate and experienced assemblage artist who has two pieces in the show, and participated in the creation of a third. <\/p>\n

Leslie<\/strong>: I’ve been a long time enthusiast of human powered endurance sports including cycling. I’ve also been an artist most of my life. When I discovered the Midnight Ridazz in 2006 it was a wonderful combination of cycling as a lifestyle and living creatively. These folks were my kind of people! <\/p>\n

I also do drawing, collage and photography, but ever since I was introduce to assemblage in 1971, that has been my passion. Especially the California style of assemblage, which came from the 1950’s beat culture. <\/p>\n

“Bicycle Kitchen Superoller” was inspired by the Bicycle Kitchen in Los Angeles. They are a community center where people can rent work stands and build their own bikes with the assistance of “cooks”, or Kitchen staff. I liked the idea of building up a bike from old discarded parts. <\/p>\n

“Significant Other” is my variation on Marcel Duchamp’s sculpture of a bicycle wheel and fork mounted on a stool. Duchamp was all about the intellectual concept, so I addressed the emotional aspect while using parts of a chair and a bicycle wheel. The chess board background and math notes are a reference to the intellectual, but they are in the background. <\/p>\n

Sander<\/strong>: You also participated in the creation of a Ghost Bike, which will be part of the exhibit. Can you explain the history of ghost bikes, and how this one came to be?<\/em> <\/p>\n

\"\"Leslie<\/strong>: Ghost Bikes are bicycles which are painted white and have a sign of some sort on them commemorating a cyclist who was killed in a crash with an automobile. They are installed at the site of the Accident. Gustavo Ramirez was a cycling enthusiast in Long Beach who was killed in an accident with a big rig on Shoreline Drive last January. As a group, Midnight Ridazz has seen to it that when ever a tragedy like this one happens, we will create and install a Ghost Bike. So far we have put up six bikes from Newport Beach to Sherman Oaks in the last year. <\/p>\n

Gustavo’s bike had to be removed for the recent Grand Prix race. After the exhibit, it will be reinstalled at Shoreline Drive and Shoreline Village Drive. <\/p>\n

Sander<\/strong>: Do you know where this tradition began?<\/em> <\/p>\n

Leslie<\/strong>: According to ghostbikes.org<\/a>, They were first installed in St. Louis, Mo. in 2003. There are now Ghost Bikes in many European cities, as well as many states. I was in Tucson in February 2009 and saw several there. At the same time the Midnight Ridazz were discussing putting up a Ghost Bike whenever there was a bike\/car fatality. Unfortunately, we had the first opportunity right away in Silverlake. <\/p>\n

… <\/p>\n

Work by Lindsey Nobel<\/a>, Louise Chen”<\/a> (fresh from Coachella), and many others will be showcased.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Exhibit [A] Gallery is open Thursday through Saturday from 6-10 PM, and Sunday from 10-6. Parking is available nearby in the City Place lot for the first 2 hours, and is $2 thereafter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catch a preview tonight of BIKE LOVE, an exciting art show curated by the Midnight Ridazz, which features a variety of works related to cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5573"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=5573"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}