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HEARING TO SAVE NYC GHOST BIKES IS TOMORROW MORNING!

antlered girl — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:27:48 +0000

Has someone you care about been remembered with a ghost bike? Do you find this approach to increasing awareness and respect on the streets effective and sensitive? Do you think it is important to remember those we have lost on unsafe streets? Do you think this project has affected your experience as a cyclist or pedestrian in New York?

Here’s your chance to keep that going. The Department of Sanitation is threatening to consider ghost bikes as “derelict bikes” that may be subject to removal. If you’ve ever appreciated the work of the Street Memorial Project, consider returning the favor by speaking out, submitting your comments, telling your friends and loved ones, and attending the upcoming hearing.

SAVE NYC GHOST BIKES!

Public Hearing - August 10, 2010 9:30-11:30am

125 Worth Street, Third Floor Board Room (room 330)
The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has published “Proposed Rules Governing the Removal and Disposal of Derelict Bicycles“. These changes would add a new section numbered 1-05.1 of Chapter 1, Title 16 of the Rules of the City of New York.

Although the City has made verbal statements published by the press suggesting that they would not remove ghost bikes, the Proposed Rules remain unchanged and continue to state that after 30 days ghost bikes can be removed.

Of particular concern are these two statements:

Page two, section (2) the Proposed Rules state:
“‘Ghost rider’ shall mean a derelict bicycle that has been placed on public property and apparently intended as a memorial for someone who is deceased, and which may be painted white or have a sign posted on or near it, or flowers or other mementos in the basket.”
Page three states:
“…in the event that a ghost rider is affixed to public property, a notice shall be affixed to the ghost rider advising the owner that such ghost rider must be removed within thirty days from the date of notice. This notice shall also state that the failure to remove such ghost rider within the designated time period will result in the removal and disposal of the ghost rider by the department of sanitation.”
If you are concerned that NYC Ghost Bikes will be removed after 30 days, we urge you to comment on these Proposed Rules and/or testify at the August 10 hearing.
Notice of your intention to testify as well as written comments on this Proposed Rule should be sent to:

Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs, New York City Department of Sanitation

125 Worth Street, Room 710, New York, NY 10013
You can also submit a direct comment to these Rules through www.nyc.gov/html/nycrules/ or by calling 311 on or before August 10, 2010. You can also send an email to the DSNY Commissioner.
Links and further information are available on our website at www.ghostbikes.org/node/682.

There is also a Facebook event page.
Here are some suggestions of issues to raise in response to the Proposed Rules:

Ghost bikes (referred to as “ghost riders” in the document) are defined in the rules as inherently derelict. We do not believe that all ghost bikes fall under the criteria that determine derelict bikes, and we strongly oppose their removal.

Several of the derelict bike criteria are vague and unhelpful for determining whether bikes are abandoned, and should be further explained or removed. The characteristic of “unusable” is too vague, as it does not explain what the bike might be used for and what makes it unable to be used. The ghost bikes are used as functioning memorials. The characteristic of missing parts is unclear. It specifies some parts with exceptions, but does not include a comprehensive list. Given that some ghost bikes are stripped of unnecessary parts, we wish that the rules more specifically describe exactly which parts and how many of them must be missing to categorize a bike as derelict. The criterium of flat or missing tires should be changed to only include missing tires. Though many ghost bikes have flat tires, this does not make them an eyesore or a public hazard. Additionally, a completely functioning bike is equally at risk of being locked up with flat tires, due to vandalism, road debris, an unexpected slow leak, or other common bike commuting hazards.

If ghost bikes are their own category, given that they are removed after a time period of 30 days rather than five, they should have their own criteria to determine which would be considered derelict.

The City Administration should create a transparent notification procedure that tracks bikes that are slated for removal, so that owners and interested groups can respond appropriately. We suggest that this could take the form of a public database, website, or email list.The rules as proposed do not include an appeals process if any person wishes to challenge a bike’s designation as derelict.

The City should create and implement a policy that would allow interested parties to repair a bike tagged with a derelict bike warning or challenge this designation if it is inappropriately assigned. If a bike is tagged for removal, the City should include documentation that specifies which derelict bike criteria it fulfills.

We especially encourage you to tell your own story about the value you see in ghost bikes and other street memorials, as well as any personal stories of your experiences with these memorials.

Thank you for your support of ghost bikes!

NEW TIRE, CAMP

antlered girl — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:21:14 +0000

New white tire is ready for action, originally uploaded by antlered.

oh hello bloggyverse. it’s been too long. yesterday i got a new bike tire. in the meantime jeff stark and the flux factory and i all went to camp!

check out some pics below:

Elizabeth Weinberg’s blog: http://www.elizabethweinberg.com/blog/?p=1255

Elizabeth Weinberg’s CAMP! Album 1 on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2546274&id=900491

Elizabeth Weinberg’s CAMP! Album 2 on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2546276&id=900491

A’yen’s facebook album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2319435&id=100626&ref=mf

Stephan’s facebook album:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=251505&id=688948695

Lauren Silberman’s flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurendarling/sets/72157624411678303/

A’yen’s flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antlered/sets/72157624541461708/with/4810840389/

TONIGHT! FLOOD TIDE SCREENING W/ SCORE BY DARK DARK DARK! AYGHHH SO EXCITED!

antlered girl — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:56:08 +0000

Date:	Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Time:	7:00pm - 10:30pm
Location:	Socrates Sculpture Park / Rooftop Films Summer Screening Series
Street:	SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK 32-01 Vernon Boulevard
City/Town:	Long Island City, NY
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Flood Tide: Remixed is a 50-minute live-performance version of the upcoming feature film Flood Tide, a collaboration with Swoon’s Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea.

Accompanied by a live score composed and performed by Dark Dark Dark.

Opening Rooftop Films’ Summer Screening Series at Socrates Sculpture Park.
July 7th 7:00pm (rain date July 8th)

Free! On the East River!

For more information:
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/films/153-flood-tide-remixed
http:/floodtidefilm.com
http://darkdarkdark.com/

Support Flood Tide on kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/toddchandler/flood-tide

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It was the summer the gas stations closed. The summer they played music in the old mill. The summer they left.

Flood Tide tells the story of four musicians who craft extraordinary boats out of whatever junk they can find and set out for open water. A remixed version of the film — accompanied by a live musical score by chamber folk sextet Dark Dark Dark — will open Rooftop Films’ series at Socrates Sculpture Park on July 7.

Blurring the line between fact and fiction Flood Tide was shot on the Hudson River during the real-life art-raft project The Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea, a concept dreamed-up by the artist Swoon and built by an eclectic group of artists and performers. In the summer of 2008 the crew built and floated seven large, boat-sculptures down the Hudson River. Director Todd Chandler, cinematographer Ava Berkofsky and collaborators from the bands Dark Dark Dark and Fall Harbor made a film along the surreal voyage.

In advance of the upcoming feature film’s release in Fall 2010, Flood Tide: Remixed is a 50-minute composition of footage from Flood Tide — set to a live soundtrack written and performed by Dark Dark Dark. Featuring material not used in the narrative film, Flood Tide: Remixed is a meditative journey down a strange and meandering river that flows both ways with the tides.The handmade boats and their crews drift past empty new condo developments, explore crumbling castles and swim in iridescent quarries. They get stopped by torrents of rain and groaning motors.

On July 7 Flood Tide: Remixed has its debut showing at Socrates Sculpture Park on the East River, less than a mile away from where the Swimming Cities fleet made an imaginary port in the East River two years ago, making this live music-cinema event a perfect selection for Rooftop Films, the Museum of the Moving Image and Socrates to kick off this summer screening series.

GUERILLA GIRLS BROADBAND AT FIGMENT NYC: GOVERNOR’S ISLAND THIS WEEKEND

antlered girl — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:00:52 +0000

Calling All Counter-Recruiting Reserves!!
Dear GGBB Counter-recruiting Reserve

You are receiving this call because you pledged to keep recruiters out of your Schools and Campuses at the GuerrillaGirlsBroadBand Counter-Recruiting Station at the Bronx Museum a while back.

We now invite you and your families and friends to the Bootless Camp
A Counter-Recruiting training fort on Governor’s Island this weekend as part of the Figment Arts Festival there.
Bootless Camp is situated appropriately on the Parade Grounds beyond the Fort. We will be enlisting counter-recruits with assistance from Veterans for Peace of Long Island and others.
This is a family-friendly, jungle-gym-with-gorillas kind of thing. Come and join us!

For info on getting there from Manhattan and Brooklyn follow the Figment link:

Please pass around the info to your friends. this will be fun:
<http://figmentproject.org/2010/events/figment-nyc-2010/>

Hooray for the Counter-Recruiting Reserves!

Love
Minnette and the Broads

Free ferry service on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday runs from The Battery Maritime Building located adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan, as well as on Saturday and Sunday from Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6, at the end of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

Please note – the ferry schedule is different each day, so make sure you check Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can view the complete schedule on the Governors Island website.

DIRECTIONS TO THE BATTERY MARITIME BUILDING (LOWER MANHATTAN)
Note: If you are facing south, towards the Staten Island Ferry, you need to walk to your left to reach the Governors Island Ferry. Here is an embedded Google Map that shows the terminal location in the center of this map (zoom out to see subways, etc.):

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THE BIRD RIDES AGAIN!

antlered girl — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:08:24 +0000

she’s so pretty!, originally uploaded by antlered.

New motor on The Bird. Yay! Check her out.

Also, much fun was had at Swoon’s Haiti Domes fundraiser and the boatercyle West Indies Island party this past weekend,

BUKE AND GASS SUNDAY AT GLASSLANDS

antlered girl — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:54:10 +0000

Sunday, April 25 // 9pm // $7

The Luyas, Buke and Gass, Parlovr, Melati Malay

LIFE’S PRETTY GREAT

antlered girl — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:39:59 +0000

spontaneous dinner dance party, originally uploaded by antlered.

just sayin. dinner recently with adina, lisa, zev, richie, heidi…

BOATERCYLE IN ACTION

antlered girl — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:47:47 +0000

BOATERCYLE IN ACTION, originally uploaded by antlered.

Boatercyle prototype launched in the Gowanus yesterday. It works! Stainless steel pontoons, motorcycle powered paddlewheels. More pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antlered/sets/72157623607227273/

BARNSTORMERS @ JOSHUA LINER GALLERY OPENS MARCH 18!

antlered girl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:36:20 +0000

Barnstormers @ Joshua Liner Gallery!, originally uploaded by antlered.

NOWHEREMAG.COM COVERED IN THE NYTIMES!

antlered girl — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:20:51 +0000

This is so awesome!

http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/a-travel-blog-for-the-hipster-set/

Porter has been working hard on this new literary travel mag. Just got posted on NYT!