I was overwhelmed by the oddness of Baltimore’s Kinetic Sculpture race: A bicycle-powered pineapple racing through the mud. Middle-aged men and women lounging in the grass in Star Trek uniforms. Teenagers in trash bag tutus shouting at the crowd. You don’t find this in DC.
Each spring, Baltimore hosts the East Coast Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race, a day-long triathlon for art. Creators pedal their masterpieces (mostly paper mache creations mounted on bicycles) across the bay, up hills, through sand and mud pits and right in the middle of downtown.
Appropriately, for this quirky contest, the biggest prize goes to the most average. The Mediocre Champion is for the sculpture that finishes closest to the middle.
For more photos of the Kinetic Sculpture Race (and We’re Out of Here blogger in the Baltimore media) click here or here.
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[...] Kinetic Sculpture Race – I heard about this race a blogger meet up when I mentioned that we cover quirky travel. This event sprung to everyone there’s mind. Groups of friends, classmates and coworkers make human-powered parade floats that can float in the bay, push through sand and coast down bumpy brick roads. It’s amazingly odd. Next year, I’ll be bringing a bike so I can better follow along with the race. See our post here. [...]