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Waffle Bike is a fully weaponized waffle making device complete with call to prayer public address system. Film by Tom Sachs & Neistat Brothers. Editing by Brett Jutkiewicz and Alex Chohlas-Wood.
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Well, I have more questions after watching the video than I did before. What is the music that plays? The writeup says its a call to prayer, but they rest of the bikes accessories, flag, waffle maker, etc. are Belgium. This is confusing. This bike system doesn't seem ecologically friendly, the chickens are sandwiched in between a generator and the call to prayer on the speakers, Im not sure the chicken would lay any eggs in that environment. Im also unsure that I would eat anything from that cart, it all looked a bit sketchy.
ReplyDeleteThe video talked more about the bikes dimensions and accessories than it did about the concept of the bike.
This video really threw me for a loop. With every new 'feature' of the bike that the narrator told us about, the general purpose of the bike became more confusing. I also felt like many of the elements were contradictory. For example, the bike is equipped with shotguns and a machete - all accessible to the rider while the bike is in motion - but then there is a special food compartment for the chickens and an array of waffle toppings also included? I read this bike a little more as a social experiment rather than an ecological statement. There was talk about how the chickens make the eggs needed for the waffles, which is a nod to natural cycles and all, but then the video also spent time discussing the engine that powered the waffle element of the bike, so for me that lessened the 'ecological friendliness' of the bike.
ReplyDeleteThis project was obviously not made as environmental work. It does seem to have a relationship with process, collections, invention, and the field of "speculative design." There is also a level of absurdist humor to it when we start to consider efficiency and form/function. As mentioned on the Zoom though... for Project #3 the idea is to become a self-contained collection. An ark in oneself... As I mentioned I was putting the waffle bike on as an example that you may choose to partial document your project by "performing it"... creating a narrated video that outlines or exhibits your collection and its attribute. So that is the lens I suggested for considering Waffle Bike. But it is so eccentric and fun I'm sure you can find other lenses to view it with.
ReplyDeleteWhen the video mentioned that he had pages open on the bike to a book titled "Beyond Good and Evil" I figured maybe that is what this waffle Bike was trying to talk about conceptually, but I couldn't quite grasp a direct correlation with this subject matter and the materials used. I bet Tom Sachs has a very interesting brain and would be interesting to spark conversation with. The bike itself was indeed strange...imagine someone riding around on that thing at UF! It did seem to be a collection of items that he managed to fit onto the bike which was fascinating....for example, how he managed to fit a generator for power and a current that passes through the bike is beyond me. However, the most interesting component was the accessible shotguns....I feel like this is potentially super dangerous, especially when riding the waffle bike? I could be wrong though. Fun piece to learn about, it gives somewhat of an insight to the artist's mind and what he cares about, which is often the point of art. I wish we learned more in the video about the bikes function conceptually and the artist's direct intent rather than the mechanics and specifications of the bike.
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