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| Robert Zverina: Select Works | Community & Curatorial |
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BIKES
ARE BEAUTIFUL!
A one-night celebration of bicycle culture
SATURDAY
APRIL
10,
2010
Hosted
by
Viking
Fire Foundry
Bikes might not solve all the world's
problems but they won't cause more. This indoor/outdoor event featured
a bike art show, a workshop where a bike-powered blender was built (and
put to immediate use), free silkscreening, DJs Dr. Rich Lehl and Port-a-Party,
and
The
Hungry March Band. The unexpected highlight was the spontaneous
sculptural arrangement of the scores of bicycles which people rode to
the event.
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NEW YEAR'S RESOVOLUTION - Party with a Purpose
This alternative New Year's Eve 2007
celebration aimed to empower and inspire people to work for positive
change in 2008 through a combination of art, music, and activism. 250
people attended the information exchange, free workshops, Clinton
Fearon live reggae concert, and political art show displaying the work
of Evan Blackwell, Jack Daws, Steven Luke Hanson, Chris Jordan, Sarah
Kavage, Rich Lehl, and Mike Magrath. The Agitprop
Poster
Challenge dared people to create and disseminate posters bringing attention to topics
of their choosing. |
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Lead
Editor / Art Director - Carbusters Magazine (Issues 28 - 31) 2006 - 2007
Hired as interim editor for 32-page "quarterly journal of the global
carfree movement" while on a visit to Czech Republic, was hired to
continue editing magazine remotely upon return to Seattle. Wrote and
solicited articles, edited, did lay-out, proofread, sold ads,
promoted--all of which led to increase in subscriptions and the
magazine's first profitable year ever. |
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| Hired in
November 2006 to breathe some life into the moribund cellar space at
Seattle's Alibi Room, transformed the small venue into a
plug-and-play multimedia performance space (with technical assistance
from the sure-handed Dave Benham) and for 8 months booked 3-4 nights of
live and dj music, film screenings, and a variety of offbeat
performances, including avant garde music, free jazz, stand-up comedy,
microtheater, and the world's first a capella karaoke. Click
sample posters for enlargements. |
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| Seattle International Underground Experimental Film
Festival (SIUEFF), Priceless Works Gallery, February 2005
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Curatorial collaboration with Brent Watanabe. In
addition to matinees of Robert Zverina Short Films,
four
special
events
took
place
over two weekends:
Friday February 18 2005 8 pm
ANIMATION RATION
Saturday February 19 2005 8 pm
HOME MOVIE INVITATIONAL
Friday February 25 2005 8 pm
BYOP (Bring Your Own Projector)
A passle of participants presented a pandemonium of unprogrammed slide,
digital, and film projections.
Saturday February 26 2005 8 pm
AV/IN (Abstract Video/Improv Noise)
Drew Demeter and Eric Lanzillotta performed live noise accompaniment to
abstract video mixing by Robert Zverina and Brent Watanabe. |
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Car-Free
Seattle, August 24 2002
"Dozens of bikers zipped through the city
yesterday, dressed in T-shirts that read "Cars Kill," "Be Nice," and
"Why Not?," spreading the word that being car-free can be carefree.
"Car-Free Seattle Day," a grass-roots effort aimed at reducing the
city's dependence on the automobile, is in only its second year. But
this year's event had new ammunition: a proclamation from Mayor Greg
Nickels declaring yesterday Car-Free Seattle Day."
[ Times article | Carfree Guide ] |
Highlights:
Citywide bike ride, block parties, street theater.
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Car-Free Fremont, September 16 2001, Seattle
[First North American Carfree day; co-organized with Sarah Kavage]
Alternative Transportation Education, Fremont
Style
by Julie Reinhardt
Sunday, September 16 [2001] kicks off the first
ever Car-Free Fremont. Whether you are celebrating a day of
independence from cars, or you just want to have fun without looking
both ways before you cross the street, the day is filled with revelry
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Activities range from the creative Artbike Rally
and Bike Decoration workshop, to educational panels on car-free living,
to the downright goofy belly dancing couples' workshop. Though
technically belly dancing is not a form of transportation, it is sans
vehicle and much more fun than the morning commute.
The focus for this event is not just about reducing our use of cars,
said co-organizer Sarah Kavage, it's also about creating community and
"having fun together in a space that is typically filled up with
cars...huge boxes of metal speeding through the streets."...
[Seattle Press Article | Photos | Car-Free
Day
How-to] |
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