KineticBoulder, Colorado · Human-powered since 1985
Art that has to float, roll, and finish.
Kineticists are athletes, sculptors, artists, and engineers who build kinetic sculptures onto human-powered craft — machines designed to cross land, water, and whatever's in between.
Boulder Kinetic Sculpture Race — 2007, KBCO
What it takes to cross the finish line
Your conveyance has to carry your body, your sculpture, your drinks, and your vision of creativity across water, prairie, maybe mud, roads.
Water propulsion: simple is many times better — you don't want to get stranded.
Sculpture: your vehicle carries your creative ideas via the sculpture, which is attached (hopefully) to your vehicle.
Materials and connections: lighter is better — consider aluminum rather than steel, angles and tubes rather than solid sections.
Vehicle design: it takes several years of racing to figure out the "perfect" vehicle. Envision what your perfect vehicle will look like, and give yourself three years to get there.
From the archive
Decades of race day, courtesy of the Kineticists YouTube channel.
