Well everyone loves a good craft. Especially giant crafts. Especially giant crafts on wheels. That have to go through mud and sand. When you combine all this fun you get...The Kinetic Sculpture Race! Contestants build giant vehicles of fun and pedals (cause you gotta pedal it) that usually have witty themes and sock puppets. Some of our favourites included the Cycloptopus, The Voodoo Air, Fifi!, Platypus, Rocky Horror Picture Shoe, Bumpo, and the Oregon Trail. Sometimes you'll notice that the driver of this giant fun machine is actually someone from your place of worship or perhaps your arty friend from London. Sometimes they're really good looking (The Oregon Trail) or have amazing tattoo sleeves and cowbells (Voodoo Air). The only bummer is when they can't get their freaking vehicle through the mud and there's no way in hell they're ever gonna get it through but they keep trying for like 30 freaking minutes! But that doesn't always happen. Some, like the Platypus, shoot right through the sand and mud, making the others look like LAME-Os. But we applaud the efforts of the smaller vehicles. If you're interested in building a kinetic sculpture, bigger is better. Animals always look neat, and guys with instruments add to the experience too (more cowbell!). A & K
