Documentaries about bicycles: when cycling is a lifestyle
The bicycle is a means of transport, a passion, a conscious choice and now also a lifestyle: more and more people indeed have made this means the companion of their days and their trips. With the approach of the Christmas holidays, why not cut out an afternoon of relaxation, with plaid and herbal tea, watching some of the most famous bicycle documentaries ever? Here are our tips for the perfect Christmas planning!
Bicycle documentaries: our recommendations
Artists, illustrators, designers and even directors: there are numerous creatives who have become passionate about the bicycle and have decided to make it a declaration of love. Be it an installation or an illustration, we have already told you about it in this article, now we want to tackle cinema and that's why we have chosen fantastic bicycle documentaries: are you curious to discover them? Here is our top list to share with friends and family!
Biking Boom. The bike a lifestyle
Biking Boom. The bike a lifestyle is the first of the three fantastic bike-themed documentaries, aired on Arte Tv. What's it about? It takes you by the hand and takes you to discover the cycling culture of three major European metropolises: Berlin, considered in all respects the capital of vintage races, London, where cycle cafés host exclusive and very famous evenings, and Copenhagen, where a cyclist to stand out successfully must pay more attention to their style of dress than that of the bike.
Biking Boom takes you by the hand and lets you discover the cycling culture of three major European cities: Berlin, London and Copenhagen Biking Boom. The bicycle in art and pop culture
The second episode of the trilogy of documentaries Biking Boom proposed by Arte Tv is the one dedicated to the relationship between the bike and art in pop culture. There are many artists who have been won over by this extraordinary means of transport: the examples are the “Bicycle Wheel” of the great master Marcel Duchamp, the sculpture made by Ai Weiwei in “Forever” and the deformed bikes of the talented Alicja Kwade. Among the cited artists stands out the Italian designer Gianluca Gimini who asks passers-by to draw a bicycle relying on their own memory and then turns the drawings into computer models. Almost none of these fantasy bikes would be suitable for reality, but thanks to his experiment called Velocipedia new creative models can be created.
Biking Boom. The two-wheeled revolution
The third episode of the bicycle documentaries that we advise you not to miss talks about the bike as a political fight for the freedom to appropriate spaces in a new way and respect for the environment. But the bike is also much more: it is a means for the demands of feminist movements and the working tool of delivery men who have precarious working conditions, as a symbol that unites the activists of the mass critics of cities around the world, taking us from Berlin to Los Angeles, up to Tehran. A historical, political and social journey to discover the changes that are taking place in the world and in which the bicycle proves to be a source of inspiration.
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