History of Bikes

History of Bikes

Written by Diana Odasso

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. - H.G. Wells

Bicycling has become part of the fabric of city life. Commuters commute, athletes exercise, kids spin tricks, delivery bikers deliver, activists gather. Here in New York City, each morning a silhouette of riders rise and fall over the arch of New York’s bridges. Bike messengers feed the frenzy of midtown’s workday while in the evening, spandex clad athletes on lightweight frames spin the city’s perimeter, up the East River and down the Hudson Parkway. Then in the midnight hour, straggling and wobbly cyclists roll homeward.

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Featured Member // Steve Wall

Steve Wall
Producer & Audio Engineer, Age 26, gardentone.com
Member since August 2008

3W: What do you do at 3rd Ward?

SW: I run Gardentone, a full-service, professional audio & recording studio for all things music & sound. I run it with heart. I record, mix, & master bands, solo acts, orchestra’s, film scores, and pretty much anything else that tickles peoples’ ears. Basically, I get to play with a big stereo all day... and make things sound professional, or hopefully better.

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Selena Kimball // Spring Solo Show Artist

Selena Kimball // 2009 Spring Solo Show Artist

Written by Devin Powers , Photography by Linda Gastaldello

Selena Kimball, 3rd Ward’s 2009 Spring Solo Show Artist has a keen interest in the past; how it is remembered, represented and re-represented through historical documents from “Herodotus Onward.”

Through collage, animation, drawing, and installation, Kimball pokes fun at the notion of an authoritative history. Skillfully rearranging and altering historical documents into something clearly subjective; she highlights the irrational, the bizarre, and the libidinal undercurrent of experience and the inner life.

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Mark Mothersbaugh // Pop Icon, Composer, Fine Artist

Mark Mothersbaugh // Pop Icon, Composer, Fine Artist

By Ben Zoltowski, Artwork by Mark Mothersbaugh, Photography by Johnny Brewton

Mark Mothersbaugh is nothing if not a hallowed eccentric. When a collective of Akron, Ohio artists joined together in the early 70’s and called themselves Devo, there was never any intention of becoming a band -- their mission was different. Radical visual artists seeking a place in the high-concept art world, riding atop their own version of the social theory that humankind was (and is) ultimately devolving. They just happened to play instruments.

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Creating Bodkin

Creating Bodkin

By Sidra Durst

When Eviana Hartman got together with a friend for a weekend sewing project, she didn’t fully realize that it – and the ongoing struggle to move towards sustainable, environmentally responsible production -- would end up consuming her life. But less than a year later, here we are: sitting together in her Williamsburg studio, surrounded by scraps of organic cotton and samples of dresses made from plastic bottles.

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