You need electricity to listen to music. But to use electricity, you have to "rotate" the turbine in some way to generate electricity and then transmit that electricity to the place where you listen to music. There is a lot of waste in this process.

"Sing! Bicycle" is an epoch-making record player that eliminates this waste. Play music by using the "rotation" of bicycle tires as it is for the "rotation" of turntables. Enables lossless music playback without waste

"Sing! Bicycle" that uses the rotation of the tires to rotate the turntable as it is
"Sing! Bicycle" that uses the rotation of the tires to rotate the turntable as it is

To listen to music on "Sing! Bicycle", first prepare your favorite SP record. You may be wondering, "How do you get it nowadays?", But it is sold at second-hand record stores in Kanda, and sometimes it is sold at a cheap price at second-hand tool stores, so please look for it. ..

Next, attach the obtained SP record to "Sing! Bicycle" and drop the needle on the board. After that, you can ride a bicycle and pedal while enjoying the music.

It seems that it makes a surprisingly loud sound.
It seems that it makes a surprisingly loud sound.

There are two points to note when driving. The first is a balancer. The horn of the gramophone that plays the SP record is quite heavy, and the bicycle tends to tilt to the left. To drive straight, be sure to hang the balancer on the right side of the steering wheel. The balancer can be anything as long as it weighs about 2.5 kg. It is more stable to lower the center of gravity as much as possible, so milk in a shopping bag may be better. For a milk carton, two 1 liter packs and one 500 ml pack weigh exactly 2.5 kg.

Example of using milk and flour for the balancer After using it as a balancer, let's bake it in a fashionable panque!
Example of using milk and flour for the balancer After using it as a balancer, let's bake it in a fashionable panque!

The second is speed. When I pedal and listen to music, I tend to get happy and speed up. However, with this "Sing! Bicycle", if the running speed increases, correct playback will not be possible. Keep your tires spinning at 0.43 rpm and record revs at 78 rpm.

Try to keep your tires spinning at 0.43 times per second!
Try to keep your tires spinning at 0.43 times per second!

"It's impossible to maintain that speed while the music is playing."

For those who like, the "horse carrot" option is available. If you hang something you like here and run with the intention of chasing it, the painful and painful task of continuing to run at the same speed may be a little fun.

This is the "horse carrot" option.
This is the "horse carrot" option.

Artist Akiko Orito says that the reason for making "Sing! Bicycle" is that she thought "it is important to take stupid ideas seriously". In fact, it was a lot of work to realize this idea.

With the creator, Akiko Orito, "Sing! Bicycle" No. 1 (left) No. 2 (right)
With the creator, Akiko Orito, "Sing! Bicycle" No. 1 (left) No. 2 (right)

As a member of the artist group "Art Complex", Ms. Akiko Orito will be exhibiting her work at an exhibition called "JIS is it -Invisible Standards-" from December 5th.

The theme of "JIS is it-Invisible Standards-" is "to be aware of the" standards "in our daily lives." For example, when drawing an apple, isn't it influenced by "standards" such as "sketchbook size and aspect ratio"? We are paying attention to that point.

One of Mr. Orito's works exhibited at the exhibition is "Sketchbook for Waterfalls". A vertically long, huge sketchbook.

Normally, when drawing a picture of a waterfall, the scenery of the waterfall and its surroundings is cut out according to the size and aspect ratio of the sketchbook. But in the "Sketchbook for Waterfalls", the sketchbook is matched to the size and aspect ratio of the waterfall.

Akiko Orito's work "Sketchbook for Waterfalls"
Akiko Orito's work "Sketchbook for Waterfalls"

What would a waterfall look like if you drew it in this sketchbook? Will it be more real? Or can't you express the size of the waterfall because you can't draw the surrounding scenery? Or is it? ?? It seems that the purpose of this work is to have people imagine and delusion in various ways.

Orito's work also includes a "triangular book / hexagonal book". These started from the question, "Why are books and notebooks rectangular?" One day, when I went to school, what if not only notebooks and books, but also windows, blackboards, and desks were all triangular? And what kind of ideas will the children studying there become adults? It is an art work that allows you to imagine such an imagination.

Is it possible to have a child with a pointed idea instead of "square and square"?
Is it possible to have a child with a pointed idea instead of "square and square"?

"JIS is it -Invisible Standard-" will be held at Gallery C of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum from December 5th to 20th, 2015. Admission is free. Please refer to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum website for details on closed days and opening hours.
"JIS is it --Invisible Standards-" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
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