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2014 Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race Spectator's Guide Sweet 16th Annual East Coast Championship Baltimore Kinetic Afternoon route Lombard Street Pagoda Central Avenue Washington Butchers’ Hill Mud Hill Restrooms Sculpture Race We thank Kinetic Sponsors Sand www.KineticBaltimore.com May 3, 2014 Pratt Street Little President Street Italy Linwood Ave Linwood Patterson Park Eastern Avenue Camden Street Eastern Avenue Obstacle Course Yards Inner 301 S Patterson Park Ave Harbor Harbor East 1:15–3:30pm Light Morning route Aliceanna Street Boston Street Urban Chic Max’s Taphouse on Broadway Key Highway AVAM Fell’s Battery Avenue 800 Key Hwy Point 8:00–10:00am 3:30–7:00pm Avenue Kenwood Dangerously Delicious Pies Federal Hill Park Restrooms Linwood & 900 Battery Ave Morning Roving O’Donnell Vendors 10:05–10:20am Riverside Avenue Afternoon Baltimore Food Roving Key Harbor Vendors Food Afternoon Restrooms Highway Medical + Tent Covington Clement Canton Afternoon Waterfront Park Race Pace 3200 E Boston St Bicycles Jackson 11:15am–1:15pm Fort Avenue Schedule Morning As with any race, times are approximate! Anything is subject to change if needs must. 8:00 – 9:30am Safety Check and Brake Test at American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) Lawrence Street 9:30 –10:00 Opening Ceremonies & LeMans Start at AVAM 10:00 –10:15 Steep climb up Battery Avenue into Federal Hill Park The Kinetic Sculpture 10:15 –11:00 Race down Riverside, Fort, Lawrence, Key Highway past AVAM around the Race is hosted by the Inner Harbor, President to Katyn Circle to Aliceanna, down Boston Street American Visionary 11:15 – 1:15pm Splashdown at Canton Waterfront Park Art Museum 1:00 – 1:30 Up Kenwood, right on Eastern, left on Linwood and into Patterson Park www.AVAM.org 1:15 – 3:30 Patterson Park Obstacle Course: Sand, Mud, and Pagoda Challenge 410-244-1900 3:30– 4:45 Race down Lombard, Central, Eastern, Pier 5, Pratt, Light, Key Highway, Map by Tom Jones Lawrence, Fort, Jackson, Clement, and up Covington to the finish line at v8:5/2 AVAM (rapid racers ahead of schedule may finish as early as 3:30) 4:00 – 6:00 Post-Race Recovery (dinner for racers & volunteers) sweetsweet 6:00 – 7:00 Awards Ceremony at AVAM 16th Annual Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race Spectator’s Guide Saturday May 3, 2014 Race Day Post Your Photos & Videos! As with any human-powered dash for glory, times overlap Facebook: Like AVAM and friend Fifi the Pink Poodle and are approximate—racers are unpredictable! The rac Instagram: Follow the avai & use #avaikinetic carries on in any weather (except severe volcanic eruptions). Twitter: @TheAvi 8:00–9:30 Pre-Race: See sculptures in unsullied glory, but Flickr Stream & Youtube Channele don’t disturb the frantic pilots. Read “Getting to AVAM” on KineticBaltimore.com/ksr/forum the next page. Kinetic Awards 9:30–10:00 Opening Ceremonies & Start: Celebratory ACE: The highes challenge is the ACE. ACE pilots cannot speeches and telepathic Sister Euphonia O'Blivion blesses swap or have propulsion assistance at any tiie, can’t get “de feet” of the Kinetinauts. Best seen up close. out to push or pull especially at the water exit, sand, and 10:00–10:15 Federal Hill: The racers climbsteep Federal iud. Teais going for ACE have a green nuiber tag and an Hill. (Anyone can iake a sculpture; the huian-powered ACE judge to ensure they follow all rules. part is hard.) Soie sculptures break down before they get Art: Coveted award for artistic design, reflected in color, this far (seriously). This is a great plac to photograph huior, costuies, theatrical appeal, and kinetic iotion. sculptures with the city skyline. Sculptures return shortly Best Pit Crew: Each sculpture requires a support crew, and along Key Highway after the southern loop. this award goes to the iost supportive or best decorated. Running Late? Head straight to Fort Avenue or Lawrence Engineering: Awarded to the iost ingenious technical Street froi the Key Highway exit off I-95—parking is easy! design tackling the rigors of the race. 10:15–11:00 Southern Loop and around the Inner Golden Dinosaur: Awarded to the iost ieiorable Harbor: Te sculptures pass through the Inner Harbor, breakdown or the first to break down. Harbor East, and Fell’s Point. Tip: Park 2 hours free in Whole Golden Flipper: Awarded to the sculpture with the iost Foods' garage on Aliceanna Street if you get lunch there. interesting water entry. Each year you’re likely to see at 11:00–1:15 Splashdown! Canton Waterfront Park at the least one sculpture that actually flips over! Korean War Meiorial: The sculptures go down a ram for a Grand Mediocre Champion: #1 of all Kinetic awards, for loop through the water and exit the other side. Any finishing in the iiddle (after tiie penalties). unseaworthy sculptures will sink. Lots of street parking Next-to-Last: Award for the entry that ianages to finish, nearby, be prepared to walk a few blocks. This is the most but with only one teai even slower than it is. popular spectator site. Innovative Gouriet will vend Sock Creature of the Universe: Each sculpture iust have a burgers, hot dogs, and chicken and veggie wraps. sock creature; this award goes to the best. 1:00–1:30 Up the Hill! Race to Patterson Park: Tis Speed: Award for the fastest entry coipleting the entire segient goes quickly, and you don’t want to iiss... course, after accounting for any penalties. 1:15–3:30 Sand and Mud! Patterson Park Obstacles: Te Worst Honorable Mention: Awarded to the Sculpture iud is on a hill—easier for spectators, harder for racers. whose half-baked theoretical "engineering" did not deter its There’s ots of street parking around the park periieter. Pilot(s) froi the challenge of the race. 3:30–4:45 Back to the Finish Line: Kinetinauts are exhausted, so sculptures spread out through Butcher’s Hill Kinetic Glossary and back through the inner harbor. Fort Avenue usually has AVAM: The American Visionary Art Museu is founder and street parking available. Each entry breaks through a huge sponsor of the East Coast Chaipionship Kinetic Race. banner along Covington Street to finish at AVAM. Bush League: Sculptures that coiplete the entire course 4:00–6:00 Dinner: You should eat. The Alladin food truk except the water entry. You can’t sink if you don’t get wet. at AVAM has falafel, chicken, greek salad, and gyros—or Checkpoints: To prevent unauthorized shortcuts, enjoy the Miss Twist ice creai truck. For fine dining, go to Kinetinauts iust stop to have their passports staiped. Mr. Rain’s Fun House inside AVAM for dinner and aiazing Hobart Brown: The Ferndale, California rtist who created cocktails 5:30–10pi, or Rusty Scupper seafood across the the first raceable Kinetic Sculpture, and spread Kinetic street (reservations recommended for both). A 10-iinute Racing around the world. We iiss his crazy enthusiasi. walk to the west takes you to Light Street in Federal Hill with Kinetic Chickens: Volunteers who keep the race on track, two dozen diverse tasty local restaurants. Big chain and answer questions froi the public. restaurants line the north side of the Inner Harbor. Kinetic Grand Championship: Our Baltiiore race is a 6:00–7:00 Awards Ceremony at AVAM: Even as a qualifier for the Grand Chaipionship in Huiboldt County, spectator, you’ll be tired—iiagine how the racers feel! California. It covers 42 iiles over 3 days on Meiorial Day Cheer on the winners in the AVAM Sculpture Barn. Weekend. Sculptures cross 2 iiles of Huiboldt Bay and crash down a huge sand dune called Dead Man’s Drop. What to Wear Kinetic Kops: Officers issue tickets to sculptures when they break the rules (and soietiies when they don’t). Each Wear soiething absurd! Lots of folks wear goofy outfits (see ticket carries a tiie penalty. Kinetic Kops are known to photos on the next page!) and you should too. Ransack accept bribes to overlook all but ACE and safety infractions. your attic, or get to a thrift and vintage store (like DeBois Textiles on Washington Avenue!) for the perfect Kinetic Kinetinauts: Fearless artist-engineer-pilots. Outfit. If you have a great outfit, find a KineticBaltiiore Le Mans Start: Pilots & crew line up on Federal Hill; at the photographer (wearing giant blue hats and yellow shirts) to signal, they run down to their vehicles and drive off. take your photo, perhaps you’ll be seen on Volunteers: Folks who have a lot of fun and iake the race KineticBaltiiore.coi or next year’s Spectator’s Guide! happen! You can join the eiail list at KineticBaltiiore.coi. 16th Annual Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race Spectator’s Guide Saturday May 3, 2014 Getting To AVAM Spectate from One Spot… Parking: Street parking on race day is hard to find. You can The whole point ofthe race is that the sculptures navigate pay to park at the Rusty Scupper Marina lot just across Key 14 iiles through the city. The easiest way tospectate is to Highway, or several other lots and garages a few blocks pick a spot along the route and watch thei pass by. west, or iany on the north side of the Inner Harbor. Prices Parking is plentiful along iany stretches (iostly along the vary considerably—see Parkopedia.coi for details. purple iorning and orange afternoon routes on the iap). MARC and Amtrak trains run weekends froi DC and For a grander experience, head to AVAM, Canton Waterfront, elsewhere to Penn Station, then taxi or Circulator Purple or Patterson Park, where sculptures and spectators (below). See ita.Maryland.gov/iarc-train and Aitrak.coi.
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