[ISEA2012] Artist Statement: Steve Gibson — Grand Theft Bicycle

Artist Statement

Experience the excitement, glamour, fear, violence and mayhem of a genuine Middle Eastern battle! Better yet, get your fat shooter-playing ass off the console and onto the revolutionary Borgcycle™, a sensor equipped bike that allows / forces users to get a heart-pounding workout while hunting down some baddies.
Mount the Borgcycle™ and suddenly you are riding through a 3D recreation of a desert city. Choose between the roles of an insurgent, an invader or an onlooker. Change sides if you feel the urge! Ride through the chaos and join in on the hunt for the main targets: George Bush, Tony Blair, Steven Harper, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il (among others).
Kick some lying white boy ass or take out some fascist terrorist woman haters! Your choice. Won’t it feel good to nail those bastards; and with the endorphins pumping hard on the Borgcycle™ you’ll experience the physical thrill of really being there.
Grand Theft Bicycle is coming to a venue near you. Prepare to ride your way to victory!

Programming: Justin Love, Design, Artwork: ARRAY. https://grandtheftbicycle.com/

  • Steve Gibson, Edinburgh, UK, is Associate Professor in Innovative Digital Media at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK. He was curator for the Media Art event Interactive Futures from 2002-07. Influenced by a diverse body of art and popular movements his practice-based work fuses immersive art, audio-visual performance and DIY design. He works in a range of media, from live electronic music to game art to virtual reality installation. Steve Gibson’s works have been exhibited in such venues as: Ars Electronica, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Banff Centre for the Arts, Digital Art Weeks, the European Media Arts Festival, ISEA, Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich), the San Francisco Art Institute, 4 & 6CyberConf. https://www.telebody.ws/