FS2022 #PublicArtFinder Pointless Prize

[Boomer Cycles]

Back by popular demand for its second season w/ enhanced guidelines [emoji849]):

1. Discover any art form (loosely defined) that is freely accessible to the public while completing at least a 10 mile bike ride. Monuments and Memorials are EXCLUDED as they are a different PP by @HokieBeth. Only one art form discovery allowed per 10+mile ride. If you want to discover more art, then start a new ride. Rides less than 10 miles are not eligible.

2. Post here on this thread a picture [use Small resolution] of your art form with some portion of your bicycle in it. Include the location of the art form following examples from the Little Free Libraries (also excluded) so that others may find it, too. Public Art rides/pics should be posted daily, so as to allow all a fair chance to play. Sandbagging posts NOT allowed and will automatically disqualify you from this pointless prize.

3. Hashtag your ride #publicartfinder (not CaSe SeNsItIvE) in your Strava ride titles if you want to appear on the FS2022 #publicartfinder leaderboard https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/publicartfinder which I will sweep (at least monthly) for data for the official #publicartfinder scoreboard found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ob3HlhU34D4xrtbttsDIAu2knT8MOIZQ2EcAr6s5YF0/edit#gid=58255797

4. Follow me (Boomer Cycles) on Strava so that I can verify your #publicartfinder rides

Entries will be judged by some faceless cabal on totally subjective criteria that may include use of creative objects (like your bike interacting w/ an art form), composition, light, artistic flair, witty captions, great stories, # of quality submissions, and/or # likes, kudos or dislikes, and bonus points. In the event of a tie, efficacy rules: most art discoveries/least amount of miles wins.

If you played last year, go find some New2U art! Don’t game the competition by resubmitting your discoveries from last year. Honor system in effect, but there may be extra points for self-policing or calling out any offending FS veterans!

Now go Ride and Seek your art form;-!

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[Kbikeva]

3/18/2022 Part B

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[bikingjenn]

3-18-22 Ballston NVermont and Wilson

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[bikingjenn]

3-18-22 McLaren – https://www.mclaren.com

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[cvcalhoun]

3/18/2022 (second one)
This one is in a parking lot at 4848 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/19/2022
Another parking lot mural, this one for the PNC Bank at the corner of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue in DC.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/19/2022 (second)
Bird of Peace at the corner of Norfolk and Fairmont in Bethesda.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/19/2022 (third)
“Flourish,” at the Rockville Senior Center, 1150 Carnation Dr, Rockville, MD 20850.

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[bikedavid]

Always love passing by this colorful mural on the MBT around S St

[obscurerichard]

@Boomer2U 213281 wrote:

Your inaugural submission for 2022 is duly noted in my private scorecard while the #publicartfinder leaderboard is reset to zero (hopefully in time for this week’s Zoom Team Assignment event). Please hold off on using the #publicartfinder hashtag on your Strava ride titles until then. I’ll make the scorecard public after 2022 Teams are announced, FYI.

Re the query on behalf of your friend, they should be informed that the subject of this pointless prize are specific art forms that are clearly discernible (but not necessarily understood). Pics of buildings that may or may not contain art forms will not meet the spirit and intent of #publicartfinder. Thank your friend on behalf of all PublicArtFinders for asking.

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Resetting things to zero never happened, and alas, is not going to happen this year. I trust you have figured out a way to compensate anyway. Since this prize requires forum posts those are authoritative and the leaderboard is just advisory, anyway.

[LhasaCM]

3/19: OK – this one is a bit of a stretch, but there’s something rather artistic about this collection of scooters and bikes (and a stroller!) that seemingly were retrieved from the Tidal Basin and lined up outside the Jefferson Memorial (NE side by the bike rack there)

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[Serdar]

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New2Me “Under One’s Breath” by Alma Selmovic at 7200 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
photos from two more angles are on my Strava feed

[consularrider]

East side of the King St Bridge in Leesburg, VA

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

This is some sort of utility or transformer box that’s been painted to look like shelves of books. It’s located at one end of Tysons Tales Park. The park has seats and 2 unaffiliated LFLs (with few books). Aside from being right next to busy Westpark Dr, a nice place to relax and read a book. Another photo in my Strava.

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[Boomer Cycles]

Hi Serdar, this find is better placed in the Monuments & Memorials pointless prize thread, and not here on #publicartfinder … but thanks for playing!

[Boomer Cycles]

It’s not public art if you have to pay to see it, and no bike (that I can see) in the pic, so regretfully this pic does not qualify.

@LhasaCM 216921 wrote:

2/21 – Does it still count as public art if it serves as an invitation to pay for access to private art? Why did I not get my bike in frame (it’s to the right)? At 524 Rhode Island Ave NE (near metrobar) is the Van Gogh Immersive Experience. They’ve painted a large mural on the outside of the strip mall building (slated to be torn down as part of the redevelopment’s next phase).

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