It’s time again for the International Film Festival to roll through our fair city, and this year we’re putting out an open call for volunteers. Below is the Google form that we’re using to track volunteer interest and get folks signed up, pleae consider filling it out if you’d like to participate!
More info on BFF Boston:
The Volunteer form:
One of Open Bicycle’s family friends, videographer and director — Stebs, (a.k.a. Steve Schinnerer) of Quarter Productions — recently published a hot new BMX video on Vimeo.
It is filmed, edited and ridden completely by this creative youngblood. We could be on the early rise of the next Spike Jonze. Stay tuned for more from this young upstart.
Last Saturday, we good folk here at Open were granted the pleasure of producing the screenings and events for the Boston appearance of the ever-growing Bicycle Film Festival. The fest hits Beantown on what will hopefully be a clement fall weekend with a slew of events, parties, sociable gatherings, and of course, evocative films featuring bicycles and the people who love them. Details are still getting locked down- we’ll be posting things here as they become more concrete- check in often and follow us on Twitter and Facebook!
Boundgear posted this up on the bostonfixed forums… thanks dude, it made my jaw drop!
Over the past few months we exposed Marty to more process edits of the It Ain’t That Serious video than anyone else, so naturally we saw this coming. Three weeks ago, Stebs loaded the basket on his WTP BMX with a Sony Z7U and tore up the 4 blocks between his house and the Geekhouse shop. After nearly 12 hours behind the camera and a few more editing Marty’s mitering, welding and ’stash twisting, Stebs formatted this:
Geekhouse Movie from Geekhouse Bikes on Vimeo.
We premiered this video during our Grand Opening party, simply because we love Party Marty, his work and ll of the great projects we’re doing together. Marty has been working his tail off this winter, getting the shop fully stocked with every machine a frame builder may or may not need – so he deserves a congrats. The Geekhouse website has also gotten a refresh, showcasing a few new frames and some brighter-than-life colors! Check the new Geekhouse site and then go say hello to Stebs through his site, ILoveQP.
This last Saturday, Zack, myself, and an awesome crew of helpers officially welcomed the public into OPEN’s newly-renovated space in Union Square, Somerville. We cleaned the place up, hung the gallery, chilled the beers, polished the bikes, and made some spoke cards:
Early in the evening, the shop began to fill up- locals, racers, friends, couriers, frame builders, artists, out-of-towners, and a few dogs mingled amidst the shiny components and locally-crafted bicycles.
The latest custom fillet-brazed steed from Icarus:
3RRR owner and artist Nao Tomii:
A bit after 7pm, the enormous raw steel door that separates OPEN from the Chorus Gallery was raised. The gallery’s inaugural show, “Keep it Down,” is a new exhibition from local photographer Justin J. Keena that showcases the artist’s past and current work via a diverse range of study, and the public seemed to be enjoying the new space and the evocative photographs:
Shortly after the gallery opening, the video kicked off. There were a few technical hitches, but our man Jon knocked out some quick technical debugging and the show began, with people covering the floors, stairs, and furniture.
A short film we produced last winter started the series, followed by another short that showcased a day in the life of Geekhouse builder Marty Walsh. (Both films were shot and edited by local videographer Steve “Stebs” Shinnerer of Quarter Productions.) The Boston premier of Macaframa followed- the hi-def shots of smooth riding in warm air got everyone hyped up for spring. The movies went over well with the crowd and the party began in earnest. Dom, Maggie, and Stebs held down the bar:
Free Narragansett, Fisherman’s Brew, and Redbull & Vodkas kept the kids happy and everyone took turns playing records, dancing, and generally cutting loose:
We had a wonderful time, met a bunch of great people, and saw many friends we haven’t seen for the last 4 months as we’ve been building the shop. More events are planned for the near future- we’ll post info as it becomes available. Thanks to all that helped out and supported us; we couldn’t have done it without you!
Photo credits go out to Kirsten Tamme! (Yes, we gave Justin Keena the night off..)
This weekend’s grand opening was insane – thanks to everyone who came out and supported us. While we gather up some of the photos, put the Scuut back together and remind party Marty from Geekhouse of his insane drop-in on the bike-ramp, here is a little video short we premiered before Macaframa. Our good pal Steve / Quarter Productions shot and edited this. We picked the coldest weekend of the winter to shoot, destroyed a rental scooter (hence, very little riding footage) and had some great times putting this thing together. And remember kids, you don’t have to be too serious, just have fun:
It Ain’t That Serious. from open bicycle on Vimeo.
