BI.KE - A Symmetric Vehicle

Director: Tom Malecha, 2011, Germany, 3 minutes
Showing: Friday February 17th 2012 - Mountain Bike Night
Location: Centennial Theatre
Tickets $18 online / $20 doors   Buy Tickets Here

Two wheels. Two pedals. Two perspectives. "BI.KE" captures mountainbiking from a different point of view. From two points of view, to be precise.

Two wheels. Two pedals. Two perspectives. "BI.KE" captures mountainbiking from a different point of view. From two points of view, to be precise.

On his search for mountainbike films, that go beyond huge jumps and dangerous stunts, Tom Malecha filmed himself riding his bike in the Swiss mountains from a couple of different perspectives. The result is an experiment with a perspectives.

Tom Malecha
It was only in January 2010 that I bought my first camera and started filming. I worked hard to get better at it, but still I was overwhelmed of the feedback I got when I uploaded my videos to the Internet. To be honest, I produced them primarily for me and my friends. My way to produce films is as minimalistic as it can get: I am the director, videographer, editor and most of the time, I am also the subject, filming myself riding past the camera. All my equipment fits into a small backpack and I do not do “film sessions”, but I document what I experience on my trips. As an alias I chose “Filme von Draussen”, which is German and means “films from outdoors”.