{"597584":{"#nid":"597584","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Spirit of the Animals is in the Wheels","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EImagine an aluminum bison trundling across Tech Walkway! The Office of the Arts, in partnership with creative agency Dashboard, brings to campus two pedal-powered beasts created by artist and author\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EDave Eggers\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eand metal\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eartist\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJuan Martinez\u003C\/strong\u003E October 27-November 11. The sculptural metal cycles, part of a mini-herd of human-powered vehicles, bridge the natural world to the world built by human ingenuity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDave Eggers is an American writer and artist. Trained as a painter, Eggers\u0026rsquo; artworks have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the Nevada Museum of Art, the Biennial of the Americas, and numerous other galleries and art spaces. Eggers has won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His books include \u003Cem\u003EThe Circle, What is the What,\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EHeroes of the Frontier.\u003C\/em\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJuan Martinez is a Detroit metal artist who creates fantastical, functional creations. His work has been shown in galleries, museums and out on the streets in Detroit, Austin, New Orleans, and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Spirit of the Animals bicycles \u003C\/strong\u003Ewill be on view during these hours\u003Cstrong\u003E:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECampanile (\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eweather permitting):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETuesday-Friday, October 27 to November 10, 11 am to 2 pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFerst Center Outside\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E(weather permitting):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EFriday, October 28, 6 pm to 7:30 pm\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003ESaturday, November 4, 6 pm to 7:30 pm\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFerst Center Inside:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMonday-Friday, October 27-November 10, 10 am to 6 pm unless on view outside at the Campanile or the Ferst Center\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the exhibition dates at Georgia Tech, the Atlanta Contemporary will host the bicycles November 12-19\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Fantastic Creatures on Wheels Visit Campus"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Office of the Arts, in partnership with creative agency Dashboard, brings to campus two pedal-powered beasts created by Dave Eggers and Juan Martinez Oct. 27-Nov. 11."}],"uid":"27780","created_gmt":"2017-10-18 20:10:29","changed_gmt":"2017-10-18 20:10:29","author":"Stephanie Lee","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"597575":{"id":"597575","type":"image","title":"The Spirit of the Animals is in the Wheels","body":null,"created":"1508355267","gmt_created":"2017-10-18 19:34:27","changed":"1508355267","gmt_changed":"2017-10-18 19:34:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227790","name":"Juan Martinez 826Michigan Animal Bikes Oct 26 2016-0924.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Juan%20Martinez%20826Michigan%20Animal%20Bikes%20Oct%2026%202016-0924.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Juan%20Martinez%20826Michigan%20Animal%20Bikes%20Oct%2026%202016-0924.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":775722,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Juan%20Martinez%20826Michigan%20Animal%20Bikes%20Oct%2026%202016-0924.jpg?itok=2aBcQD4x"}}},"media_ids":["597575"],"groups":[{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"}],"keywords":[{"id":"64641","name":"arts@tech"},{"id":"125","name":"art"},{"id":"47071","name":"bikes"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOffice of the Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-894-2782\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["info@arts.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}