Breaking Ground on design

Thanks to a Breaking Ground grant from UMBC in January 2014, Interdisciplinary Studies now has funding to recruit a team of UMBC students to design, build and race a kinetic sculpture in the annual race in downtown Baltimore. What is a kinetic sculpture?

"Kinetic Sculptures are amphibious, human powered works of art custom built for the race. Each May, the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) hosts the East Coast Kinetic Sculpture Race Championship on the shore of Baltimore’s Harbor in central Maryland.  The eight-hour race covers 14 miles—mostly on pavement, but also including a trip into the Chesapeake Bay and through mud and sand." Retrieved from the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture web site.

The Baltimore KSR web site has a wealth of resources, including a How to Build section by Elliot Naess.