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Date: Saturday 8 March 2008
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Media enquiries

Contact Marte, the WNBR Sydney Organiser (wnbrnudecastle@yahoo.com.au ).

Critical Mass

All riders interested in participating in the Sydney WNBR should consider participating in Sydney Critical Mass. Marte will be attending Sydney Critical Mass rides in the lead up to the Sydney WNBR to promote participation, encourage people to help organise and holding organising meetings after the CM ride. We meet at the Archibald Fountain at the Northern end of Hyde Park, on the last Friday of every month at 5:30pm for a 6:00pm departure. You can find a map and pictures of the location on the Sydney Critical Mass wiki page.

World Naked Bike Ride Film Festival

• Exact details to be advised once they are finalised.
  A WNBR film festival is planned to follow the next Sydney Critical Mass ride on Friday the 28th of September 2007 (or possibly a subsequent Sydeny CM ride). Arrangements are being made for a venue with a capacity of about 30 people to host the festival in Newtown. None of the films have been screened in Sydney before and they are all uplifting and inspiring. If you love biketivism, environmentalism, pacifism or naturism these films are something you must see.
  Productions on the programme include:
• World Naked Bike Ride, The Documentary by High Altitude Films form the UK about the WNBR London in 2004 and 2005 (this film was selected as a finalist in the Wildscreen International Film Festival 2006).
• Indecent Exposure to Cars: The Story of the World Naked Bike Ride! by Conrad Schmidt. Ragtag Productions, 2007. 60 minute feature length film tells the story of WNBR and features footage of many of the WNBRs held around the world plus interviews with many prominent coordinators and organisers.
• Along for the ride by No - e Productions. 10min short documentary film about the WNBR Nudecastle 2007. Winner of the People's Choice Award at the 2007 Cultural Stomp.
• Various short films documenting the first Brighton and Hove UK WNBR in 2006. There are about a dozen of these.
• Cycle Activists of Newcastle Australia by Rowanmacs Photography and Meridian Image. A 30min film documenting bike activism (including Critical Mass, WNBR and the White Bicycle Project) in Newcastle and the fight to save the rail.
• Other WNBR and Biketivism films and there are too many too list here.

Other Upcoming Events where WNBR Sydney will participate, support or endorse

let the walls speak

political poster exhibition
Art plays a crucial role in social struggle - illustrating and inspiring the power of social movements.
This exhibition of political posters is co-presented by Jura Books and the University of Sydney Union as part of the Verge Arts Festival over the APEC period - to bring art to the protest, and the protest to the art gallery. For 30 years Jura has been a base and an expression of many campaigns and movements, and has been collecting political posters. The exhibition is a careful selection of posters from the Jura archive and represents a range of struggles and campaigns. There are many stunning screen prints from the Earthworks collective.
As the same time as APEC politicians discuss prolonging the war, profiting from environmental devastation and silencing dissent, come and feast your eyes on the alternative: art which demands action and envisages a better world.
Let the walls speak!

• When? From the 5th of September to the 19th. Opening night is on Wednesday 5th September from 6pm, with talks by some of the original artists. After that it will be open everyday except the 7th, 8th and 9th from 10am till 7pm weekdays and till 4pm on weekends.
• Where? Sydney University Holme Building, the Bevery (on the Parramatta Rd side of campus)
• How Much? Entry is by donation and all proceeds will go to preserving the posters, which may not survive another 30 years otherwise.

Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc

These are the current: flyer and poster and BIG POSTER to be used for the WNBR Sydney 2008 to help promote participation. Please print these and stick them up where people will see them. Why not colour one in and stick it to your refrigerator?

Flyer

Poster

BIG POSTER

Links

Website/s

• WNBR Australia (official site)

Discussion group/s

• WNBR Sydney Yahoo! Group

Location information

• Wikipedia: Sydney
• Wikipedia: New South Wales

History

Sydney has yet to have a WNBR. The WNBR planned for Sydney on Saturday the 8th of March 2008 will be the first ever in Sydney. Some people confuse WNBR with the Sydney Body Art Ride but they are two different and seperate bike events.

Future

In August 2007, Marte volunteered to help organise WNBR in Sydney. Marte seeks help from as many people as possible to make WNBR Sydney 2008 a big success. Marte welcomes the contribution of ideas and practical help. People interested in participating or helping Marte organise a WNBR in Sydney should at least try to come to Sydney Critical Mass rides (see above) and the WNBR meetings that follow, join the discussion group, try to make contact with others with similar views and demonstrate some initiative. Regardless of the level of help that is offered to help organise WNBR Sydney, Marte will pressing ahead and making the ride happen! Please refer to the Organizing a ride page for more information about how to help organise a WNBR.