Transportation

The Advent of the American Highway, or How the Bicycle Suburbanized the Farmer slide lecture by Eileen Finn

Eileen Finn speaks about early twentieth century road and highway building movements including the Good Roads movement. Find out the politics and fantasies that propelled early road building. Eileen Finn is an artist and transportation enthusiast who's working on a series of postcards based on Portland bus line destinations.

Secrets of Cargo Exchange multi-media lecture by Capra J'neva

Who is America's biggest exporter of wheat and its second biggest cargo hub for automobiles? Where is the second biggest grain export center in the whole world? If you guessed Port-Land, you're right. Artist, alternative transportation activist, and graphic designer Capra J'neva speaks on the truths and myths about cargo flow up and down the Columbia River - as well as how shipping oversight agencies manipulate the flow of public information.

Birds and Gods documentary video by Amos Latteier

If rockets are phallic symbols, where do women astronauts fit it? This documentary film examines the history of women in space and aviation using historical documents and computer graphics. Amos Latteier is an interdisciplinary artist who builds machines and gives lectures.

Zip-line

Ride the lecture series zip-line. Take a 50 foot journey from one end of the warehouse to another. Daring lecture viewers can grab the handle and fly. We are not responsible for injuries.

Transportation Video Installation by Mark Kretzmeier

Visionary Mark Kretzmeier creates a six-monitor video installation examining vehicles and transportation in all their varieties and splendor.