| art.description.summary | This video paper is about a 60 minutes artistic performance on an indoor trainer for bicycle. The video documentation is interspersed with reflections, quotes, and theoretical perspectives on subject matter. The video displayed is an edited version of the whole performance, approx. 12 minutes.
The Hour Record for bicycle is about to ride as long distance as possible in one hour on a velodrome. An hour record attempt demands performing on the edge of physical and mental capacity, and in order to beat the record the athlete has to prepare for months and years. As a simulacrum for such an attempt, as of 15th December 2015 at the A-Venue in Gothenburg, the composer, improviser, and in this case cyclist, Per Anders Nilsson challenged himself to cycle on an indoor trainer for 60 minutes at his lactate threshold: an average heart rate of 180 bpm. Video snippets from previous “real” attempts, as well as his heart bpm was displayed and used in the live electronic music that accompanied the event. Nilsson succeeded to meet his challenge, averaging 181 bpm during 60 minutes. Video: Erik Jeppsson; music: Palle Dahlstedt and Olle Petersson; other voice over: Gino Robair. | sv |
