EVENT CALENDAR

 
The Dreams on Wheels Exhibition is open Tuesday-Sunday from 10 am - 4 pm from 3 May until 1 June.

Calendar for May

Saturday 3 May 
11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for People"   About Jan Gehl, who shares his ideas on how we conduct ourselves in cities and how our senses of sight, hearing, speaking and feeling respond to them. 2000, 57 min. Director: Lars Mortensen

Sunday 4 May
12:30 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

Thursday 8 May:
12.30 pm: The Film "Cities for People" . 

Friday 9 May:
12:30 pm: The Film "The Impossible Hour"   A concentrated study of Ole Ritter’s attempt to recapture the most compelling and most difficult record in professional cycling: a one-hour, one-man race on a track in Mexico City. 1975, 45 min Director: Jørgen Leth

Saturday 10 May:
11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

2.30 pm: The Film "Overcoming"   A film that provides a penetrating insight into the closed world of professional cycling. The film follows Bjarne Riis and his team CSC as they strive for the impossible: to win Tour de France. 2005, 106 min. Director: Tómas Gislason

Sunday 11 May
11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for People"  

2.30 pm: The Film "Stars and Water Carriers"  The film shows the Giro d’Italia as classical theatre whose heroes evoke classical virtues, like those of mythology. 1974, 93 min. Directed by Jørgen Leth

Wednesday 14 May
5 pm: Speaker Todd Rohl, Managing Director for NCA Planning & Urban Design will talk about sustainable planning in the National Capital.

Thursday 15 May
12:30 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

5 pm: Speaker Stephen Hodge A six time Tour de France finisher and Australian Olympic cyclist will share his own cycling experiences as an introduction to the movie "A Sunday in Hell" 

Friday 16 May
12:30 pm: The Film "Stars and Water Carriers" 

Saturday 17 May 
Community Day 10 am - 2 pm

11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

2.30 pm: The Film "A Sunday in Hell" A powerful portrayal of one of the toughest cycling races in the world – the Paris-Roubaix race. 1976, 111 min. Directed by: Jørgen Leth

Sunday 18 May
11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

2.30 pm: The Film "Fun-Cycle Trip in Denmark"   Road movie-dogma style – looking at Danish bicycle culture. From the man who rides his bike to buy fish, to bike innovators in Copenhagen. 2002, 28 min. Director: Henrik Ljungquist 

Wednesday 21 May
5 pm: Speaker Dr Rod Katz, former President of the Australian Bicycle Federation and board member of the Amy Gillett Foundation will talk about the cultural differences between Denmark and Australia in terms of bicycle use and attitudes to bicycle safety.

Thursday 22 May
12:30 pm: The Film "Cities for People"

5 pm: Speaker Professor Poul Tranter, University of New South Wales will talk about the ‘effective speed’ of cyclists and on why giving priority to cyclists is likely to provide a better return on transport systems investment.

Friday 23 May
12:30 pm: The Film "The Impossible Hour" 

Saturday 24 May
11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

2.30 pm: The Film "Overcoming"

Sunday 25 May
11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

2.30 pm: The Film "Stars and Water Carriers"

Wednesday 28 May
5 pm: Speaker Professor Mads Gaardboe, Head of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of South Australia will discuss whether bicycles fit naturally within the urban environment.

Thursday 29 May
12:30 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

5 pm: Speaker Henriette Mortensen, Associate of Gehl Architects, Copenhagen, specialises in Public Spaces and Public Life Research and will talk about the design of liveable cities, especially in the Australian context where Gehl Architects have undertaken projects in both Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Friday 30 May
12:30 pm: The Film "Impossible Hour"

Saturday 31 May
11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for People" 

2.30 pm: The Film  "A Sunday in Hell"

Sunday 1 June
11 am & 1 pm: The Film "Cities for people" 

2.30 pm: The Film "Fun-Cycle Trip in Denmark" 
 
The Dreams on Wheels Exhibition closes at 4 pm