ARTISTS CAN'T RIDE BIKES! IMAGES

As part of Situation Leeds 07 No Fixed Abode teamed up with Leeds MAG to develop and execute a project. Motorcycle Action Group, formed in 1973, is a voluntary organisation focused on defending rider’s rights, and improving motorcycle safety and security.

To increase motorcycle awareness, Leeds MAG organised a procession of motorcycles to pass through Leeds city centre on Saturday 19th May. No Fixed Abode joined MAG to film the procession and explore, beyond the boundaries of the organisation itself, the love of, and passion for, motorcycling.

Footage of the procession, interviews and stills combined to create a documentary that looks beyond the biker stereotype, giving an insight into the heart and soul of motorcycling. The documentary was screened to the general public and representatives from local government, motorcycle organistions and art sectors on Saturday 26th May.

The project initially took the form of a series of meetings with Leeds MAG to share ideas on activism, politics and recreation in a collective that operates within multiple and varied networks. In working with a city activist group, No Fixed Abode offered itself as a vehicle for raising awareness of MAG’s aims through public performance and, in doing so, disseminate and critique art and activism within the public realm through a process of agreed relational co-operation, between NFA and MAG.