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Young audience members dancing beside bicycles on stands in front of a loudspeaker stack and a Reaction Bike Power banner — the press photograph accompanying the Telegraph & Argus preview of Bradford's pedal-powered cinema
Press photograph accompanying the Telegraph & Argus preview of the Bradford event; the banner names Reaction Bike Power, a UK pedal-power hire company Photo: Telegraph & Argus (thetelegraphandargus.co.uk) — via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

Bent Architect ("Pedal Powered Pictures")

United Kingdom, Bradford · Festival or event

Active last verified 2026-09 Active as a staged event: one documented run, 28–29 March 2025; no earlier or later dated staging was found.
Topology not documented
not disclosedNot disclosed
  • Single source, medium confidence

Websitehttp://www.bentarchitect.co.uk

Bent Architect staged "Pedal Powered Pictures", a two-day pedal-powered pop-up cinema at Bradford's Oastler Market on 28–29 March 2025. The theatre and events company ran it with Bradford Capital of Cycling in the city's year as UK Capital of Cycling.

Key facts

  • Event dates

    28–29 March 20251

    Documented

  • Format

    100% human-powered pop-up cinema1

    Documented

  • Mechanism

    Stationary bikes, raised rear wheel driving a dynamo1

    Documented

  • Partnership

    Staged with Bradford Capital of Cycling1

    Documented

Local coverage describes the drive as "bike generators": the bike stays stationary, its back wheel raised off the ground and connected to a motor described as a dynamo, and the company billed the event as "100% human powered" 1. Neither the coverage nor the company's own site names the projector or screen used 1.

Specifications

What do these labels mean?

FieldValueConfidenceSources
Event dates28–29 March 2025 Oastler Market, BradfordDocumented1
Fleet sizenot disclosedCoverage describes the drive mechanism (a raised rear wheel turning a dynamo) but not a bike count.Not disclosed1
Power format100% human poweredDocumented1
Buffering / storagenot disclosedNot disclosed1
Line drawing of bicycles with raised rear wheels driving generator dynamos, as used for Pedal Powered Pictures
Bike-generator dynamos on raised rear wheels1 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
Map of northern England marking Bradford with an active event badge
Bradford1 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus

Sources

  1. [1]Telegraph & Argus — Pedal powered cinema is coming to Bradfordwww.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

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