Baltimore’s wacky Kinetic Sculpture Race, an iconic event that couldn’t be held as usual last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, is back for 2021 but with a major change in format.
“Honey, I Shrunk the Kinetic Sculpture Race” is the theme for the 2021 version, in which small-scale models will replace the normally huge contraptions powered by costume-clad creators directing them across roads and water. The mini-race will be live-streamed over the Internet.
The “Mini-Kinetic” will be held on Saturday May 1 at 11 a.m., and as always is a production of the American Visionary Art Museum. According to museum guidelines, sculpture-vehicles can be no taller than 13 inches and must have a cord attached so they can be pulled through obstacles.
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