Story Cycle
Please note: As of February 2023, the Story Cycle has been retired. A storytelling group on UF’s campus currently owns the body of the Story Cycle with the intention that they will use it for student storytelling. If you see the Story Cycle out and about, we encourage you to share your story, however we are no longer involved with its operation.
We’re excited to announce our latest innovation in storytelling… the Story Cycle! This is Gainesville’s first, and possibly the world’s first, Storytelling Bicycle! Self Narrate will be biking this out to different events in the future in downtown Gainesville and we’ll be capturing our city’s stories!
The Story Cycle is essentially a room on wheels. Our storytellers will step into the bike and share their story. A camera has been built into the Story Cycle, which will record the story. Our goal is to create a library of Gainesville’s stories!
And a huge thank you to Alyson Larson. Alyson conceived of the bike, proposed it to Self Narrate, and went out and made it happen. This truly would not exist without her vision and direction. She built this with Gainesville in mind and actually had a number of different members of the community involved in its production, including the Freewheel Project, Joel Hackman, Jesus Martinez and Lyon Duong! Thank you all for your contributions!
And if you are running an event and want the Story Cycle there, let us know! info@selfnarrate.com
The Story Cycle was featured in the UF Homecoming Parade n 2019 alongside the City of Gainesville’s “Gainesville150!” float
STORIES
GAINESVILLE150 STORIES
From 2019-2020 the City of Gainesville engaged in Gainesville150! to commemorate the 150th anniversary of its incorporation.
We recorded nearly 100 stories over the course of the year as part of the Gainesville150 project. Click here to watch them all!
TEDxUF 2019 STORIES
We captured nearly 40 stories at TEDxUF 2019! Click here to hear them all, as we release them!
Decolonizing Representations
The Story Cycle has been used to capture many stories for the Decolonizing Representations series at UF.
