When Dan Watters rides down the road, he's used to getting questions from the people he passes.
And the questions are warranted. Mr Watters' homemade bike, The Electric Shadow, is unlike any other mode of transport.
Complete with two seats from Electric Shadows cinema, which closed its doors in 2006, it's certainly a comfortable way to travel. Plus it has the ability to project films.
Not only is Mr Watters' two-person bike a functional mode of transport, but it also has a built-in, peddle-powered film projector and sound system, created especially for a two-night movie night in Dickson.
Funded by a City Renewal Authority grant, Saturday and Friday will see Mr Watters ride the bike path between Challis and Cowper Streets in Dickson, before projecting a film via pedal-power.
"This bike will be in track stands that have electric scooter motors attached to them and when you pedal, it will generate electricity that will run the projector and sound system," he said.
"Most people will just be enjoying the movie from a deck chair. I'm calling for volunteers, anyone who comes to volunteer to sit in one of the cinema chairs and pedal the generator unit.
"Anyone who volunteers to ride the popcorn and jaffas are on me."
Mr Watters chose not to put a battery in the pedal-powered bike because he wanted people to understand how much effort goes into generating electricity.
This means that while those who are pedalling on the night can take a break, if both stopped the film would cut out after about 10 seconds as that's was the charge the capacitor could hold.
"It's not that taxing. One person can power the unit but it's a lot more comfortable with two and then it allows people to switch in and out if someone is getting tired and needs a break," Mr Watters said.
"One of the aims of the project is to get people thinking about renewable energy and carbon emissions and what we can do to reduce our carbon emissions."
It's for this reason that a lot of the bike has been made with recycled materials.
The chassis itself was once an amphibious couch bike - which was also made from recycled materials - that Mr Watters once rode around and on Lake Burley Griffin.
Other repurposed components include electric scooter motors with the polarity reversed so they generate energy, an old roadwork sign used to help construct the cinema casing, and of course, the old Electric Shadows cinema seats.
Playing into the bike's renewable nature, Saturday's film will be the documentary 2040 which asks the question where could we be in two decades if we used existing technologies now to address the climate challenge. The documentary will follow a performance by local musician Rafe Morris.
Friday's film - which was originally scheduled to show on October 31 before being rescheduled due to bad weather - will be Electric Shadows: Story of a Cinema, a documentary made about the Canberra movie theatre that the bike got its seats from. Canberra band The Cashews will also perform on the night.
