George barber house
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Inside the wacky, wonderful world of Alabama's George Barber
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Before I ever met him, I knew I'd like George Barber, a racecar driver and former owner of Barber's Dairy who erected giant sculptures of dinosaurs and a Stonehenge replica in the woods surrounding his Elberta marina. It just screamed "quirky!" which is the call of my people.
After writing about my trip to Elberta, I received an email inviting me to tour Barber's Birmingham creation, Barber Motorsports Park and the Vintage Motorsports Museum, home of more than 1,400 motorcycles, the world's largest collection as certified by Guinness World Records. Before the day was over, I would be taking my first-ever laps on a racetrack with a real-for-sure racecar driver behind the wheel as we passed Skittles-colored Porsches in a non-descript Honda Odyssey minivan.
This was one "odd-yssey" that was right up my alley.
Earlier that morning, when I entered the massive museum with its world-class displays that show the history of car- and motorcycle racing, I was gr
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2023 BFI NFT SOLO SCREENING entitled George Barber New Work at London Southbank 3rd May. Premiere of Mindwandering film.
2022 February. Mindwandering film finished, commissioned and funded by the Arts Council.
2022 Panel member at Live Visuals Book Launch Blue Room at the BFI Southbank Saturday 5 Nov. Author Steve Gibson. History of abstract video and rave culture, George Barber cited in book.
2022 22nd Oct George Barber in group show Paris at Fassiaty Videofund with Feiko Beckers Claude Cattelain, Laure Catugier, Moussa Sarr, John Wood & Paul Harrison.
Daata, the world’s premiere video art digital gallery, shows 5 of Barber’s works. At the launch, Barber interviewed by Gareth Evans, Moving Image Curator of the Whitechapel Gallery, the interview covered his career and his new work, The Mindset Suite.
2020 LUX released Barber’s new feature film, The Mindset Suite, and an interview recorded with Ben Cook on the LUX Player
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Fueled by Passion
1960s
George Barber’s zeal for speed ignited his vision for today’s museum. Having raced Porsches in the 1960s, Barber held an impressive track record—63 first place wins. A thriving business executive, Barber rediscovered his motorsports passion in 1988 and began collecting and restoring classic cars.
Shifting Gears
1988
Since the world’s best and largest car collections had already been established, Barber heeded some wise advice. His longtime friend Dave Hooper – a motorcycle enthusiast as well as the person who ran Barber’s delivery fleet for 27 years – suggested that Barber shift his focus from cars to motorcycles. Being a man of big dreams, Barber seized the opportunity to accomplish what no one else had done – build the world’s “best and largest” motorcycle collection.
2-Wheeled Marvels
1991
To help jumpstart Barber’s collection, Hooper suggested a trio of Honda V-Fours. He then gifted Barber with two of his own motorcycles. One of these bikes—a rare, exquisitely detailed 1952 Victoria Bergmeister—instantly
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