Visionaries
Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger are kindred souls with a bond built on a love of motorcycles and an insatiable curiosity about the world around them. In 2011, they founded ARCH Motorcycle to reimagine what a motorcycle could be. To them, ARCH is a mindset, a lens through which to see the world. This is a journey of curiosity, to understand where human creativity comes from and to shine a light on the visionaries who are pushing the bounds of innovation and changing our world.
Episodes
On their journey to understand where human creativity comes from, Keanu and Gard meet aerospace pioneer Tim Ellis. The founder of Relativity Space, Tim's innovative thinking just might help humans to colonize Mars. He reveals the revolutionary technology he has developed to print 3D rockets, and brings Keanu and Gard inside the control room to witness a launch.
Keanu and Gard get the adventure they're seeking on a trip into the Arizona desert to visit famed artist James Turrell's magnum opus: the Roden Crater. They are offered unprecedented access to this mysterious work, exploring the tunnels and chambers that Turrell has spent more than 40 years creating. The experience offers deep insight into the use of light and space, and how we as humans perceive the world all around us.
Keau and Gard visit Omar Bailey in his FCTRY LAb studio to understand how he innovates footwear design. Omar has designed and created sneakers for everyone from NLE Choppa to Miami Dolphin Jalen Ramsey. Today, Omar and the guys are dreaming up an ARCH motorcycle boot.
As Keanu and Gard continue the search for the answer to where human creativity comes from, they travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia to meet Igor Akrapovič. Akrapovič is an elite exhaust manufacturer who is the stuff of MotoGP legend. Now, he is also the man responsible for working on the exhaust system for ARCH's new motorcycle project.
Keanu and Gard meet Paige Bradley, a world-famous sculptor who destroyed her own art in order to create something new. Paige reveals her centuries-old process working with bronze and fire to craft her work at the foundry. She visits ARCH to showcase her process, sculpting a piece inspired by the feeling of riding a motorcycle.
In their pursuit of discovering the origins of human creativity, Keanu and Gard meet with Mattie Rodrigue. Mattie is the lead of scientific research on a vessel called the OceanXplorer, a ship funded by director James Cameron and billionaire Ray Dalio that contains the world's most high-tech oceanic research equipment. Mattie's work reveals how the natural world can inspire everything we do.
In Keanu and Gard's search for inspiration they discover one of the most creative and prolific architects on Earth: Kjetil Thorsen. As the founder of Snohetta, Kjetil pushes the limits of art and architecture with projects like the world's largest underwater restaurant and an opera house that plunges into the sea. Both are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Snohetta's design and imagination.
« Previous Ep. The ARCH journey is all about curiosity - attempting to understand how inspiration strikes. On a journey around the world, Keanu and Gard met with visionaries who offered insight into that question, revealing lessons about human creativity. Along the way, they collected innovative tools created by mavericks that will now be revealed at ARCH HQ.
