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Forever Bicycles is an installation piece consisting of thousands of
bicycles welded together. Many of the frames are stacked in parallel, side
by side, creating a dynamic visual depth, as if the bicycles are fading in
and out ad infinitum. Visually, the varying depths and multiple bicycle
orientations from floor to ceiling blur the perceptions of a beginning
and end, a start and stop. It is like you are visualizing one still moment
in time of a piece which, perceptually, has been and will continue to
move a grow once time moves again.
The work represents a commentary on the many rapid cultural shifts
occurring in China as its economic growth proliferates and it adapts
to a global market based on Western rules. With a growing middle
class and increasing car ownership, the bicycle, once a major form of
transportation, is giving way to the automobile. From 2002-2008 China
saw it’s car ownership levels more than double to 37 vehicles per 1000
people. By 2030, that level could see an increase seven fold to 237 cars
per 1000 people.
Dominick Gallegos [dominick@archilepsymagazine.com]
> Forever Bicycles
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