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The end for bike thieves
Posted Sep 14, 2008
We’re definitely feeling a bike moment right now. Perhaps it the price of the oil, winter fashion that is exceptionally suited to hopping on one’s saddle or the fact it’s the only way we know how to mix fitness with pleasure. Anyway – we’ve just cycled past the artist, Laura Domela’s site and felt a sudden spurt of inspiration after seeing her photography.
In a project entitled "Fietsen Amsterdam’", Domela, over a period of a month, photgraphed bicycle commuters from an upstairs apartment in Marnixstraat, Amsterdam. The aerial shots allow the viewer to get a more intimate glance at the cyclists as they unwittingly go about their daily lives. Capturing all manner of subjects, the innocent shots make car travel look extremely jaded.
Domela's latest project is a portrait series about Gridwood Alaska, which in a similar style captures the innocence and character of daily life. Overtake on to www.domela.com
Back in the cycle lane - the images immediately got us thinking about being back in the saddle until we remembered the usual horrors of bike theft. A clever invention however may bring an end to this boring fact of life in the form of a cardboard bike.
We’ve seen cardboard sculptures courtesy of Chris Gilmour before but never one that actually functioned. Phil Bridge, the artist behind the invention pondered a lot on the statistic that a bicycle is stolen every seventy-one seconds in the UK and so decided to do something about it.
Welcome then to the cardboard bike. Bridge hopes it will encourage people to get out of their cars and onto their bikes whilst discouraging theft. Here’s hoping.
Source: www.domela.com
Photo Credit: Laura Domela
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