SPIN - Public Art Project
From February 18 - 25, 2007 the world's top
professional bicyclists will compete over 8 day in the AMGEN tour of California
bike race.
This 700-mile race willtake these competitors through several California
coastal cities, starting in Sausalito and ending Long Beach.
To celebrate the City of Long Beaches participation
in the Amgen Tour of California, the Arts Council for
Long Beach presents SPIN, a temporary public art outdoor
extravaganza the embraces the world of cycling.
The
Arts Council for Long Beach (ACLB) in collaboration with the City of Long
Beach
Redevelopment Agency has commissioned 30 artists
and artists teams to create exceptional
sculptures for SPIN. Using bikes for from the Long Beach police property yard.
To celebrate the essence and energy of the
AMGEN Tour of California ,
the Long Beach council for the Arts
will accentuatea main corridor of the the bike route with these one of a kind
bike sculptures.
The Long Beach course will run along Shoreline Drive, up Alamitos Avenue, and
down Ocean Blvd. to Redondo Avenue.
SPIN PROJECTS PERMANENT
HOMES
THE DA VINCI HOAX BICYCLE CAN BE FOUND AT:
daVinci Ristorante | 2801 East Spring Street, 3rd Floor Long Beach, California
90806 | (562) 685-8111
THE VELOCIPEDE BICYCLE CAN BE FOUND AT:
Long Beach City Hall 333 W. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802
Once again, Rick Frausto and I have joined up as a team to participate
in this public art project.
We are creating 2 sculptures. These sculptures will be installed around Feb.
1st around the Long Beach route of the race.
We are in progress right now with this project - here are a
couple images. We took 6 bikes from the property yard and completely
disassembled them. We will now begin the process of reassembling them to follow
the design we created.
In PROGRESS PHOTOS
Left: Velocipede BoneShaker BicycleParts Right: DaVinci Bicycle seat
Left: Velocipede City Seat Right: Da Vinci Bicycle Sign
FINAL ARTWORK RIGHT BEFORE INSTALLATION ON BASE
