…since we produced a reCyculture project. We’re working on it & hope to do more soon. In the meantime, check out what we’ve previously done here & get in touch if you’d like to work with us here
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Firespring
The event unfortunately coincided with the incredible Storm Katie & wind speeds of 79.4 mph (the last recorded before the wind velocity measure broke!). Lots of people came & though the team valiantly struggled on against the elements, it was impossible to present the full show.
A celebration of the bicycle
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reCyculture is a celebration of the bicycle in all its forms and contexts. Painted or dressed to highlight the perfection of their design, the bikes are conspicuously hidden in the landscape. They are dada-esque in nature, surprising, unexpected and surreal interventions in the everyday.
FireSpring, 26 March, 6.30-9pm
reCyculture has evolved, working with Paul Bryce of Light Fires, for a pilot event at Cyclopark, FireSpring.
Created by reCyculture’s Artistic Director, FireSpring will be a fiery garden of delights including upcycled installations made from bikes, live music & bicycle pyrotechnic performances. FireSpring marks the turning of the clocks and welcomes back the spring.
Event Schedule:
6pm-6.30pm – FireSpring Bike Train gathers in Community Square, Gravesend. Light up your bike or come along to have a few lights put on your ride
6.30pm – The Bike Train heads off with the Strictly Cycling crew
6.30pm – Lighting up starts at Cyclopark
6.50pm – Bike Train arrives
7pm – Pyrotechnic & installation performances start & then every 20 minutes until
9pm – Final performance & close
Location map: http://bit.ly/1S1QkPL
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FireSpring, 26 March 2016, 6.30-9pm
reCyculture has evolved, working with Paul Bryce of Light Fires, for a pilot event at Cyclopark, FireSpring.
Created by reCyculture’s Artistic Director, FireSpring will be a fiery garden of delights including upcycled installations made from bikes, live music & bicycle pyrotechnic performances. FireSpring marks the turning of the clocks and welcomes back the spring. Read More: Event Schedule
Location map: http://bit.ly/1S1QkPL
Coming up in 2016
FireSpring, welcoming back the summer, 26 March 2016 at Cyclopark, near Gravesend Kent. More info soon…
Night Bikes @ SHINE On London Road, Brighton 2013/14
The reCyculture team created an epic installation on the roof of the World’s End pub – Night Bikes – as part of SHINE On London Road. The installation was commissioned by Brighton & Hove City Council and Portas Pilot regeneration scheme as alternative Xmas lights and was in place December 2013 to January 2014, surviving the festive season’s storms and 90mph gale force winds.
The SHINE On bikes were rescued from the gardens of several local people.
Dahlan’s Sister’s Raleigh
Max’s BMX
Foz’s Mountain Bike
Sarah’s Boneshaker
Green Horses, Putney Leisure Centre
Hot on the heels of the success of Green Horses in Wandsworth Arts Festival, Wandsworth Council and Mayor of London Presents commissioned reCyculture to create an installation for the roof of Putney Leisure Centre, along the root of the London Olympic Cycling Road Race.
Green Horses on the Wall, Wandsworth Arts Festival 2012
In 2012, the project returned to Roehampton, and Wandsworth Arts Festival, to embrace the wonderful notion of Green Horses on the Wall and impossible dreams, with more impossible and improbable recycled bike installations around the estate. Performance poet Chris Paradox was commissioned to create a short spoken word piece about ridiculous ideas and what crazy dreams mean for the local community.
Performance Parking, Wandsworth Arts Festival 2011
In 2011, Wandsworth Arts Festival approached Creative Producer, Karen Poley, to run a project on the Alton Estate in Roehampton. A number of bikes were painted and installed around the estate as part of a Bicycle Ballet workshop and performance project, during the festival.
Watching the bikes being installed above Roehampton Library, a local resident came up laughing that the installations reminded him of a saying in his country, Romania, ‘Green Horses on the Wall.’ When you see green horses on the wall, you’re dreaming of incredible or impossible ideas, as in ‘a pipe dream’ or ‘when pigs might fly.’