The Installations

Posted on July 18, 2012 by kpoley

The reCyculture, sculptural installations will be installed in locations across Kent during August.

The installations will be in two parts:

Physical installations on walls, rooftops, poles, fences and bike parking racks, among other places.

And,

Virtual installations, where your stories and experiences of cycling, and the epic poems created in workshops, will digitally accompany the installations. You will be able to read, listen and see them through a QR code or website address at each location.

Here’s one we made earlier: Chris Paradox’s poem about Green Horses on the Wall and impossible dreams on The Alton Estate in Wandsworth.

A QR code is a type of bar code, which will take you to a web page. Until now, they have mostly been used for managing stock in warehouses and in advertising. More information and how to use QR codes here: http://www.whatisaqrcode.co.uk/

OR, go to this web address: http://soundcloud.com/green-horses-on-the-wall/green-horses-on-the-wall-2

Stop Animation Film

Posted on July 17, 2012 by kpoley

Apparently its possible to park 20 bikes into one car parking space.

Join us in Cyclopark’s car park to help us find out if this is true. Bring your bike and take part in a stop animation film of everyone giving it a go.

Tell Us Your Stories

Posted on July 17, 2012 by kpoley

What do you like about cycling? Cycling is great

Tell us about your bike? David loves his bike

Whats the worst thing about cycling? Traffic

Ever had a crash? Ouch!

Ever had a bike stolen? Missing…

How would you describe your relationship with your bike?

Do you remember learning to ride? Learning to fly

Tall Story Number 1

West Kent

Posted on July 17, 2012 by kpoley

to be confirmed…..

Why Paint Bikes?

Posted on July 17, 2012 by kpoley

There are over 20 million bikes in the UK, but only 6 million of them are ridden on a regular basis. We’re going to transform some of those 14 million that are lying around quietly melting into rust, into icons adorning the buildings and roads of Kent.

The Greatest Invention of All Time

‘Painting a bike lets you truly appreciate the perfection of its design‘ Karen Poley, Creative Producer

The One Minute Paint Job from reCyculture on Vimeo.

So, its 2 coats – a primer and paint – to transform our unused rust bucket from sawdust to star!

Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man

Posted on July 12, 2012 by kpoley

Inspired by cycling… & this:

As read by Shakespeare…. with an American accent!

All the World’s a Stage

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.