Someone tweeted this today, and I thought you would like it.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has created a nighttime art installation made of bicycles all lit up.
On October 5, says Alice at the website My Modern Met, “Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei presented a new version of his incredible Forever Bicycles installation. As the centerpiece of this year’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, the all-night contemporary art event that takes over city streets, 3,144 bicycles, the most Weiwei has used of this work to date, were stacked 100 feet in length and 30 feet in height and depth in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square. This was the first time the installation has been displayed in an open air, public space. Since this was a night-time festival, it was spectacularly lit up with pink and blue lights.”
Check My Modern Met for a stunning array of photos, here.
Photo: http://www.mymodernmet.com
What’s not to love about a city-full of lit-up bicycles?
But who would ever think of it? That’s what I love about artists — the kooky visions the bring to the rest of us.