ON YOUR BIKE! CLOUSTON TAKES VIVID SYDNEY BY STORM - 28/5/2009
It started as a bit of fun and an opportunity for staff to throw design ideas around outside their comfort zone, but CLOUSTON’s installation in the Smart Light Sydney Festival, CYCLE!, has captured the city’s imagination, with visitors lining up to take a ride.
CYCLE! harnesses the power of human energy to illustrate how we could all do much more to reduce our consumption of electricity. Exercise bicycles built with recycled materials and modified with washing machine motors are pedalled by visitors to the installation to power five rings of LED lights suspended from the branches of a huge fig tree.
As urban designers and planners, we have a responsibility to build sustainability into our environment and CYCLE! highlights the need to embrace emerging technologies for use in the public realm.
The Light Walk featuring 25 light art installation by local and international artists runs nightly from Tuesday 26th May until Sunday 14th June with CYCLE! open for business between the hours of 6 and 9pm.
To view the installation, click here: www.youtube.com/watch or for more information, visit the Smart Light Festival website via our Links page.
See you there!
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