Bike Church
title: Bike Church
artist: Hancock, O’Connell
date: 2009
location: Barrio Anita Neighborhood, Tucson, AZ
medium: powder coated steel, bicycle parts, acrylic, LED lighting, solar panel
dimensions: 12’ x 12’ x 22’
budget: $50,000
commissioning agency: Pima Association of Governments-Teaching Artist Grant, TPAC
project manager: Sally Krommes
Blessing and Joe lead a group of high school students to create a permanent art piece for downtown Tucson titled ‘Bike Church’. The Bike Church is a walk-in metal sculpture made from recycled bike parts arranged into geometric forms, alluding to the symmetry inherent to religious buildings. The sculpture is a memorial to fallen cyclists and community celebration space. Stained glass windows cast colors onto the white structure while solar lights illuminate the building at night. Bike chimes hang like organ pipes and give the sculpture an interactive twist, as visitors can play the chimes and fill the surrounding area with sound. Shrines allow visitors to contribute to the sculpture, as they can place pictures or other mementos at the memorial.
artist: Hancock, O’Connell
date: 2009
location: Barrio Anita Neighborhood, Tucson, AZ
medium: powder coated steel, bicycle parts, acrylic, LED lighting, solar panel
dimensions: 12’ x 12’ x 22’
budget: $50,000
commissioning agency: Pima Association of Governments-Teaching Artist Grant, TPAC
project manager: Sally Krommes
Blessing and Joe lead a group of high school students to create a permanent art piece for downtown Tucson titled ‘Bike Church’. The Bike Church is a walk-in metal sculpture made from recycled bike parts arranged into geometric forms, alluding to the symmetry inherent to religious buildings. The sculpture is a memorial to fallen cyclists and community celebration space. Stained glass windows cast colors onto the white structure while solar lights illuminate the building at night. Bike chimes hang like organ pipes and give the sculpture an interactive twist, as visitors can play the chimes and fill the surrounding area with sound. Shrines allow visitors to contribute to the sculpture, as they can place pictures or other mementos at the memorial.
