walking tour (7) recycles

Artwork Title: Recycles, 2001

Project Title: Beaver Hills House Park Millennium Playful Art Project

Artists: Lynn Malin & Elizabeth Bowering Beauchamp

Location: Beaver Hills House Park (Jasper Avenue & 105 Street)

Scope of Competition Call: Capital Region Artists & Designers Announced Dec. 19, 00

Artist and Designer Submissions Received: 14

Commission Awarded: $45,000.00

Materials Used: Found Objects, Welded and Powder Coated

Contributing Partner: North American Construction Group


© 2001 The Places, Recycles by Lynn Malin & Elizabeth Bowering Beauchamp

Artwork Description: Consists of five stationary bicycles topped with poles and whirligigs, which are operated by pedaling. The bikes are constructed out of found iron objects such as bedsteads, gates, balcony railings and fabricated iron and steel components as well as actual bike parts. Artists Beauchamp and Malin envisioned "an interactive, kinetic sculpture celebrating a lively and festive downtown."

Sponsoring Partners: The Carol A. Gouin Fund, City of Edmonton Community Services Department, Neighbourhood Park Development Program

The Places Founding and Ongoing Partners:  Edmonton Journal, The City of Edmonton, Downtown Business Association, The Edmonton Business Council for Visual Arts

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