Bike Church
Artists
Joe O'Connell, Blessing HancockCollections
Pima Association of Governments-Teaching Artist Grant, Tucson and Pima County Public Art Collection
Artists
Joe O'Connell, Blessing HancockCollections
Pima Association of Governments-Teaching Artist Grant, Tucson and Pima County Public Art Collection
Dates
- Installed, 2009
Description
Bike Church is a walk-in metal sculpture made from recycled bike parts arranged into geometric forms that borrow from the religious iconography of Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Native American faiths. ‘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 co...
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Location
Main Ave. & N. Granada Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
United States
Tucson, AZ 85705
United States
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