FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bike (Ph)ix: Stripped bicycles being faux-fixed on
the streets of Philadelphia by local artist Corrina Mehiel
Bicycles that have been locked to bike racks
throughout the city are regularly stripped of their wheels, seats and
handlebars. These bike frames end
up staying locked to racks for months and sometimes years.
This summer Philadelphia based emerging artist
Corrina Mehiel has been ‘fixing’ these stripped bikes by replacing the missing
parts with non-functional parts, to give the members of the community a
different experience and new way to view no-longer-functional objects in public
spaces, as well as to suggest new approaches to ‘fix’ broken objects on our
city streets in new creative ways.
“Fixed” bikes can be found throughout center
city, but for a limited time only!
As announced last month in the
Philadelphia Inquirer, the mayor’s office is sending a task force to remove
and recycle these stripped, abandoned bicycles on July 23, 2012.
To see bikes that are a part of the Bike (Ph)ix
project, and to meet the artist, contact Corrina Mehiel at
corrinamehiel@gmail.com
Bikes are currently installed and ready for
viewing and documentation at:
Broad and Lombard (SW corner)
Pine between 15th and Broad (North
side)
Pine between 9th and 8th
(South side)
Walnut and 18th Street
Spruce and 13th Street
Lombard and 16th Street
15th between Pine and Lombard (West
side)
12th and Vine (West side)
11th and Appletree
11th and Cherry
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