-
AllAnytime Fitness Gym Art Beer Of The Week Blog Bus Fares Bus Service Business Business Expo C2C Care Care Home Charity Children Christmas Cinema City Status Cliffs Pavilion Cliffs Pavilion Review Cocktail Recipes College Community Competition Construction Coronation Coronavirus Dannielle Emery Design Easter Education Emma Smith Employment Emsella Chair Environment Essex & Suffolk Water News Essex Police Essex Wildlife Trust News Events Family Fun Fashion Festival Film Finance Fitness Food Food & Drink Football Foulness Bike Ride Fresh Face Pillow Company Gardening General Election Hair & Beauty Halloween Harp Havens Hospice Havens Hospices Havens Hospices Health & Fitness Health & Beauty Health & Fitness Healthwatch Southend Historicaleigh History Holidays Housing Indian Indirock Jubilee Karen Harvey Conran Kids Kids Blogs Kids Competitions Kids Reviews Lazydays Festival Legal Legal Eagle Leigh Art Trail Leigh Folk Festival Leigh Library Leigh On Sea Finds Leigh Road Leigh Town Council Leigh Town Council Press Release Leigh on Sea Leigh on Sea Sounds Leigh on sea Folk Festival Leigh on sea Town Council Leigh on sea man breaks marathon record Leigh on sea news Lifestyle Livewell Southend Press Release LoS Shop London London Southend Airport Los Shop Marathon Melinda Giles Mortgage Angel blog Mortgages Motherofalloutings Mughal Dynasty Music My Mortgage Angel MyLoS NHS News News Newsletter Offers Outfit Of The Week Palace Theatre Parenting Parking Pets Picture Of The Week Pier Politics Press Release Press Release Southend City Council Professional Property Property Of The Week RSPCA Ray Morgan Re:loved Recipes Recycling Restaurant Restaurant Review Restaurants Review Roads Rotary Club Royal Hotel Royal Visit SAVS Schools Seafront Shopping Shows & Music Review Shows & Music Shows & Music Review Southend Southend Airport Southend Borough Council Press Release Southend City Bid News Southend City Council Southend City Council Press Release Southend City Council Press Release Southend Community Safety Southend Hospital News Southend In Sight Southend In Sight Southend In Sight Press Release Southend on Sea Sport The Mortgage Mum The One Love Project The Ship Hotel Theatre Theatre Blog Theatre Review Theatre review Transport Travel Veolia Village Green Volunteer Weddings Whats On
Cycle sculpture takes centre stage at Village Green Festival
Students at South Essex College have worked with artist Nik Ramage to create a moving sculpture, made of recycled bikes, which will be on display in the ForwardMotion area at the Village Green Festival.
The sculpture was created at Metal in Chalkwell Hall, by using the frames, wheels and pedals of recycled bikes. The final design aims to encourage people to think differently about the way they travel around south Essex.
By working on the sculpture together, the workshops were designed to foster a sense of community, inviting participants to think about sustainability and the environmental impact of people’s current travel habits.
The work was created in conjunction with ForwardMotion, an initiative which aims to reduce the reliance on cars in the region, and promote alternative travel methods, such as cycling, walking and public transport.
Cllr Ron Woodley, cabinet member for transport, capital and inward investment, said: “It’s great that so many young people lent their creative minds to this project and helped design a sculpture that encourages all of us to think carefully about how we travel on a daily basis.
“The levels of pollution and congestion in south Essex are two of our most important priorities, which is why we created our ForwardMotion campaign to help people think more about how they can use more sustainable methods to get to work, training or education. We hope this sculpture will serve as a useful conversation starter.”
Nik Ramage, whose previous work has been displayed at The Fine Art Society, said: “As artists, we have a responsibility to reflect the concerns of society and spark considered and informed debate. We hope that the interactive sculpture created for Village Green will be fun to use and contribute to the conversations around today’s climate emergency and impact festival-goers to think more about what they can do to improve the world we all live in.”
Velda Pond, who is currently studying for a BA in Fine Art at South Essex College and was involved in creating the sculpture, added: "The experience was engaging, innovative, thought provoking and fun. It has left a lasting impression and I am very happy that I participated and am grateful to have had the opportunity to take part."
The sculpture will be unveiled at the Village Green Festival this weekend.
ADD A COMMENT
Note: If comment section is not showing please log in to Facebook in another browser tab and refresh.