Bicycle Obelisk

340 bicycles and 1 tricycle later, you too can have a 65’ tall obelisk, from Wired online…

California Artists Build Obelisk Out of Bicycles

By Dylan F. Tweney  September 8, 2010

Northern California artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector built a 65-foot-tall, 10,000-pound obelisk out of around 340 bicycles — and one tricycle.

The monumental sculpture, called “Cyclisk,” has been installed on a streetcorner in Santa Rosa, California. Perhaps ironically, given its composition, the obelisk is right in the midst of a bunch of auto dealerships.

A tribute to the way car culture has sacrificed more eco-friendly bicycle culture? A memento mori for industrial civilization? A reminder that riding your bicycle is both healthier and cheaper than driving a car?

Not necessarily any of the above, says Grieve.

Read on here.