12.08.2008

tate britain's green tree


Make Your Own Xmas source and more info HERE
"...This year's creation by Bob & Roberta Smith has an ecological and recycling theme. Called "Make Your Own Xmas", it's big, ramshackle wooden structure made of recycled materials, including sandwich boards, tape, signs and an oil drum. Eight bicycles of various sizes have been fixed to stands around the "trunk" (bottom), each holding a generator that is connected to a set of light bulbs that decorate the tree. When happy children and chuckling adults hop on the bikes and pedal hard, the lights go on..."
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