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Parts from discarded bikes find new purpose in the hands of Carolina Fontoura Alzaga, who turns them into rather gothic-looking chandeliers. Just as impressive as her creations is the way the artist explains their symbolism: "The traditional chandelier is seen as a bourgeois commodity, a cachet of
affluence, excess, and as such power. The recycled bicycle parts become
a representation of the dismissed, invisible, and powerless, but are
also an affirmation of self-propelled movement. The bicycle chandelier
thereby creates a new third meaning of reclaimed agency" (story, photos, video):
http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/facaro-recycled-bicycle-chandeliers/
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