BICICLETTATA “BLACK MAMBA” con visita al Museo africano

BICICLETTATA “BLACK MAMBA” con visita al Museo africano, in collaborazione con Fiab Verona Amici della Bicicletta.

Domenica 17 Novembre ore 14.30

Partenza dalla sede FIAB, Piazza  Santo Spirito, 13 – Verona.

In caso di maltempo appuntamento alle 15.30 direttamente al Museo africano, Vicolo Pozzo 1 – VR

Chi conosce black mamba? In Africa tutti sanno cos’è.

Con questo breve tour di un’ora pedalando fino ad arrivare al Museo africano, andiamo alla scoperta non solo del black mamba, ma anche di chi lo fa rivivere attraverso le sue opere.

Diventato noto al pubblico per la fortunata serie di occhiali  – C-Stunner – , Cyrus Kabiru è presente oggi in diverse collezioni permanenti di musei e gallerie in Europa e nel mondo.

La mostra, allestita al Museo, è una rivisitazione della suddetta serie con una selezione di opere, tra le più interessanti, che l’artista indossa riproponendole su supporto fotografico.

Negli ultimi anni Kabiru si è cimentato nella creazione di installazioni scultoree più grandi, come la sua serie ispirata alla bicicletta intitolata: Black Mamba, che è il termine colloquiale per le biciclette a cambio fisso che hanno raggiunto uno status iconico in Kenya come mezzo di trasporto economico e popolare, soppiantate in tutto il continente africano da scooter e moto a basso costo.

In memoria di queste amate biciclette, Kabiru ricostruisce i telai e le parti scartate e obsolete, trasformandole in assemblaggi scultorei unici che celebrano la forma e la (non) funzione della bicicletta, mentre continua la narrazione culturale keniana del “Black Mamba”, a cui è dedicata la BICICLETTATA e la visione del cortometraggio di Kabiru, The end of the black mamba, sempre all’interno del Museo.

FIAB

Fiab Verona Amici della Bicicletta onlus is a cycling association founded in 1982, with about 1700 members. Fiab promotes active mobility in the cities: more pedestrians, more bikes, more public transport, fewer private cars. Our simple proposals dedicated to the common good have been adopted in many cities. Fiab Verona organizes more than a hundred events each year including multi-day cycling holidays, long and short day rides for families and for cyclists of all ages. Meetings and training courses are held at Fiab headquarters in Piazza Santo Spirito 13: open Mon/Wed/Fri from 4pm to 7pm.

tel. 0459617911,

website www.fiabverona.it

BIKE RIDE “BLACK MAMBA” and a visit to the Museo africano with Fiab Verona Amici della Bicicletta  

On Sunday November 17^th at 2:30 pm – starting point in front of Fiab headquarters in Piazza Santo Spirito 13, Verona

In case of bad weather, rendezvous at 3:30 pm at the Museo africano in Vicolo Pozzo 1, Verona

What is ‘Black Mamba’? In Africa everyone knows.

During this short bike ride (1 hour) to the Museo Africano we’ll find out what Black Mamba is, and also get to know Cyrus Kabiru, the artist who has brought new life to Black Mamba through his art.

Well-known to the public through his inventive series of wire spectacles called “C-Stunner”, Kabiru’s work can be found in the permanent collections of several museums and galleries in Europe and throughout world.

The exhibition at the Museo Africano shows a selection of Kabiru’s most interesting spectacles, with the artist wearing his creations presenting the works as photographic entities.

In recent years Kabiru has begun working on larger sculptural installations, like his series of bicycles called Black Mamba – the colloquial term for the old, cheap, popular bicycles once commonly used by workers in Kenya and other African countries, now replaced by scooters and cheap motorbikes.

In memory of these beloved bicycles Kabiru rebuilds bike frames and with discarded obsolete parts  transforms them into unique sculptural assemblies celebrating their shape and their (non)functioning beauty.  Our bike ride is dedicated to the Kenyan story of the Black Mamba and to the viewing of Kabiru’s short film at the museum: “The End of the Black Mamba”.

FIAB

Fiab Verona Amici della Bicicletta onlus is a cycling association founded in 1982, with about 1700 members. Fiab promotes active mobility in the cities: more pedestrians, more bikes, more public transport, fewer private cars. Our simple proposals dedicated to the common good have been adopted in many cities. Fiab Verona organizes more than a hundred events each year including multi-day cycling holidays, long and short day rides for families and for cyclists of all ages. Meetings and training courses are held at Fiab headquarters in Piazza Santo Spirito 13: open Mon/Wed/Fri from 4pm to 7pm.

tel. 0459617911,

website www.fiabverona.it