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Colin Blackburn
Guest
I went to see the Carol Roma retrospective at Baltic last night. It's
always a pleasure going there as I get to cross the fantastic Gateshead
Millennium Bridge, probably the greatest cycle bridge in the world.
Well, maybe.
Anyway, Carol Roma went through a phase of using old bicycle inner tubes
to make pictures. She'd cut them open, cut them up and then lay them
flat to create expanses of black. She used old tubes so these expanses
were often punctuated with patches, some very old looking but the odd
more modern looking patch. The 'pictures' didn't do much for me but I
did spend a lot of time checking out brands and sizes. She seemed to use
mostly 26" and 20" tubes. The tubes were usually Continental, Pirelli
and Union. On until later in April if anyone can be bothered.
Colin
always a pleasure going there as I get to cross the fantastic Gateshead
Millennium Bridge, probably the greatest cycle bridge in the world.
Well, maybe.
Anyway, Carol Roma went through a phase of using old bicycle inner tubes
to make pictures. She'd cut them open, cut them up and then lay them
flat to create expanses of black. She used old tubes so these expanses
were often punctuated with patches, some very old looking but the odd
more modern looking patch. The 'pictures' didn't do much for me but I
did spend a lot of time checking out brands and sizes. She seemed to use
mostly 26" and 20" tubes. The tubes were usually Continental, Pirelli
and Union. On until later in April if anyone can be bothered.
Colin
