21st - 23rd November 2024

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The Pedal-Powered Kaleidoscopic Mandala

Artist: Claudia La Bianca

Location: St Mary's Church, Fratton

All three days

A towering 12-foot-tall pedal-powered mandala, an intricate, mesmerising piece of art that comes to life through movement. Composed of 2 large circular frames, each adorned by 6 giant petals painted in vibrant hues of yellow, pink, purple and blue, filled with little mirrors. At the base, there’s a sturdy seat attached to a set of bicycle pedals. When someone sits and begins to pedal, the entire mandala starts to spin slowly. The patterns shift and rotate, creating a dynamic kaleidoscope effect, where the colours blend and dance in a rhythmic flow.

As the pedals turn faster, the mandala’s rotation accelerates, transforming the once-static artwork into a hypnotic, ever-changing display of symmetry and movement. The gentle whirring of gears blends with the visual spectacle, making the experience both meditative and energising.

The mandala’s size, combined with the human-powered interaction, gives it a sense of grandeur and wonder, as if you’re directly connected to the creation and transformation of the intricate patterns.

Artist Bio:

CLB is a Sicilian-American artist and filmmaker. With over 20 years experience in the visual arts, from large size murals around the world to the sensitive art of storytelling through her film making and lately to her metal sculptures, she possesses a strong sense of forward thinking that is consistent in all her work.

With a strong focus on female empowerment, without marginalising any one group of men or women, her inspirational tagline is “step into your power”.

She has collaborated with brands like America Next Top Model, Nespresso, Pepsi Co, Puma and Levis just to name a few.

Claudia made the Miami New Times list of people of the year and was also featured on The New York Times as one of Miami prominent street artist. In 2007 Claudia was a finalist on the filmmaking competition show “On The Lot” produced by Steven Spielberg that aired on Fox. In 2023 she was one of the carpooler artist/builder on the Hotwheels Ultimate Challenge TV show on NBC.

She has produced and directed several TV ads for Walmart, Cartoon Network and Saveology as well as season 2 of the “Hannah Help Me” series for PBS and the independent features “Island”, “The Abode” and “The Cave Of Secrets”.

https://claudialabianca.com

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