Ai Weiwei's Forever Bicycles Installation Stuns Toronto

Last night in Toronto, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei presented a new version of his incredibleForever Bicyclesinstallation. As the centerpiece of this year'sScotiabank Nuit Blanche, the all-nightcontemporary art接管城市街道,3,144 bicycles, the most Weiwei has used of this work to date, were stacked 100 feet in length and 30 feet in height and depth in Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square. This was the first time the installation has been displayed in an open air, public space. Since this was a night-time festival, it was spectacularly lit up with pink and blue lights.

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Visitors were welcome to walk between the labyrinth-like space that consisted of thousands of identical stainless steel bicycles that were shipped over the Pacific via special containers.Forever Bicyclesis one of six projects that Scotiabank Nuit Blanche will be exhibiting through the end of October. It will stay up until October 27.

Below are some photos taken from Instagrammers of the impressive installation.

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Photo credit: Zorawar Walia