Biennale

At the halfway point of bike wrecking, my carefully composed installation has become a visitor attraction with tourists photographing and discussing it's contribution to the expressive art world.

What I need is a grandiose statement about what inspired it, it's meaning, and my reasons for choosing this form and materials - what it all represents - and I shall submit it for exhibition at the next Venice Biennale.

What it really represents is a pile of wrecked bikes, the stupidity of some bike builders in fitting rubbish components to very good frames, the idiocy of others manufacturing frames so heavy that riding them must have been like pedalling a tank. It also represents built-in obsolescence; little parts that break but are no longer obtainable (and while we might fabricate or find a work around, the work involved is worth more than the bike). It also represents changing fashions.

I have rebuilt beautifully made English bikes from the 1970s only to have them rejected by the target market - too old, not trendy.

Enough of what it really represents - send me your version of a highbrow artists blurb which includes the word existential (or some derivative of it) that I can plagiarise for my art show submission. There isn't a prize unless you want a free vintage bike and can collect it from Ashburton New Zealand.