Bicycle locker as an art installation - first unveiling in Norway

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Package from the Environment Package

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- An exciting chance to explore what drawing brings to a public space. Utopia reflects how nature and technology can work together through repeating patterns in nature, explains Murphy, who recently completed a master's degree at NTNU.

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The theme is apt for the collaboration between the technology company Bikely, the artist Erin Murphy and the Environmental Package The hope is that the artwork will get more people to cycle to and from the cinema.

- The aim is r that more people should open their eyes to safe bicycle parking when we combine smart bicycle lockers with art, says Ole Vebjørn Bakken in the Environment Package.

Safe lockers in four places

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The Environment Package now has purchased a total of 39 bicycle lockers. They stand at Leütenhaven, Ørjaveita and Trondheim Spektrum in addition to the Prinsen cinema. Cyclists get access to safe parking via the app Bikely. The first four hours are always free. It is well suited for those who want to cycle to and from the cinema visit.

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- We are proud that Cycling as art will first be unveiled outside Prinsen Kinosenter. Now the cinema-goers who ride bicycles can relax while they visit us, says Lisa Stølan Hagen at Prinsen Kino.

Technology and art against bicycle theft

In the last five years, 8,066 bicycle thefts have been reported in Trondheim . The bicycle thieves are efficient and rude, and the offenses are difficult to solve. Only 1.8% of the 1,893 reported bicycle thefts in 2020 have been solved.