Week 14 - Application Exercise

Week 14 Application (Blog) Exercise

 Through photographs, we are able to obtain real life images of what we know, and how bikes look. Two wheels, pedals, a human with helmet and the frame of a bike. One tire slightly out front of the rider and one slightly outback. The photograph is true to proportion and the surrounding portions beyond the bicycle are what seems to be real, according to the photograph above, the bike is also moving with speed, the blurriness expresses movement across the lens of the camera.

We may take things from reality and place them in to our minds. Forever we will remember the shape, color, design, and features of certain objects. Representing real life with what we know, a simplification of what we known down to distinct lines and curves to re-create the image. Take here, blown glass, bulb and string to recreate the abstract image of a bicycle. Although we see a bike, it is not actually a bike, but just blown glass to look like bike.

The only other image i could think of for symbolism relating to bikes, is the bike lane. We see them everyday in life and besides the bike lane signs (posted on poles) this happends to be the most world known image for bikes. Two circles and a human stick figure. Nearly abstract image of a human riding a bicycle, but also a symbol for bike, "bike lane". There is no high volume of detail included in these examples of bike lines. One feature to note, bike lines usually have a big colored (usually white in america) line next to it. Universally known, this image is not mistakable for anything else.