Barbapapi
© Guillaume Mégevand
Year of creation : 2014 - currently on tour
Duration : 360 min
Target audience : All audiences
without specific language
Type : Fixed | indoor & outdoor
Performance, In situ, Improvisation
In 2010, Gerry returned from his travels and continued to dream of bicycles... During his journey he became aware of the impact of this means of locomotion which raised awareness and brought people together with a simple stroke of the pedal. In India, he saw men pedalling from village to village with modified bicycles, to which they had mounted a grinding wheel to sharpen different blades. This is where he got the idea of using the energy of the bicycle. And it was when he saw the pleasure in children's eyes when they ate candy floss that he had the idea of combining the two. By putting a candy floss machine on a bicycle, he changes the way this sweet treat is made and consumed and makes it "slower". "Soft" mobility

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