Glowing pedicycles coming to Philly

Erin Edinger-Turoff has an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer about some unusual art:

Next summer, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will host a new urban curiosity: glowing, inhabitable sculptures that will carry visitors from City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The moving illuminants (photo) will traverse the concrete jungle as part of an Association of Public Art (aPA) exhibit called Fireflies by Cai Guo-Qiang, a New York City-based artist. The exhibit, a world premiere, is made possible in part by a grant from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. The grant is for $300,000. This year, the Pew Center awarded ten million dollars in grants, according to a news release. Thirty-three other regional projects received grants, twelve artists won fellowships, and three art institutions were funded for advancement projects. This is the tenth year the Pew Center has awarded grants in Philadelphia.
Fireflies' launch date is not pinned down, but Caitlin Martin, an aPA spokeswoman, said the organization would soon arrange a time for Cai to visit Philadelphia. Here, Cai will investigate the routes that his incandescent pedicabs will ply. "He's done a lot of work with light and fireworks, so this is going to be something at night, these glowing kinetic sculptures that illuminate the Parkway in a new way," Martin said.
The 27 sculptures expected to make up Fireflies are inspired by Chinese pedicycles. They are operated by cyclists and equipped with a carriage area that allows riders to experience the artworks from within, free, while pedestrians and drivers watch.
Cai is known for his interactive exhibits and public art, as well as Explosion Events and Other Ephemeral Projects, according to his website.
This year's other project grant awardees also include the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, for a performance of Stravinsky's The Firebird; French choreographer Boris Charmatz, to work with Philadelphia dancers; People's Light and Theater Company, for a Nat King Cole project; percussionist Pablo Batista, for his Afro-Cuban El Viaje (The Journey); the Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust, for research into the historic building; and jazz pianist Vijay Iyer for the Kimmel Center's Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project.
Fellowship recipients include filmmakers, choreographers, composers, visual artists, playwrights, and poets. The Curtis Institute of Music, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Art Museum received advancement grants for ongoing projects.
One of the project grants will allow the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to install an elevated pop-up garden along the three-mile Philadelphia Rail Park.

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