Cycling: Politics and Culture
Being happy cyclists ourselves, we realized that girls and women in Britain rarely use a bicycle, whilst a bike is a must for teenagers in many other European countries. So we decided to document the individual reasons, cultural backgrounds and political constraints on a human being’s decision about how to get from A to B.
The Media Project
DMG is engaging local teenagers in the issue of personal mobility throughout 2009 by producing a documentary film, a photographic exhibition and a project catalogue with DVD from our work. These bilingual (German and English) works will be distributed to other European communities as a means of widening the debate about teenage cycling culture.
Velodarlo
To support the idea of gentle, as opposed to sporty, cycling we have founded Velodarlo, a special bicycle club. Dutch bikes and city cruisers can be hired for a token fee. This gives women the chance to test a city bike, and brings lots of interesting bicycles onto the roads of Darlo. Experience so far: The women love it!
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