R.I.P. Prince
I feel very fortunate to be one of the lucky souls who saw Prince play at Paisley Park—almost exactly a year ago. I was so energized after the experience that I wanted to make an art bike of his motorcycle from Purple Rain. I took a few photos from the creation and never posted them anywhere, so even though BAmpls has been dormant I had to put them up today. Last summer I rode this around Minneapolis playing Prince songs from a speaker and carrying a Rock Band guitar that I sculpted into his legendary instrument with styrofoam and paisley duct tape. I don’t have a photo with the final product (with the headlight on and everything), but you get the idea. I couldn’t ride it today since I’m in New York and the bike is currently at my friend’s apartment in Minneapolis, but hopefully one of my friends will take it out and you’ll see it on the streets of the Prince Cities this weekend.
"You better live now / before the grim reaper come knocking on your door.”
- Alex