0:00:31.367,0:00:36.545 (Soft music and traffic sounds) 0:00:41.723,0:00:46.902 - I- I must say that when[br]I pass one at a street corner, 0:00:46.999,0:00:50.309 it gives me a, a kind of[br]an eerie feeling. 0:00:51.334,0:00:53.309 - The first time I saw it, 0:00:53.334,0:00:55.835 I didn't know what it was[br]until I saw a couple of them. 0:00:55.868,0:00:58.968 I thought like why would someone paint their bike white?[br]They must be kind of weird. 0:01:01.968,0:01:04.334 - It- it speaks volumes. 0:01:04.400,0:01:07.667 I just think that maybe,[br]if more people were aware of what it was 0:01:07.881,0:01:12.281 and what it was for,[br]that it would definitely get the message across. 0:01:20.417,0:01:23.100 - It's kind of mysterious 0:01:23.133,0:01:26.200 and kind of beautiful. 0:01:26.250,0:01:30.267 - It's really eerie. 0:01:30.300,0:01:33.934 - I think it looks[br]really dead and lonely. 0:01:33.968,0:01:35.902 - It looks like it's miming,[br]which is ironic. 0:01:35.999,0:01:38.809 And it's missing its, um,[br]it's missing its rider. 0:01:38.834,0:01:41.309 So there's that, uh, sense[br]of loneliness, 0:01:41.334,0:01:43.309 of, uh, despair 0:01:43.334,0:01:45.309 and loss. 0:01:45.334,0:01:47.642 - I think it's sad. 0:01:48.999,0:01:52.100 It's kind of, I don't know,[br]it's sort of a combo 0:01:52.125,0:01:55.601 of it's sad and it's beautiful,[br]you know, because of what it is 0:01:55.626,0:01:57.601 and what it stands for. 0:01:59.626,0:02:02.142 (soft music) 0:02:05.968,0:02:09.967 - A ghost bike is a, uh, bike that's taken[br]and painted completely white 0:02:10.000,0:02:12.834 and is put at the scene of 0:02:12.868,0:02:17.935 a cyclists death as a memorial[br]and a reminder that a cyclist 0:02:17.999,0:02:20.476 had died at that spot. 0:02:22.968,0:02:27.735 - Take the wheels off first and then[br]take every little thing off of it, right? 0:02:27.792,0:02:31.309 Don't have breaks on it,[br]don't have anything that- 0:02:31.334,0:02:33.559 Don't have a basket, don't have a bell [br]or anything like that. 0:02:33.584,0:02:36.058 Just make it very minimalist[br]as possible. 0:02:37.067,0:02:39.301 Because then you could actually get[br]the proper shape and form of the bicycle. 0:02:39.334,0:02:42.401 It can stand out more instead of[br]just simply being an abandoned bike. 0:02:43.417,0:02:47.726 Like, if a bike doesn't have any brakes,[br]there's something special about it, right? It's not going anywhere fast. 0:03:09.399,0:03:11.792 It's a very global art form. 0:03:12.968,0:03:16.902 They're um- they're canonizing[br]the deaths of cyclists 0:03:16.999,0:03:21.309 in the United States. St. Louis -[br]that's where it first originated. 0:03:23.634,0:03:26.934 Though, after that,[br]Poland got it. 0:03:26.999,0:03:29.476 New York City's taken off with it, Chicago. 0:03:31.400,0:03:36.834 - If these unfortunate symbols do[br]keep sort of popping up all over the city, 0:03:36.868,0:03:39.202 then we'll have sort of[br]a visual reminder of how many cyclists 0:03:39.250,0:03:42.893 actually do get killed,[br]which is a lot, uh, in Toronto. 0:03:42.934,0:03:47.967 - So I guess in a sense,[br]it is raising awareness for cyclists, 0:03:47.999,0:03:49.974 but, uh, not in a real positive way. 0:03:57.667,0:04:00.934 - I think that art should mix-[br]that art should be somewhat 0:04:00.999,0:04:03.517 political in, in every sense[br]of the word. 0:04:04.999,0:04:06.434 I think that art 0:04:06.467,0:04:09.934 uh, motivates people,[br]inspires people, 0:04:09.999,0:04:12.476 moves people to action. 0:04:12.501,0:04:17.309 I think that it really is the, uh,[br]the ultimate way of promoting change. 0:04:18.918,0:04:21.267 (soft music) 0:04:30.868,0:04:32.935 I think that it transcends 0:04:32.968,0:04:34.335 politics, 0:04:34.400,0:04:37.167 or politics the way[br]we sort of perceive it. 0:04:37.250,0:04:40.951 Imaginative, good art-making 0:04:40.999,0:04:44.100 is- is really[br]the best message 0:04:44.125,0:04:45.974 that we can possibly generate. 0:04:46.999,0:05:09.919 (soft music)