Two bikes, one featuring an L.A. artist and one a Berlin artist, were exchanged for the “Maximum Reduction Minimal Boundaries” exhibit. Stefano Pedrini designed the “Berlin” bike © Stefano Pedrini © Photo visual-research.com
Stefano
Pedrini, a.k.a. p3dro, p3, p3drini, born in Sondrio, Italy in 1980, now living in Berlin, has
just designed the “Berliner” Fixed Gear bike shown at the “Maximum
Reduction Minimal Boundaries” exhibit in Los Angeles. He
started out with a perfect white, smooth-surfaced bike (which is, by the way, his favorite place to
start) and turned it into a world to be discovered and deciphered by the individual viewer.
INMYX:
Stefano, what mostly inspires your art? Where do you get your ideas and inspirations?
Stefano
Pedrini: Like most of my drawing, inspiration comes from dreams and clouds ... I use symbolism and I
try to conceal my thoughts in a composition of concepts or words which, if seen out of context could
make no sense, but once deciphered, reveal the thoughts I was having. Those who observe are free to
see what they want to see and give it a meaning that is most obvious to them, with the same freedom
of looking at clouds - giving way to fantasy. It is for this reason that most of my works are realized
on a white background, which represents a cloud.
INMYX:
You designed the look of a bike for the Fixed Gear bike show, "Maximum Reduction Minimal Boundaries",
two concurrent exhibits connecting Berlin and Los Angeles. How did this cooperation come about? Could
you tell me a little bit about your process of designing the look of the bike? How do you go about your
work?
Pedrini: The collaboration between me and Visual Research – the initiators
of the exhibition – came in a really spontaneous way, I guess. I was living next door to Sylvestre Beucher,
who works for VR. He saw my work and he knew that I rode a Fixed Gear, so he proposed it to me. And
here we are : )
Drawing the bike was really fun!!! In a way, I was feeling like a skater
customizing a skateboard. The surface was amazing. It was a real pleasure drawing on it. It's probably
a sort of fetish I have, but it's hard to explain how nice the feeling of drawing on a perfect white
and smooth surface is … You should try!
The process took me four days ... I don't do
any sketches, I usually do a line and then I think what that line could look like. And when I have made
my decision about what the line is going to turn into, I start with another line and so on. I like to
think it is almost like creating a sculpture ...
INMYX:
What are you working on next?
Pedrini: Lately, I've been drawing some illustrations
for the Icelandic brand, NIKITA clothing, for their 08/09 fall-winter collection ...
Right
now, I'm working on some big canvases for a yet unplanned exhibition that I’m hopefully going to have
here in Berlin – I hope this spring.
INMYX: We wish you
much success with that and are looking forward to seeing more of your work!
Check
out more of Stefano Pedrini’s work on his website.
Link:
www.p3dro.com
Preview
of Fixed-gear: Maximal Reduction
