The main purpose of the tour was to make a world record by
riding a bicycle backwards
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to mark the silver jubilee of the UAE
federation
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to make 50 paintings and drawings during
the tour
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to complete 2000 km distance around the UAE
borders
Aftermath of the tour
Artist Singh studied the Arabian nights and was so fascinated to a
great extent that he changed all the subject matter of his paintings that he had
planed during his tour. Most of the paintings he made during the tour was but
night scenes. He sold most of them in different art gallery and shows. Some of
the art
works are stored in his Dubai home as a memory of the tour. But Something
went unnoticed during the tour which Singh himself did not realize at that time
. It was the act of "parallel processing" the term that was coined later
by a anthropologist- Punam Singh. During the tour, artist Singh became so
good at riding back-wards that he did not even feel he was riding back wards any
more . He started painting on the cycle while riding backwards not knowing what
he was doing. Today artist Singh is the only recorded artist who can multi-task
and make a painting at the same time. He has painted on a tight rope, on
vertical stick, on a barrel, while standing on hands, while jumping from a
building and has challenged himself with many difficult
feats.
