THE RED RIVER TRASH AREA TRANSFORMED INTO ARTSPACE

Sixteen artworks under the project The Red riverside renovation, have transformed the riverside street from a makeshift garbage collection site into a unique and fascinating artspace.

The garbage collection site, along the Red River in Hoan Kiem District’s Phuc Tan Ward in Hanoi, has now become an artspace.

Sixteen artworks under the project The Red riverside renovation, have transformed the riverside street from a makeshift garbage collection site into a unique and fascinating artspace.

This project is inspired by the history and culture of Thang Long – Ke Cho – a former busy marketplace in Hanoi. This place used to be the witness to each flood season which attaching the memories of so many generations of people.

The artworks are performed on the walls creatively.  In the photo,  there is an artwork by Diego Cortiza, a Spanish designer. The artwork is made of the chicken cages from Long Bien market and broken mirrors.

The installation work titled Boats by Vu Xuan Dong.

The installation work is made of 10,000 recycled plastic bottles.

‘The Wall of Fame’ by Tran Hau Yen The..

Using the old drums painted in many colors, artist Nguyen Ngoc Lam has made the work ‘Riverside city’ exciting for visitors.

The work titled ‘Elephant’ by George Burchett.

In the artwork ‘Xam on the trams’, Pham Khac Quang used the welding technique and laser cutting.

The artwork ‘Saint Giong’ by Nguyen Tran Uu Dam.

In the artwork ‘Ceramic History’ by Vuong Van Thao, the ceramic plates are decorated with the gates of villages.

The artwork ‘Alluvial’, a mural painting by Nguyen Duc Phuong, presents Vietnamese people’s spiritual culture, which clings to many worship places  that contain cultural value over many periods.

In the artwork ‘Overall reflection’. Artist Can Van An used thousands of small pieces of mirror attaching on a seven-meter-long boat. The work evokes the image of people having fighted against floods.

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