This is an "urban river" created in The Netherlands by Henk Hofstra in April 2007. Blue paint covers 1000 meters of this road to represent the transformation of the foundation. A waterway or river once flowed where this blue road is now. Along the road, large white letters spell out "WATER IS LIFE". I feel that this road makes a large impact on how important nature it. It sort of gives a condolence to what used to exist in this area. It's hard to imagine that a river used to run in this area because the city has completely taken over the foundation. There are also small things added to this piece of art, like a sinking car and blue trash cans. This piece is an example of the limitless things you can do with public art.
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I think this is a very interesting way to commerate or draw attention to a river once being there. It's also really cool that they were able to do 100 meters of the road blue. I feel like that wouldn't ever happen in the US.
I like the fact that it brings in to consideration what humans have done to the environment over the years.
I like it because it reflects in a loud and extreme way the terrible things we have done to our land. I would think it would make those traveling that road stop and think about how to better preserve our environment.
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