by David Burke | May 29, 2015 | Blog Laos, David Burke, Laos
We have awarded the third round of the American Arts Incubator “small grants” to local Lao artists and organizations. The public presentation of the projects was hosted by i:cat Gallery and was attended by over thirty local artists, leaders, and curious members of the...
by Color of Future Mural Collective | May 28, 2015 | Community Projects Laos, Environmental Health, Laos
Pushing the envelope for contemporary public artworks through new mural program The newly-established mural collective, Color of Future, is made up of twenty professors and students from The National Institute of Fine Arts in Laos. Initially, two professors attended...
by Green Vientiane | May 28, 2015 | Community Projects Laos, Environmental Health, Laos
Beautifying trash collector carts to increase visibility of environmental health Green Vientiane’s project, Recycle Khoi, brings into view the seemingly invisible work of the city’s trash collectors. Community artists are paired with cart pushers to design and paint...
by Bounpaul Phothyzan | May 28, 2015 | Community Projects Laos, Environmental Health, Laos
Imagining new architecture and rethinking development and the convenience of plastic Plastic City is a large-scale public installation made from trash and discarded materials. The structure for the installation symbolizes the wave of new architecture being rapidly...
by Khao Niew Lao ("Sticky Rice") Theater Group | May 28, 2015 | Community Projects Laos, Environmental Health, Laos
Empowering youth to reduce waste through puppet theater and sculpture Three playful, larger-than-life puppets were constructed from recycled plastic to provide a visual representation of the plastic used by an average Laos household in a day, a week, and a month. The...
by David Burke | May 28, 2015 | Blog Laos, David Burke, Laos
I arrived in Laos with three rules for myself; stay open, ask questions, and listen. Once people started talking, the same issue kept coming up: the accumulation of trash around the city. Laos is a developing country that is in the throes of robust economic and urban...
