Urban River by Henk Hofstra

1. Jon
   December 12th, 2007 at 12:01 am

   Artist Florentijn Hofman has done similar things in the past, including painting roads yellow
   http://www.florentijnhofman.nl/index.php?page=projects&id=12

2. Bill
   December 12th, 2007 at 12:01 am

   Meanwhile, people are starving in Ethiopia...

3. Chris
   December 12th, 2007 at 12:39 am

   Mmmm... NL... it's usually raining there.
   ever tried to brake on a wet and painted road?

4. Amuseal
   December 12th, 2007 at 4:39 am

   And what the author of these roads is aiming to prove?

5. Ole
   December 12th, 2007 at 5:42 am

   Looking at Google Maps, the end of the "river" is at the end of a brook: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=53.105896,6.081952&spn=0.004689  ,0.009377&t=h&z=17&om=1 - the roundabout is also seen on the top Wooster Collective photo.

6. K!P
   December 12th, 2007 at 5:47 am

   the road used to be a canal, and will be dug up in the near future,this is done to get used to it.

7. Sid Morrison
   December 12th, 2007 at 8:42 am

   "urban river", huh? You should have put "artist" in quotes as well.

   I think that 2 year old ketchup-smearer is a better artist.

8. k
   December 12th, 2007 at 9:27 am

   wow, so imaginative! what's next? GREEN?

9. tlh
   December 12th, 2007 at 9:58 am

   That road is set to be turned into a canal sometime in the near future, so the city thought it would be clever to paint the road blue to get everybody excited about the project. There's also a sculpture of a sinking car somewhere along that stretch of road.

10. heather
    December 12th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

    Interesting, though that street is going to be BLINDING when it gets really sunny.

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