Comments on: Urban River by Henk Hofstra

By: heather

heather — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:49:52 +0000

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

By: tlh

tlh — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:58:51 +0000

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.

By: k

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:27:45 +0000

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

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:42:36 +0000

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

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

By: K!P

K!P — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:47:45 +0000

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

By: Ole

Ole — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:42:07 +0000

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.

By: Amuseal

Amuseal — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:39:14 +0000

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

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:39:52 +0000

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

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:01:54 +0000

Meanwhile, people are starving in Ethiopia…

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:01:28 +0000

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