Trash Museum in Kyrgyzstan Zine
76 pages, full color, saddle stitched.
This zine documents the at times daunting process of creating the Trash Museum of Bishkek, a public museum dedicated to the study of trash located in a shipping container on an operating landfill in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. This was the culmination of a month long residency by sTo Len as part of Interpreting the History of Pollution - Art Prospect & TRASH 5, a festival organized by Art Prospect, CEC ArtsLink, Tazar, and the Bishkek School of Contemporary Art. Through embedding in the daily operations of a landfill, Len created a public space in collaboration with local activists Bermet Borubaeva & Aimerim Tursalieva, artists and sanitation workers. Featuring photographs, archival material, artwork, and an essay by sTo, this zine gives a glimpse into life on the landfill in Bishkek, the process of public art, and the first exhibition of the Trash Museum.
76 pages, full color, saddle stitched.
This zine documents the at times daunting process of creating the Trash Museum of Bishkek, a public museum dedicated to the study of trash located in a shipping container on an operating landfill in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. This was the culmination of a month long residency by sTo Len as part of Interpreting the History of Pollution - Art Prospect & TRASH 5, a festival organized by Art Prospect, CEC ArtsLink, Tazar, and the Bishkek School of Contemporary Art. Through embedding in the daily operations of a landfill, Len created a public space in collaboration with local activists Bermet Borubaeva & Aimerim Tursalieva, artists and sanitation workers. Featuring photographs, archival material, artwork, and an essay by sTo, this zine gives a glimpse into life on the landfill in Bishkek, the process of public art, and the first exhibition of the Trash Museum.
76 pages, full color, saddle stitched.
This zine documents the at times daunting process of creating the Trash Museum of Bishkek, a public museum dedicated to the study of trash located in a shipping container on an operating landfill in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. This was the culmination of a month long residency by sTo Len as part of Interpreting the History of Pollution - Art Prospect & TRASH 5, a festival organized by Art Prospect, CEC ArtsLink, Tazar, and the Bishkek School of Contemporary Art. Through embedding in the daily operations of a landfill, Len created a public space in collaboration with local activists Bermet Borubaeva & Aimerim Tursalieva, artists and sanitation workers. Featuring photographs, archival material, artwork, and an essay by sTo, this zine gives a glimpse into life on the landfill in Bishkek, the process of public art, and the first exhibition of the Trash Museum.