Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt met with OTSRI and Silpakorn University to create the new project. It’s a unique and practical approach for people who walk with their phones to learn about the streets they walk down. Each cover will have neighborhood-related artwork and a QR code tourists may scan. Governor Chadchart wants the art and tech project to educate tourists on the places they visit and offer an interactive method to experience the neighborhood’s history and culture. The two institutes will work with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to gather neighborhood residents’ ideas on manhole cover artwork, focusing on preserving Bangkok’s historical areas’ unique cultures.
In Chinatown’s Charoen Krung, Sampeng, and Yaowarat neighbourhoods, magnificent manhole covers will provide a cultural map. He intends to expand micro-cultural knowledge by creating community museums. The QR code will link to information about Chinatown’s history, landmarks, and activities, plus the manhole cover’s artwork. Thai, English, and Chinese are offered. The art would highlight Chinatown’s famous and vital characteristics, such as lanterns, opera masks, scripts, and the Odeon Circle. A new concept would transform Bangkok’s Chinatown manhole covers into informational art.
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