On the evening of August 6, 2011, the police shooting of a black male civilian in Tottenham, northern England, triggered a series of protests and riots, which was the most serious riot in the UK since 1995.
At the 2012 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in London, the Riot of Color designed by the landscape design consultancy The Edible Bus Stop interpreted the time in a post-apocalyptic way. The aftermath of the riot.
The abandoned red telephone box and the green London taxi parked crookedly were left in place after the riots, surrounded by wild flowers and trees growing around, symbolizing the rebirth and growth of the community after the riots. The yellow lines drawn along the street, when encountering these plants, gracefully jump up instead of stepping on them, becoming benches with a low-key sense of humor, just like a new order after reconstruction. Know how to respect the local indigenous residents.
There may be a deeper meaning behind the artists' creations. For us, while trying to understand it, we can still feel the art with the lightness of appreciating street art~
