Artist Maria N. Stukoff and cre­at­ive group Apostrophy’S have launched km.0, a series of artistic inter­ven­tions set to trans­form the pub­lic spaces of Vic­tory Monu­ment in Bangkok. The artists have developed a multi-faceted approach to con­nect with users in dif­fer­ent ways, always reflect­ing back on the human exper­i­ence of one of the most con­ges­ted and com­plex sites in the city.

“Vic­tory Monu­ment is one of Bangkok’s busiest inter­sec­tions with thou­sands of Skytrain, bus and car com­muters passing through each day, together with hun­dreds of vendors who ply their trade there. It is also known as the ‘zero marker’ for the centre of Thai­l­and, the start­ing point from which all dis­tances are measured.

Cre­at­ive Cit­ies: km.0 | Vic­tory Monu­ment, Bangkok

“km.0 sym­bol­ises this zero point – a start­ing point to respond cre­at­ively to last year’s Trans­form­ing Pub­lic Spaces/Change Bangkok pro­jects. The art inter­ven­tion is loc­ated at km.0 to inspire future change in and around Bangkok. Already new pro­jects are start­ing up, mov­ing the ideas about pub­lic art space bey­ond the start­ing point into new areas of Bangkok.

“km.0 cre­ates a pub­lic space to dis­cover media games on recyc­ling, renew­able energy, the envir­on­ment and brings to life the his­tory of Vic­tory Monu­ment. Km.0 cel­eb­rates the his­tory of Vic­tory Monu­ment in a live event of 59 per­formers sequen­tially at 6pm and 7pm every­day. The per­form­ance ‘Code 59′, ques­tions what Vic­tory Monu­ment is about and is sym­bolic of its his­toric ded­ic­a­tion. Km.0 is a play­ful pub­lic exper­i­ence whilst provid­ing new per­spect­ives on how to engage with cit­ies cre­at­ively.  Equally the art­work cel­eb­rates the his­tory and the future of Vic­tory Monu­ment for gen­er­a­tions to come.”

Read about the back­ground to the Vic­tory Monu­ment pro­ject in Trans­form­ing Vic­tory Monu­ment.

Stay tuned for more news about the km.0 inter­ven­tion at Vic­tory Monu­ment, Bangkok.