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.