Trees Are Cold Too... Residents of Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu Dress the 'Sinsa-dong Garosugil' in Knitted Clothes

[Seoul District News] 120 Residents of Sinsa-dong Knit Directly to Install Tree-art Knitting on 61 Trees Along a 500m Section

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] About 120 residents of Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu (Mayor Seongmyeong Jo) have dressed 61 ginkgo trees along Garosu-gil with ‘Tree Art Knitting’ (knitted tree clothes) that they directly knitted, and the exhibition will be held until February 24.

The ‘Garosu-gil Tree Art Knitting’ exhibition, now in its 7th year, is a street art where residents of Sinsa-dong dress trees with knitted wool clothes, adding colorful vibrancy to the bare winter street trees and providing visual enjoyment to residents and tourists.

About 120 volunteers, including residents and students of Sinsa-dong, participated in this event.

With the knitting theme set as ‘Together, Our Value,’ they completed unique and artistic knitting works over two months from last October through Naver Band and regular meetings.

Cheon Wonseon, head of Sinsa-dong, said, “The ‘Tree Art Knitting’ exhibition, which colors the winter Garosu-gil with diverse colors, is a local specialty project that brings high satisfaction and pride to residents,” and added, “We expect that Garosu-gil, a global tourist attraction, will be decorated as a beautiful street of art even in winter, capturing the attention of domestic and international tourists.”

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