What is the concept of Payatas?

An installation consisting of thousands of dolls excavated from the Manila landfill of the same name, Payatas is a visceral assault on the viewer. These discarded dolls – once playthings unto which girls cast their hopes and fantasies upon – have ended up in the city’s mountainous garbage dump.

What is Oscar villamiel art?

Oscar Villamiel painstakingly collects discarded objects to produce immense installations that reflect on sociopolitical conditions within his native Philippines. He sources his material from local junkyards and impoverished areas such as Payatas, a district that was once the largest open dumpsite in Manila.

What is the district of Payatas?

2nd district
Payatas is a barangay located in the 2nd district of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Nearby barangays are Commonwealth, Batasan Hills and Bagong Silangan.

What kind of waste can be found in Payatas dumpsite?

Most scavengers tend to specialise in collecting certain items such as card, glass drinks bottles or, like the Reyes in drinks bottles and other plastic. Scavengers carry their finds from the dump and sort and clean them (perhaps washing them in the dirty streams nearby) often with the children helping.

What barangay is QC 8?

Barangay Sangandaan
Category:Barangay Sangandaan, Project 8, District 6, Quezon City.

What happened Payatas dumpsite?

In 2004, the Payatas dumpsite was reconfigured as a controlled disposal facility. but was closed in December 2010. A separate dumpsite was established near the old open dumpsite in January 2011. The newer dumpsite closed in December 2017.

What caused the Payatas tragedy?

The major reason for the landslide is the low waste density. The low density reduced the surface flow of rainfall water and resulted in a high rate of water infiltration into the waste. The leachate water decreased the shear strength by mobilizing pore water pressure and triggered finally the failure.

Why is it called Smokey Mountain Philippines?

Smokey Mountain is a big landfill site in Manila in the Philippines. It was called “Smokey Mountain” because of the thick smoke coming from burning waste. There were 2 million tons of waste dumped there. It made a big mountain.