Filipinos behind viral California tricycle: TNT Traysikel celebrates Pinoy immigrants despite 'Asian hate' crimes - News Summed Up

Filipinos behind viral California tricycle: TNT Traysikel celebrates Pinoy immigrants despite 'Asian hate' crimes


MANILA, Philippines — In early April, a photo of a colorful, motorized tricycle being driven along the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California went viral. TNT Traysikel is an immigrant-object that embodies diversity and celebrates cultural differences," Mike Arcega said in an exclusive e-mail interview with Philstar.com. They're both into motorbikes and thought it was a "natural direction" for them to come up with the idea of TNT Traysikel. It is a social sculpture conceptualized by the two under the auspices of the San Francisco SoMa Pilipinas Cultural Heritage District. He is aware of the rising spate of hate crimes or assault on Asians in the United States.


Source: Philippine Star April 21, 2021 06:22 UTC



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