Year Long Exhibition of Digital Public Art
The City of Vancouver Public Art Program is pleased to announce the screening of twelve videos as part of our Platforms series in 2011, 2014 and 2016.
Coastal City: The Public Art Program premiers the final four artworks in the series this week
VANCOUVER, BC – A new film by Emilie Crewe contrasts natural and manmade elements of Vancouver and the team of Castle Grünenfelder Ingram present images of local indigenous fruit trees in transit shelters. Ben Bogart’s computerized abstraction surrounds the light structure at Queen Elizabeth Plaza, and an image from Laiwan’s film Barnacle City will show…
Coastal City: Watch for a new super-8 film by Lisa g. Nielsen that takes you on a tour of the sea wall on city screens and images of lifestyle books by Kyla Mallett in transit shelters
During August 2016 look for new temporary works by Lisa g. Nielsen and Kyla Mallett, on the streets of Vancouver, as part of the Platforms: Coastal City Series.
Coastal City: New video by Jason Nielsen on city screens and photos by Jayce Salloum in transit shelters in July
VANCOUVER, BC – The City of Vancouver Public Art Program is pleased to present two new artist commissions for the Coastal City series of temporary video and print works. The artworks launch the week of July 11 and run through August 7. The Coastal City series began on May and includes 15 new art commissions…
Coastal City: A new video by Laiwan on city screens and images by Ryan Peter in transit shelters
For June, the “Coastal City”series features barnacles across the cityscape and allusions to biomorphic lifeforms.
New artwork for the Year of Reconciliation debuts in August
A new public art project debuts in August to honour and celebrate the City’s Year of Reconciliation. Dionne Paul’s bus shelter posters refer directly to 1828 – 1998, the years of the Canadian Residential School System. The posters show three girls and one little boy in school uniforms. The young girls are posed in the classic gestures of the…
New artwork for the Year of Reconciliation debuts in July
A new public art project debuts in July to honour and celebrate the City’s Year of Reconciliation. “It’s Written on Your Face” by Jeannette Sirois is a series of four photo realistic drawn portraits with words of connection towards healing of racial biases “tattooed” across the faces of each person. “The element of facial tattoos which incorporate…
New artwork for the Year of Reconciliation debuts in June
UPDATE NOVEMEBER 26, 2014 — Congratulations to Bracken Hanuse Corlett! He’s been named one of five artists to receive a 2014 BC Creative Achievement Award for First Nations Art. These annual, juried awards celebrate artistic excellence and highlight the cultural significance of the arts of the First Nations in British Columbia. Each year up to…
Curator Paul Wong talks about the “10-Seconds” Series
One of the many projects making up the 2012 Exhibition of Summer Digital Art is 10-Seconds curated by Paul Wong. In the video below he talks about the series of videos that were created as part of the marking of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary.
Summer Exhibition of Digital Art Reflections
An exhibition featuring 22 digital works by 12 artists will light up two outdoors screens in downtown Vancouver until the end of September 2012. The works are a selection from the City of Vancouver Public Art Program’s Digital Arts Collection. They were commissioned by the Public Art program between 2010 and 2012 under initiatives…
