*Here, Vanessa and Erica show some of the workers who attended the meeting the site of their proposed piece. Written by: Diego Rodriquez and Sophie Bégin The end of my internship reminds me of the transformation I’ve experienced over the last few months regarding public art. I am unavoidably public-art conscious! In ways of noticing works,…
Written by: Diego Rodriquez and Sophie Bégin Some months ago I found myself walking looking for a bank near the Kingsway and Knight intersection. A fairly new housing development in the south east corner of the intersection had one. Surprisingly this new housing society was also home of a new Vancouver Public Library branch. I walked…
Written by: Diego Rodriquez and Sophie Bégin Spose maika tumtum chako hahakl maika iskum chee kumtux. These are words which were once used over 200 years ago and by Vancouver residents. The origin of the language is to me, one of two interesting parts of Henry Tsang’s piece ‘Welcome to the land of light’. Used to facilitate…
Written by: Diego Rodriquez and Sophie Bégin There is a park where Fraser Street ends. If you happen to find yourself walking down Fraser street one day and if you have some time to spare I would recommend you to visit this park, one block north of Broadway street this park brings Fraser street to an end and…
Written by: Diego Rodriquez and Sophie Bégin Anna is a student in Vancouver, and she happens to live around the Knight and Kingsway area. Every afternoon she takes a 20 minute ride back home aboard bus 19 along Kingsway. Not long before the bus reaches Knight street, perched along the median, three illuminated posts blend with the…
Written by: Diego Rodriquez and Sophie Bégin There was a time within history when art and life were not so separate. A time when the idea of ‘public art’ was not yet relevant. Since the age of modernity, a big percentage of the art world manifested itself within galleries or museums, giving itself up to the…
Written by: Diego Rodriquez and Sophie Bégin I always imagined public art as being gargantuan and spectacular. That the sculptures or installations were simply art objects used to bring attention to a space. At a closer look, it gets a little more complicated than that. A few months ago I was walking along Cambie street between 8th…
