explore Public Untitled (light work) 2005 Public Service/ The City of Vancouver Public Art Program 8 supports excellence in contemporary art By Diana Thater, USA 10 Private Step 2003 in public spaces throughout the city. The Waterfront – 1067 West Cordova, Shaw Tower By Alan Storey, Canada program features emerging and established Downtown LED light channel Environment Canada, Department artists working in new and traditional media Art This work is only visible at night. of Fisheries and Oceans, 401 Burrard through stand-alone commissions and artist A thin shaft of light follows the Steel, aluminum, LED screens, collaborations. length of the 149-metre building electro-mechanical interface Learn more about these and other artworks at sunset. The LED light can be The artist uses interactive in the Public Art Registry at: seen from afar and changes technology to show the inner from green to blue as it gets • vancouver.ca/publicart traffic of the building elevators higher, reflecting the transition in public space. • ourcityourart.wordpress.com from earth to sky. • facebook.com/vanculture • @VanCultureBC Lying on top of a OPTION: Walk two blocks south on Burrard 9 building the clouds to Dunsmuir to view “The Builders” by Joyce McDonald and “Vessel” by Dominique looked no nearer than when Valade, located in Discovery Park at the Photo Credits: SkyTrain station. Elaine Ayres (cover photo) I was lying on the street… 2008 1 Maxime Cyr-Morton By Liam Gillick, United Kingdom/USA 3 Joyce Rautenberg 5 Rachel Topham Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, 1038 Canada Place Working Landscape 1988 6 Jesse Caswell Stainless steel 11 By Daniel Laskarin, Canada 7, 9, 11 Elaine Ayres 8 James K. M. Cheng Architects Inc. Gillick’s artwork is a text that 901 West Hastings 2, 4, 10 Photo credits not available runs along the balconies and Wooden planks, living trees contemplates development and and steel containers progress in the city in regards to economic and lived urban life. This kinetic artwork creates the typical business week with four platforms rotating at speeds reflecting a workday schedule – 20 minutes, one hour, eight hours and 40 hours.
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