Friday May 22nd, 2015
Crossing Borders at the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale
Hung on the façade of a Vancouver Community College building, the words emit a soft yellow glow: “let’s heal the divide.” This site-specific installation, by Canadian artist Toni Latour, is one of the powerful works currently on view in the Vancouver Biennale.
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Friday May 15th, 2015
New West gets set to welcome Vancouver Biennale
As part of Public Furniture/Urban Trees, Hugo França has created a number of pieces of sculptural furniture from trees. It's one of three installations being planned for New West as part of the Vancouver Biennale.
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Thursday May 14th, 2015
Vancouver’s Public Art Museum
Over the years, you might have noticed some interesting things pop up in your neighborhood, such as a totem pole of Trans Am, or, giant coloured beans, or even cement silos painted to look like cartoon characters. These works of art, are all thanks to the hard working folks at The Vancouver Biennale, a non- profit charitable organization that exhibits great art in public spaces, creating a catalyst for learning, community engagement and social action.
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Thursday April 16th, 2015
Q & A with Blue Trees artist Konstantin Dimopoulos
Vancouver Biennale plans to create a The Blue Trees environmental art installation in Squamish this fall. The Squamish Chief had a conversation with the project’s Australia based artist, Konstantin Dimopoulos.
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Thursday April 16th, 2015
Quirky New Totem Pole Raises Environmental Awareness
A Vancouver-based artist is creating conversational buzz with his 33 foot, 25,000 pound sculpture, located at Quebec Street and Milross Avenue, of five recycled, smashed cars stacked upon each other and perched on an old growth cedar tree.
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Monday March 30th, 2015
Let’s see more public art in Squamish
What can spur economic development, spark revitalization, shape our collective consciousness, reduce crime, be a catalyst for change and inspire innovation while reducing stress and invigorating public spaces?
I’ll give you a hint. It’s often the first thing cut in a budget because it is seen as a “nice to have” or a frivolous waste of cash.
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Thursday March 26th, 2015
Bold public art combines natural history with modern culture
A new public art display blending car culture with environmental history is coming to Downtown Vancouver. The “Trans Am Totem” artistically combines consumer culture with ancient Vancouver history by stacking a pile of junkyard cars on top of a 20 feet high old growth cedar tree. North Vancouver artist Marcus Bowcott describes the piece as a “meditation on contemporary technological culture” while relating it to the history of the False Creek region.
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Thursday March 26th, 2015
City’s ancient past meets today’s consumer culture
A new sculpture to be installed Monday beside the Expo SkyTrain line and the Georgia Viaduct in downtown Vancouver will reflect the city’s ancient past and its current throwaway consumer culture.
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Tuesday March 24th, 2015
let’s heal the divide
Gently lit with neon, let’s heal the divide is a recent installation on the wall of the Vancouver Community College (VCC) Downtown Campus at Hamilton and Pender, part of the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale Open Air Museum supporting public art. It’s by Toni Latour, a queer, feminist Vancouver artist pictured here with Biennale founder, Barrie Mowatt. The current theme is Open Borders/Crossroads Vancouver.
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Friday March 13th, 2015
Art installation aims to heal the divide between DTES and Downtown
Located at 250 West Pender Street, the new art project produced by the Vancouver Biennale aims to provoke questions about the divide between the Downtown East Side and the commercial and financial districts that border it.
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