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A mockup of Jessica Angel s Voxel Bridge, which will be installed underneath the Cambie Bridge in Vancouver Courtesy of the artist/Vancouver Biennale
Vancouver commuters headed South on the Cambie Street Bridge next week will find themselves driving into an immersive art world, billed as the biggest blockchain-based augmented reality experience of its kind. Part of the Vancouver Biennale,
, by Colombian artist Jessica Angel, will transform the underside of the venerable city artery whose first piled timber trestle incarnation opened in 1891 into an 18,000sq.ft transformative installation.
Exploring how “how public space can be constructed and utilised in both digital and physical realities”, the work will be both a physical work of art and a digital one. A vinyl overlay installed directly on the underside of the bridge deck, extending around the columns and down to the ground, will make the structure look like a slightly skewed circuit board.
A detail of Chen Wenling s bronze and steel sculpture Boy Holding A Shark (2021) due to be installed on the South False Creek Seawall in Vancouver
Residents of a Vancouver neighbourhood have organised a community petition asking the city to stop the installation of proposed sculpture for the Vancouver Biennale by the respected Chinese artist Chen Wenling, citing concerns about the work’s impact on real estate values and the ethnicity of the artist as factors. As of Monday (14 June), the deadline for submission of public input, the petition had 1,300 signatures. A final decision by the city is expected later this week.
A mockup image of Chen Wenling’s Boy Holding A Shark (Vancouver Biennale).
“It’s creative placemaking that taps into our identity as a port city and long history of environmental activism, revitalizes the dialogue and re-engages our collective consciousness at a critical point in the health of our oceans,” reads a statement from the organization in response to public criticism.
Many False Creek residents, however, are rallying against the installation of the sculpture. An online petition fighting against it has received over 1,300 signatures.
The founder and president of the Vancouver Biennale said that while there’s plenty of criticism going around, he’s personally received an abundance of positive feedback.
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