FREE Public Art Launch
Vancouver Heritage Foundation is excited to announce a new artist for The WALL public art project and a free artist talk at CBC Vancouver. Interdisciplinary artist Faith Moosang will be leading the artist talk in Studio 700 and will discuss her process and interpretation of The WALL theme, Vancouver’s built heritage. Her new work, down. town. uses 164 individual film frames, video stills and digital photographs from the CBC Archives and WikimediaCommons. There were three questions behind the work – how many buildings have been demolished in downtown Vancouver between 1954 and 2015, how many of these demolitions were considered newsworthy and how does one represent the notion of absence or missing? The first 50 people to arrive for the talk will receive a voucher for a complimentary drip coffee from JJ Bean Coffee Roasters.
The WALL is a public art project made possible by a unique partnership between VHF and the CBC, with support from JJ Bean Coffee Roasters and the City of Vancouver Public Art Program. Faith Moosang will be the 6th artist to create a 30’x40’ installation at the CBC plaza, above the JJ Bean kiosk, with most works remaining on display for 1 year. down. town. is scheduled to be installed early in November. Images of the installed work will be available at that time. If images are required before the installation, we can provide images of the CBC plaza, previous art works, or previous installations. If you are interested in attending the installation of the new work (which will occur before the official launch), further details can be provided upon request.
About the artist talk
November 12th, 12pm
CBC Vancouver Broadcast Centre, 700 Hamilton St.
Studio 700
Free and open to the public
About down. town.
down. town. is a large-scale composite photograph created from 164 individual film frames, video stills and digital photographs gleaned from the CBC Archives and Wikimedia Commons. Research, both online and at the City of Vancouver Archives, revealed that the number of buildings that have come down between 1954 and 2015 is approximately 1500 – with high-density areas of destruction taking place in the industrial areas of CoalHarbour and False Creek. The CBC Archive, the sole archival resource for the images of buildings in this project, contained footage of 47 of these buildings in the process of being demolished or burnt. Looked at another way, approximately 3% of the destruction was recorded and delivered up to the public as news. The high number of buildings that have gone missing from our collective landscape is indicative that humans are notorious for forgetting, and that what is normal is always shifting. Vancouver has a (short) long history of development in the pursuit of density and profit.
Please find attached the media release with further information about the artist and the new work. Please share this information with your network and feel free to contact VHF Communications Manager Kathryn Morrow at kathryn@vancouverheritagefoundation.org with any inquiries or questions.