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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Cultural Olympiad art installations on Granville Street

Lantern Forest
Leeanne in the forest

A glowing constellation of 2,010 lanterns designed by the school children of Canada and Taiwan will illuminate Granville Street in downtown Vancouver every night from Jan 22 to Feb 28. Made up of art works chosen from thousands of submissions, the Lantern Forest, reflecting children's unique cultural heritage and pledges for a greener earth, will showcase the creativity and wishes for the world by these youngsters. In addition to the lanterns decorated by the children, the world's first totem lanterns with Canadian and Taiwanese indigenous designs will serve as the landmark in the forest and greet the spectators from the world with the spirit of Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Same Boat by Chien Chun Cheng
Art - Life - Soul
The lantern combines Chinese calligraphy with three-dimensional sculpture to find the border between language, visual art and physical space. The use of the three figures represents the different races, while the boat with grass is a call for humans to reconnect with nature. The calligraphy is from the Da Tung Passages and conveys ideas of love and peace.

Hideaway by Ya-Chu Kang
Love - Life - Light

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Missed the perfect light by 15 minutes

Edgewater Casino, TELUS World of Science, Olympic Village

Edgewater Casino, TELUS World of Science, Olympic Village with bird sanctuary

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Friday, January 22, 2010

THE WORDS DON'T FIT THE PICTURE by Vancouver artist Ron Terada

THE WORDS DON'T FIT THE PICTURE -
I love stuff like this. I don't know what the artist is trying to say. But that does not matter as it got me thinking.
I wish Vancouver would have more public art. This one is on Library Square our Dorfplatz.
PS: According to Frances Bula (big fan of her): light-based work that playfully references the City’s neon past.

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Almost finished

Vancouver Art Gallery - Michael Lin

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Olympic weather

Today I woke up to the most beautiful sunshine. So I took a shower, grabbed my baby and off I went.

Robsone Street
Outside our building


Olympic clock: 27 days until the start of the games.
The Fairmont Hotel Vancover reflection on TD Towers.


Royal Bank, an official sponsor


The media center at the Convection Centre


The IOC is getting their knickers in a knot about Scotiabank's “Show Your Colours” campaign.


Close-up of the Georgia Hotel warped in a Canada flag

 

The Vancouver Art Gallery is being wrapped with Michael Lin's A Modest Veil. It's unbelievable beautiful!
For his solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Michael Lin has created an enormous hand-painted mural that will cover the Gallery’s Georgia Street façade, bringing his artwork outside the traditional confines of the Gallery space.

Vancouver Art Gallery - Michael Lin

Vancouver Art Gallery - Michael Lin

Vancouver Art Gallery - Michael Lin

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Clos du Soleil 2006

Clos du Soleil
A week ago we were at Rosie's for a drink and met Mike. He lives at TV Towers when in town. Anyway, the day after we were at Rosie's again and Mike eventually came as well as his girlfriend missed her flight because of massive snowfall. After yapping about food he went off to get us a bottle from his private stash. Today we enjoyed that fine bottle with a humongous size steak on a cream peppercorn sauce, spinach and baguette. Yummy!
Clos du Soleil

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Beautiful sunrise



The Westin Hotel



The Vancouver Public Library, the CBC and TV Towers, with local mountains in the background

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