Public Artwork
Collection
Artwork creator(s):
Lewis, Mark
Text author(s):
Lewis, Mark
Installation year:
1994
Remarks on location:
East side of Homer Street, between Pacific Boulevard and Drake Street
Description:
Six wedges on pedestals sit on the street. Three are enclosed time capsules with listed contents and the other three are open containers intended for refuse.
Text of the artwork:
Sealed June 16, 1994
Half an ounce of oak wood
chippings,
volume two of Karl Marx's
Capital (mint condition, Progress Press edition),
one brown button,
three cola bottles (circa 1990),
lots of paper clips
thirty-seven cents in pennies,
assorted chop-sticks,
a woman's left boot (non-
matching),
not too many men's black
plastic combs,
a child's compass,
Richard Nixon's resignation
speech,
one copy of "Bulgaria on Five
Dollars a Day,"
no men's ties,
and forty-three or forty-four
other items.
Text theme:
Collection of everyday objects and detritus
Artwork theme:
Preservation of collective memory by means of discarded waste, objects which nevertheless reflect a social and cultural history. Note(s):
Sponsorising organisation: Concord Pacific Group Inc.
Private development.
Artist's biography:
Mark Lewis
Owner(s):
City of Vancouver Document(s):
Syndicate
