Three permanent installations refer to the activities of the center. The first component to be installed is FUNhouse: cast aluminum soccerballs, volleyballs and basketballs are imbedded into a concret
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On a façade of the Wing Sang Building in Chinatown (the oldest building in the neighborhood), we can read the words "Everything is going to be alright." The neon letters are visible from the Georgi
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Sitting proud and peaceful, this 16-foot-tall human figure is made up of characters from eight alphabets: Latin, Greek, Russian Cyrillic, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic and Chinese. The sculpture is
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24 plates have been moulded into the gullies that are created by ground erosion (through the movements of pedestrians). The sentences on the plates are taken from conversations with the pedestrians.
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A semi-circle of shattered glass screens with etched leaves is visible from the street and lit at night. In the courtyard is a 4,500 sq. ft. leaf-shaped pool; situated around it are black granite seat
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The work takes the form of a large freestanding sign that sits in front of the library, just off the southern entrance of the building, by heavy pedestrian traffic.
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A 43’ high glass and glulam installation marks a public plaza and is visible from the library and all approaches. The glass has an abstracted, lifesize image of a cedar tree. Framed by this sculpture,
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Art intervention with light. Words with the dates on which they appeared or disappeared from the dictionary are mounted onto people. Words in red have been lost; words in blue were new additions&
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The work consists of a low relief that evokes the original purpose of the Institut Canadien, 2 bronze sculptures and of five brass plates that evoke its history. The text is engraved on the wall
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/index.jpg "Jaume Plensa, We 2008, 2009. © Vancouver Biennale")
/index.jpg "Jaume Plensa, We 2008, 2009. © Vancouver Biennale")
