Public Artwork

Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide

Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996
Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996
Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996
Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996
Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996
Location:
David Lam Park, False Creek shoreline, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Vaughan, Don
Text author(s): 
Vaughan, Don
Installation year: 
1996
Remarks on location: 

Between the Burrard and Granville bridges and below the pump station

Description: 

Two sculptural elements are installed along the False Creek shoreline, between the Burrard and Granville bridges, and below the pump station: a circle of stones and a concrete ring resting on columns. Text is inscribed inside the concrete ring.

Text of the artwork: 

AS THE MOON CIRCLES THE EARTH THE OCEAN RESPONDS WITH THE RHYTHM OF THE TIDES

Text theme: 
Tide (high and low)
Artwork theme: 
Tide (high and low)
Owner(s): 
City of Vancouver