Public Artwork
New Currents, An Ancient Stream
Artwork creator(s):
Boyle, Gwen
Text author(s):
Da Vinci, Leonardo
Collaborator(s):
Green, Anita
Installation year:
1994
Remarks on location:
At the southwest corner of Bute and Alberni Streets; runs alongside the ground floor of the Palisades Apartments.
Description:
A series of connecting high and low pools, with a waterfall made of overlapping black slate. A large glacial boulder sits in the upper pool and an identical cast bronze replica sits in the lower pool. Inscription cast in concrete beside the waterfall.
Text of the artwork:
In rivers, the water you touch is the last of what has passed, and the first of that which comes; so with time present.
Text theme:
Flow of time
Artwork theme:
Symbolic reclamation of the past and recognition of change
History:
The artwork took almost two years to complete. Note(s):
This work marks the site of one of 49 salmon rich streams that once flowed through Vancouver to the sea. Time is symbolized by an "erratic" - a boulder formed by magma and sea water - and its doppleganger cast in bronze.
Private development
Sponsoring organization: Westbank Projects (real estate developer)
Donor: Monterey Properties Ltd. / Pacific Palisades Hotel Ltd.
Artist's biography:
Gwen Boyle
Author's biography:
Leonardo da Vinci
Owner(s):
City of Vancouver Document(s):
Syndicate
