Public Artwork
Squid the most intelligent of invertebrates
Artwork creator(s):
Gill, Don
Text author(s):
Gill, Don
Installation year:
1988
Remarks on location:
Bus shelter on the Southwest Corner of Burrard and Robson Streets
Description:
Photography in a bus shelter
Text of the artwork:
SQUID
THE MOST
INTELLIGENT
OF
INVERTEBRATES
Text theme:
Intelligence (questioning the notion of )
Artwork theme:
Intelligence (questionning the notion of), commentary on the public sphere (by means of private advertising in public space) within the city of Vancouver, urbanization, deconstruction of opposing ideologies in the public realm, multiplicity of public discourse, street audience issues.
History:
Negotiating with the City of Vancouver, a double-sided bus shelter advertising display case was secured at the Southwest corner of Burrard and Robson Streets between February 29 and June 13, 1988. Participating artists produced new work specific to the conditions of the project and exhibited for five consecutive three-week periods.
Squid the most intelligent of invertebrates by Don Gill and Trading by Ross Muirhead are simultaneously exposed on the front and back of the bus shelter's advertising case.
Event: Adverse Practices
March 21-April 11, 1988
Event: Adverse Practices
March 21-April 11, 1988
Note(s):
There exists more than one version of this piece.
Owner(s):
The artist Document(s):
Syndicate
