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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 16:25): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/marking-high-tide-and-waiting-for-low-tide

Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide

  • Artwork acquisition: Gift

Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette [4]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette [5]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette [6]
Location:
David Lam Park, False Creek shoreline, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Artwork identification

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)
Artist's biography: 
The Firm [7]
Owner(s): 
City of Vancouver
Source: 
1. Don Vaughan Vaughan Landscape Planning and Design 1406 Clyde Avenue, West Vancouver V7T 1G1 Tél : 604-922-1885 fax : 604-922-5485 Pour des renseignements contacter : Carolyn Crowther carolyn@vaughanplanning.com
Document(s): 
Community Services. Cultural Services. Public Art Registry. Artwork: Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide
Cultural_Services (2008).  Community Services. Cultural Services. Public Art Registry. Artwork: Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide. <http://app.vancouver.ca/PublicArt_Net/ArtworkDetails.aspx?ArtworkID=425&amp;Neighbourhood=&amp;Ownership=&amp;Program=> : City of Vancouver
  • XML
Interactive Maps of BC Landscape Architecture. Downtown Vancouver
British_Columbia_Society_of_Landscape_Architects (2009).  Interactive Maps of BC Landscape Architecture. Downtown Vancouver. <http://sitelines.org/webatlas/vandowntown/low-high.html> : Sitelines
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/marking-high-tide-and-waiting-for-low-tide
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0350.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0358.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0354.jpg
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0364.jpg
[6] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0366.jpg
[7] http://www.vaughanplanning.com/firm.htm
[8] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[9] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1511
[10] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/marking-high-tide-and-waiting-for-low-tide