Public Artwork

Scopes of Site

Jill Anholt , Scopes of Site, 2003
Jill Anholt , Scopes of Site, 2003
Location:
Coal Harbour, 500 Nicola Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
See map: Google Maps
Artwork creator(s): 
Anholt, Jill
Text author(s): 
Anholt, Jill
Installation year: 
2003
Remarks on location: 

Cascina/Denia residential property, near the towers; corner plaza of Nicola and Hastings Streets

Description: 

The sculpture takes its form from periscopes and telescopes as instruments used for discovering what lay below the surface.

Text of the artwork: 

(Incomplete)

1881    Spratt’s floating oilery in Coal Harbour uses dynamite
to extract herring from the water. After only a few years,
the herring stops coming.
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1884    The finest trees felled from the site are milled to 700m
Square by 34 m long then shipped to China to build the
Imperial Palace.

Text theme: 
Exploitation of local natural resources
Artwork theme: 
Past, present and future of the site; exploitation of local natural resources
History: 
Completed in 2002. Installed in 2003.
Note(s): 

• Budget: $84,500
• Sponsoring organization: ASPAC Development
• Private development.

Artist's biography: 
Jill Anholt
Document(s): 

Portfolio. Public Art

Urban_Art_Management (2008).  Portfolio. Public Art. <http://www.urbanartmanagement.com/portfolio.html> : Urban Art Management

Projects. Scopes of Site

Anholt, Jill (2008).  Projects. Scopes of Site. <http://www.jillanholt.ca/projects/scopes-of-site> : Jill Anholt Studio