Canadian ski jumper, Nata de Leeuw
Project Rainbow, Blue, 2009
Photo: Dylan Doubt
BLUE
by Project Rainbow:
Jesse Birch, Jade Boyd, Heidi Nutley & Sydney Vermont
Various viewings in downtown Vancouver
February 12 – March 21, 2010
Blue is an experimental film and dance documentary that features members of the Canadian Women’s Ski Jumping Team as well as settings in a rapidly changing Downtown Eastside. Both are in a state of transition, whether it be waiting for a chance to compete or witnessing the transformation of a community. Blue marks these historical, geographical and cultural changes.
“The project takes off from Yves Klein’s photograph, Leap into the Void, representing an acrobatic engagement with cityscape and calculated risk akin to the efforts of ski jumpers to defy gravity. It is the transitional space between taking off and landing that is expressed in relation to the colour blue. Women ski jumpers presently occupy an additional liminal space as they both wait and prepare for a chance to compete in the Games. The Downtown Eastside is currently faced with rapid transition. Blue attempts to track these historical, geographical and cultural changes, through a cinematic presentation of embodied movement (of cityscape and of physical flight).”
-- Blue creative team
Team Biography
Project Rainbow is a research team that explores the study of colour through movement, media, and collaboration.
Previous projects include L’Human Comedy (2005), a study of the colour yellow; Variations on Green (2006); and The Ruby Glass (a study of the colour red, 2007).
The team includes:
- Jesse Birch, MA, Curatorial Studies, University of British Columbia; director, Access Gallery, Vancouver; interdisciplinary artist
- Jade Boyd, PhD., Women and Performance Studies, University of British Columbia; interdisciplinary artist; choreographer
- Heidi Nutley, interdisciplinary artist, producer
- Sydney Vermont, BFA Emily Carr University; MFA candidate, University of British Columbia; interdisciplinary artist
Picture It
Stills from the film Blue by Project Rainbow. Visit the project site (www.projectrainbow.typepad.com 
) for information on where
each of the film's chapter's can be seen.
See It
Olympic and Paralympic
Public Art Program
Mapping & Marking Project
The artist-initiated Mapping & Marking Project consists of eight distinctive works and is part of the City of Vancouver's Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program.
EXPLORE IT
Visit www.projectrainbow.typepad.com for more information about this project.
SEE IT
Watch a couple of videos featuring members of the Canadian Women’s Ski Jumping Team
HEAR IT
To hear the artist talk about the work call 604.998.8038, press 14.
VIEW IT
Film excerpts can be viewed February 12 – March 21, 2010. Each location will show a separate chapter of the film.
- Video screen at Robson & Granville Streets
- Centre A—2 West Hastings Street
- Chinese Cultural Centre—50 East Pender Street
- Solder & Sons Bookstore—247 Main Street
- Strathcona Community Centre—601 Keefer Street
PRINT IT
Download theinformation sheet for Blue 
(42kb)
Download the Olympic and Paralympic Public Art brochure (1.89mb)
PICTURE IT
View screen captures from the film.
FIND IT
Have a look at the dynamic Public Art map
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