Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver
by Vanessa Kwan

Roundhouse Community Centre
Vancouver Central Library
Granville Island
February 13 – March 21, 2010

Vanessa Kwan’s Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver was a mobile sculptural kiosk that could be found at various sites during the 2010 Winter Games. Specially uniformed kiosk attendants distributed what looked like conventional tourist postcards that actually had a die-cut hole in the centre, allowing visitors to frame their vistas in individual ways. The kiosk was both sculptural and practical and acted as a place from which to engage with people and the landscape in an otherwise frenetic environment. Visitors will have a chance to share their custom postcards by posting them to the Flickr group Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver and vancouvervancouvervancouver.com until the end of 2010.

“The postcards are designed as do-it-yourself framing devices, and through them, one might view infinite vistas and recombinant versions of Vancouver, both here and elsewhere. Viewers can document their “image within an image” and then post these on the website.”

-- Vanessa Kwan

 

Artist Biography

Vanessa Kwan graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2004. She has exhibited at the Or Gallery, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Access Gallery, Helen Pitt Gallery and Richmond Art Gallery; she has also produced work in public spaces, for which she has used print materials and situational performances. She is a founding member of the Norma arts collective.

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Vanessa Kwan, Concept image, 2009