Stanley Park Environmental Art - Semi-permanent Works

John Hemsworth & Peter von Tiesenhausen

John Hemsworth, Peter von Tiesenhausen • Davide Pan, T'Uy'Tanat Cease Wyss • Shirley Wiebe • Tania Willard

Listen

John Hemsworth drills the top of the orb

Peter von Tiesenhausen shaping the cedar ball that will sit inside the orb

John and Peter prepare the site prior to installation

Listen July 2009

One year later - Sept 2010

Feb 11, 2011

Click thumbnails for full-size images. Photos: Paul Colangelo.

Visit this work located on the east side of Lover's Walk just south of the junction with Squirrel Trail.
Detailed map of Stanley Park

Artists Statement:
Listen is not necessarily about the sounds of this place but rather about taking the time to hear what the forest has to offer. This sculpture, carved from cedar remnants of the wind storm of 2006, is meant as a place of reflection - an opportunity to find a silence between ourselves and our environment. As the gap in the ancient fallen cedar informed what this space required, so too may we all listen more closely to the world around us.

Read the ecological response provided by Robyn Worcester, Conservation Manager at SPES for Listen

As part of our ongoing documentation of this project, photos of the artworks are being taken at different times of the year to capture the changes being brought upon by the works by the flora and fauna of the park, as well as the weather. Click here to view images of Listen taken over time .