Vancouver Codes

Start­ing today and run­ning for the next two weeks, Canada Line rid­ers can check out orig­i­nal art by Sad Mag Issue 5 cover star Dou­glas Cou­p­land, in the form of colour­ful QR codes. His work, enti­tled Van­cou­ver Codes, is part of the 10 Sec­ond series, one of 15 pub­lic art projects com­mis­sioned by the city as part of Van­cou­ver 125.

Accord­ing to the press release, “Van­cou­ver Codes is the eighth in the 10 Sec­onds series of com­mis­sioned works for the Canada Line video screens as part of a year­long project cel­e­brat­ing Van­cou­ver 125.” The 10 Sec­onds series was curated by Paul Wong and pre­sented in part­ner­ship with On Main and InTransitBC.

Cou­p­land cre­ated QR-code paint­ings last year, two of which (“Live Long and Pros­per” and “Every­thing Beau­ti­ful is True”) are dis­play­ing on Canada Line video screens until Jan­u­ary 31st.

Van­cou­ver Codes link to sites for var­i­ous Vancouver-related videos, art works and sites includ­ing “pho­tographs of var­i­ous sites such as Grouse Moun­tain and Van Dusen Gar­dens; pub­lic art­works includ­ing Coupland’s Dig­i­tal Orca and Terry Fox Sculp­tures” and more.

After Coupland’s tran­sit exhi­bi­tion wraps, new work will be fea­tured for the months of Feb­ru­ary and March. To see the pre­vi­ous art works exhib­ited on the Canada Line, visit the On Main website.

Van­cou­ver Codes

Jan­u­ary 16 — 31, 2012

Canada Line Stations

Free!