The Vancouver Biennale

L’arte pubblica a Vancouver

Public art in Vancouver

1991: Public Art Program

2005: Vancouver Biennale

Henry Moore, Knife edge two piece, 1969

The first NON-commemorative sculpture in Vancouver’s public space

1. Vancouver EXPO ’86

The world expo transformed the urban landscape.

1986Important events in

the building of Vancouver’s public art

system

2. Vancouver Sculpture Symposium

lascito delle manifestazioni del 1986:

Geoffrey Smedley, Rowingbridge

EXPO ‘86

Shu Ren Cheng, China Gate

EXPO ‘86

Natalie McHaffie, Solo

SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM

Public Art Program1991

PLANNING CONSERVATION and

MANTEINANCE

FUND

Ken Lum, Monument for East Vancouver

Civic Public Art Program

Private Development Program

Antonia Hirsch, Double blind

Liz Magor, Lightshed

Donations

Gunda Forster, Ice Light

Special Vancouver 2010Winter Olympics

F. Kobberling e M. Kaltwasser, The Games are Open

The first Vancouver Biennale: 2005 - 2007

“It’s very much about the democratic process offreedom, opportunity and engagement for everybodyand not only interest 5% of the art elite”

Barrie Mowatt,Artistic director and founder of Vancouver Biennale

case studies, previous exhibitions:

In Public: Seattle 1991

Culture in Action: NEW PUBLIC ART in Chicago

1993

Skulpture Projekte Munsterdal 1977

2005-2007: Vancouver SCULPTURE Biennale

Michel Goulet, Echoes

Dennis Oppenheim, Engagement

1997 Venezia

Dennis Oppenheim, Device to root out evil

1997 New York: refused

1997 Venice Biennale

2003 University of Standford (USA): refused

2006 VANCOUVER: installed at Harbour Green Park, then removed.

2008 Calgary (Canada): On temporary loan at the Glenbow Museum

Open Air Museum

Education Engagement

2009-2011 Vancouver Biennale, second edition

Focus on China and

India

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Walking figures

“We really wanted to focus in the BRIC Nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China), emerging economic powers.The Biennale focuses on the world that most impacts us as a city of the West Coast: South America and Asia. It’s a very big part of OUR IDENTITY ”

Barrie Mowatt

Exhibition In Transition: new art from India, Richmond Art Gallery 2010

CHINESE ARTISTS

Yue Minjun, A-maze-ing laughter

Gao Brothers, Miss Mao trying to poise herself at the top of Lenin’s head

Relational projects

Soren Dahlgaard, Dough portraits

Konstantin Dimopoulos, The blue trees

Kaarina Kaikkonen, Growing connections

Way, Helsinki Cathedral, 2000

2014-2016 the third Vancouver Biennale

ENGAGEMENT

2014-2016Open borders/Crossroads Vancouver

ARTISTS RESIDENCIESCinema Music

Hugo Franca, Public forniture/urban trees

Ai Weiwei, F Grass

OSGEMEOS, Giants

Shweta Bhattad, I HAVE A DREAMCommunity project

I have a dream

The global call

Tatiana Villani, Ho un sogno, Pietrasanta (LU)

Rathin Barman, Please don’t tweet this!

Hasan Hujairi, The Squamish working papers

Sumakshi Singh, Breath song

International Pavilion 2014: focus on Brazil

tour del padiglione

Nathalia Garcia, Castelo (House of cards)

Installation of Castelo, Nathalia Garcia

Installazione di Castelo, Nathalia Garcia

Nathalia Garcia, previous works

Paulo Climachauska, Red Fortune

Installation of Red Fortune, Paulo Climachauska

2Vancouver SCULPTURE Biennale2005-2007

3 VANCOUVE

R BIENNALE

2009-2011

4 VANCOUVE

R BIENNALE

2014-2016

1Public Art Program

1991

The evolution:

CREATION OF A PUBLIC ART SYSTEM

SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS

LOCAL ARTISTS

MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE

URBAN DESIGN

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

SCULPTURE

ENGAGEMENT

EDUCATION

PERMANENT COLLECTION

SCUPTURE

PARTICIPATION

ARTISTS RESIDENCIES

EDUCATIONAL

RESOURCES

MUSIC and CINEMA

PERMANENT COLLECTION

72%

5%4%

19%

Temporary public art installation questionnaire to Vancouver residents (2014)

It will have a POSITIVE impact

People will still use the parks as they always do

It will have a NEGATIVE impact

Unsure/don’t know

Impact of art installations at proposed park or site

“My dream is that the young generation in the next years will be so exposed to public art and cultural activities around their communities that they expect that and they demand that to your politicians and they want more of that. But if you don’t know it you won’t ask for it. …The Vancouver Biennale’s mission is really about education.”

Barrie Mowatt,