I’m reposting this comment that came in on an earlier blog post.
Hello everyone,
My name is Gillian and I am the Communications Liaison for the Vancouver Biennale.
Just thought I would give you some information about us.
We are a non-profit organization with three staff members and no tax payers money is used for our installations.
By September 29th (our launch date) we will have 19 sculptures installed and by May 2010 around 32 will be placed in Vancouver and Richmond. The Vancouver Biennale includes New Media and Performance Art as well as a speaker series with Charles Jencks and Ma Jun. We will also hold a series of curotorial lectures for those of you who are interested in becoming curators, or are just interested!
At the moment we have Michael Zheng’s stop signs installed and Vladas Vildziunas ‘Barbora’ at Thorton Park (opposite Main Station). This week, and at the beginning of next week, we are installing pieces by two Chinese artists, Jianhua Liu’s ‘Pillows’ and Wang Shugang’s ‘Meeting’ at Cardero Park (next to the Westin Bayshore Hotel) and Harbour Green Park (opposite the float planes).
Thank you for all your thoughts and keep an eye open for more of our work!
Gillian and all the staff at the Biennale office 
12 responses so far ↓
1 spartikus // Aug 19, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Not personally fond of the Stop Signs, but frack it. Go Gillian, go Biennale!
2 Frothingham // Aug 19, 2009 at 11:01 pm
All the best to the Vancouver Biennale. I Look forward to viewing the various art installations.
3 Westender // Aug 20, 2009 at 8:18 am
What a pleasure to know that the Biennale installations are underway again. I encourage everyone to download an audio walking tour and make a day of seeing all the pieces once they are installed! Thank you to Frances for providing another avenue for the Vancouver Biennale to “get the word out.”
4 Frothingham // Aug 20, 2009 at 9:46 am
@Westender …would love to download audio walking tour. where?
5 Price Tags // Aug 20, 2009 at 11:43 am
Here’s a Price Tags tour of the last Biennale - http://www.sightline.org/publications/enewsletters/price_tags/pricetags86
And an update - http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/public-art-and-its-discontents/ - on some of the new public art in the city.
6 Larry McLaren // Aug 20, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I cant wait to see the piece that reveals the “narrative of political discourse as one which simultaneously promulgates, mythologizes and paradoxically sabotages infantilized notions of political equity.”
My understanding is that it’s a large sheet of metal overlaid with thinly spread excrement inscribed with political promises made at varying levels of government during election campaigns.
Should be a winner - as long as you’re upwind.
7 Simon // Aug 20, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Hi Gillian,
Thanks for educating us. I live close to where Michael Zheng’s piece has been installed. I’m not the biggest fan of the work, but it had inspired a vigorous debate between my son (who is in great favor of it) and I on its merit. He is three.
Thanks for the great work and keep it up. Best to you and Vancouver Biennale.
Ciao,
Simon
8 heather // Aug 20, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Being a resident of False Creek I am wondering if the stop signs are permanent or will they hopefully be removed soon. It is not so much the “artistic” side of this feature that I dislike, but where it is situated within the park. My impression is that it now means STOP PLAYING. As children will no longer be able to use this hill to toboggan on in the winter or learn how to ride a bike down. In a time when we want to encourage physical activity this “Artwork” is STOPPING activity.
9 Westender // Aug 20, 2009 at 3:10 pm
There was an audio walking tour (.mp3 format) available for the 2005-2007 Biennale - I would hope the same sort of thing would be available this time, but likely not until all the pieces are installed. (I’ll forego a visit to the excrement piece - it would appear to fall into the “sourpuss art” category).
10 Shane // Aug 20, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Looking forward to this - I wish we could purchase more of this art for permanent display - even the most controversial of installations like the “Device to root out evil”
11 Westender // Aug 20, 2009 at 4:48 pm
The loss of “Device” is an embarrassment to Vancouver.
12 Darcy McGee // Aug 21, 2009 at 9:47 am
> The loss of “Device” is an embarrassment
> to Vancouver.
+1
Loved that sculpture.
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