Platforms 2020: Public Works is a monthly series of temporary public art projects that presented from June 2020 until the end of December 2020.

These artworks were selected through an open call inviting Vancouver-based artists to share projects that they have been working on that respond to the circumstances of living during a pandemic and critical time of change.

The public art program was launched on transit shelters, billboards, and video screens throughout the city.

Pandemic Lip Reading (2020) presented on a billboard on Helmcken Street near Granville Street from October 5 to November 1, 2020. Growing up, Landry was taught to assimilate and pass as a hearing person by relying on visual cues such as reading lips. 

With health measures such as personal protective equipment in place the artist can no longer accommodate the hearing world. This piece show Landry's difficulties navigating the pandemic as a Deaf person, and the hope that we can collectively adapt to new ways of communicating that go beyond hearing.