Photo: City of Vancouver
"He Walked A Giant" by Aaron Nelson-Moody - photo by City of Vancouver
šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn Plaza (formerly Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza)
At the parking exit structure on the corner of W Georgia and Hamilton
Civic
2023
Digitally printed onto adhesive vinyl
Two-dimensional artwork
In place
Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing
Light boxDowntownWaterfront/Downtown TourDowntown North Quadrant
Description of work

PlatformsNine Places for Seeing is a series of temporary public art projects that presented from June 2023 until the end of 2025.

PlatformsNine Places for Seeing commissioned 21 local xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and urban Indigenous artists. 

Selected artworks were displayed on the following platforms: 

  • Billboards along 6th Avenue between Arbutus and Fir 
  • Light box at šxʷƛ̓ exən Xwtl’a7shn Plaza  
  • Banners at Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch  
  • Glass wall at City Centre Canada Line Station  
  • Transit shelter posters throughout the city 
  • VanLive! video screen, Robson St and Granville St 
  • Glass wall at Marine Drive Canada Line Station 
  • Windows at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre 
  • Windows at the Vancouver Playhouse 
  • Glass Wall at Olympic Village Canada Line Station
  • Glass Wall at King Edward Canada Line Station
Artist statement

He Walked A Giant was exhibited on the šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn Plaza lightbox from June 2023 - June 2024.

Born from Coast Salish and Scottish ancestry, Aaron Nelson-Moody has often been told of the differences and disconnections between these two cultures. His love for both sides of his family has led him to create an artwork that connects the two. In this piece, the artist uses both Western typography and Classic Coast Salish imagery to tell a story, with some parts that are better seen from a distance and other parts only visible close-up.

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