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