Photo: Soloman Chiniquay
TJ Felix from Tidââîgikthiyabich (Missing home and the way it used to be), 2023. - photo by Soloman Chiniquay
TJ Felix from Tidââîgikthiyabich (Missing home and the way it used to be), 2023. - photo by City of Vancouver
five (5) billboard faces along 6th Avenue between Burrard Street & Fir Street
The artwork has been removed from this location.
Civic
2023
Two-dimensional artwork
No longer in place
Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing
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

Tidââîgikthiyabich (Missing home and the way it used to be) was exhibited on five (5) billboard faces along 6th Avenue between Burrard Street and Fir Street from August to January 2024.

The artists write this about their work: “This collaborative photo series moves through urban tribal connections, the contentment and wholeness felt as we put ourselves on display with the likeness of the land painted across our bodies. Cognizing the shared condition of grief for the places our ancestors call us back to when we see photos, tourism ads, and hear white peers talking about their hiking trips and vacations. Even when we’re away from home our blood runs in the creeks and lies dried in the soil.”

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