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: 

• 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

This artwork was exhibited at the City Centre Canada Line Station from Septemver 2024 - March 2025.

Owls have played a significant role in Mack’s life for as long as they can remember. In many Indigenous cultures, owls are often seen as messengers of death. While Mack’s grandmother honoured and respected this belief, she also taught Mack that an owl could simply be a messenger conveying important messages.

Owls are revered night hunters and guides, with the ability to help us see through darkness and the unknown. Their ability to navigate smoothly through space has resonated with Coast Salish two-spirited folk who navigate between masculine and feminine energies and are often guides within their communities or families. Moreover, this navigational skill reflects the experiences of contemporary Indigenous people who continuously move around in colonized and urban environments on their traditional territories.