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Machina Metronoma (Shaughnessy Neighbourhood)
Photo: artist
Machina Metronoma (Shaughnessy Neighbourhood) - photo by artist
37th at Granville
Ridgeway Greenway
Poles at crossings
Civic
1997
Fibreglass and steel
Sculpture
In place
City of Vancouver
Ridgeway Greenway
Description of work
There are seven sculptures in the Metronoma series, mounted atop the 12-ft high cyclist-activated traffic signal poles. This series of sculptures is located at three intersections along 37th Avenue Ridgeway Greenway at Granville, Cambie, and Fraser Streets. Information about the other pieces can be found at "Machina Metronoma (South Cambie neighbourhood)" and "Machina Metronoma (Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood)". These pole sculptures are variations of whimsical gizmos with individual iconic objects representing activities such as skating and cycling which happen along the Greenways route. The sculptures have wind-catching hoods and counterbalanced panels which cause them to move back and forth like a metronome. Granville Street and 37th Avenue, SW corner: "Machina Metronoma: Even with Modern miniaturized technology, it is still pretty hard to put eighty pounds into a tire" (icon: lightweight air pump). On the NE corner: "Machina Metronoma: All Bicycles Weigh Fifteen Kilograms: A Five Kilogram Bicycle Needs a Ten Kilogram Lock. A Ten Kilogram Bicycle Needs a Five Kilogram Lock. A Fifteen Kilogram Bicycle Doesn't Need a Lock" (icon: reinforced bicycle lock).
Artist statement
These works were conceptualized as "a series of modern column capitals....decorated with iconography celebrating self-propelled technology and local history. Each capital comprises one of fourteen "Stations of the Crossings...."
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