Public Art Registry
Machina Metronoma (Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood)
37th at Fraser Street
Ridgeway Greenway
Poles at crossings
Civic
1997
Fibreglass and steel
Sculpture
In place
City of Vancouver
Ridgeway Greenway
Description of work
There are nine different sculptures in the Metronoma series, mounted atop 12-ft high cyclist-activated traffic signal poles located at three intersections along 37th Avenue Ridgeway Greenway at Granville, Cambie, and Fraser Streets. There are three poles at Fraser Street: on the west side of intersection: "Machina Metronoma: How can you make any progress when going in a circle?" (icon: six speed sprocket); on the NE side of intersection: "Machina Metronoma: How can you make any progress when going in a circle?" (icon: upward bicycle pedal and crank); and on the SE side of intersection: "Machina Metronoma: How can you make any progress when going in a circle?" (icon: downward bicycle pedal and crank).
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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