Public Art Registry
Tribute to the Cambie Works Yard
Tribute to the Cambie Works Yard
700 National Avenue
National Works Yard
Interior on sliding doors
Civic
2004
Electrostatic Protective clear-Luster film
Site-integrated work
In place
City of Vancouver
National Works Yard
Description of work
A transparent film is applied to the glass on the sliding doors of the meeting room off the main lobby, creating a panorama in sections. The images are drawn from photographs of the layers of marking on the asphalt of the old Cambie Work Yard. Many different employees over the course of many years, contributed to the patterns of white and yellow dashes, circles, and lines as a result of testing the line-painting equipment. Isolated and blown up they become abstract images with cryptic symbols and letters. The panoramic image is complete when the doors are closed, and layered when open.
Artist statement
The artist took numerous photos of the layers of markings made over the course of years by the employees in the course of their work.
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