It’s the latest piece of public art at the Central City Canada Line Station:
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I was fascinated by the piece – very much in the Jeff Wall photoconceptualism school – and the young people it portrayed:
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But I missed the point:
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To get past the artTalk, it’s by The Graey, a youth-based artist collective. Tight City “depicts a high density living space that could exist in a space similar to the Canada Line exit shelter.” The idea: to raise questions about affordable and sustainable living conditions and lifestyles in Vancouver.
And to do it in a very sexy Renaissancy way.
They also ask for viewers to post photos of their cramped spaces at #tightcity – but apparently no one has.
