Metal trees with lights art installation between Shaw Tower and Fairmont PacRim

[mcminsen]

Intriguing new art installation in downtown Vancouver. I particularly liked the high quality of the glass lights. Not easy to photograph, though. Grey metal, black wood and spots of light blending in with the background. I look forward to seeing it again sometime in the dark.

All my pics, March 5 '15.

[Klazu]

Great representation of the installation!

[trofirhen]

Super photos and angles!
As for the trees themselves ... yes! Interesting and pleasant public art, IMO, in a space requiring something in the first place.
Rather delicate, and an understated glitter in what would otherwise be an empty concrete plaza between two buildings.
This somehow seems to provide a "link" of sorts between the two, as well as being interesting in and of itself.

[mcminsen]

Yes, this boxed in little plaza needed something, anything to dress it up a bit. I think they look best when silhouetted against the sky during the day so maybe this wasn't the ideal location. I'm imagining them reinstalled at a future date on some outer point or corner of the seawall where you would see them against the sky and at night it would provide a little sparkle to an otherwise dark place.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Pretty cool. The trees are way better than most metal trees I've seen done in other places. Does anyone else find it disconcerting all of the wood used in the display and the trees are metal? I'm sure it's part of the concept.

I think it may have worked better to have a thicker coverage of leaves and maybe reduce the height of the trees just slightly. It would give them a little more visual weight against the buildings which is where I think the struggle for me is.

That said, I really quite like them. Definitely a B+ at least.

[Delirium]

i like it and agreed that area needed something. some colour would have looked nice - ie. if the trees themselves were say, red. something bold. it's all quite grey imo but still, great addition.

the piece is from vancouver based omer arbel http://www.omerarbel.com/

[officedweller]

Responding to vancouver604's comment about them being "money trees".

Originally Posted by officedweller

YUP!!

They're called "Silver Dollar trees/plants"

The sculptures would have looked nicer if the branches arched, rather than being bent at rigid angles.


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[jlousa]

The trees are permanent, Ian was under no obligation to spend the money for this installation but felt the plaza needed something special. There will be additional work after TedTalks to complete the artwork.

[subdude]

Haven't seen them in person yet but they appear to fit in well with this area - cold, sterile and devoid of nature...

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by Delirium

i like it and agreed that area needed something. some colour would have looked nice - ie. if the trees themselves were say, red. something bold. it's all quite grey imo but still, great addition.

the piece is from vancouver based omer arbel http://www.omerarbel.com/

Thanks for the artist's name. I've searched around but still haven't nailed down the title or name of this particular installation.

Thanks to jlousa for correcting the hotel name in the thread title.

[Genauso]

Very Nice! Thanks for sharing mcminsen.

I would very much like to see these art trees and vertically extruded cubes to spread around Vancouver. Whoever is in charge of the real trees at City Hall seems to think any tree is a good tree judging by what they did to Granville and Georgia streets.

[vanlaw]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Thanks for the artist's name. I've searched around but still haven't nailed down the title or name of this particular installation.

Thanks to jlousa for correcting the hotel name in the thread title.

Scout had an interview with him this past January. No mention of this installation.

http://scoutmagazine.ca/2015/01/05/v...er-omer-arbel/

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by subdude

Haven't seen them in person yet but they appear to fit in well with this area - cold, sterile and devoid of nature...

What might you have preferred? Just out of interest.

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by vanlaw

Scout had an interview with him this past January. No mention of this installation.

http://scoutmagazine.ca/2015/01/05/v...er-omer-arbel/

Thanks for that link. I'm now thinking that if the installation has a name that it might simply be a number. As in, "series #… ".

[Delirium]

Wallpaper has an article about the installation:

http://www.wallpaper.com/art/canadia...ky/8578#114060

it's from the design firm Bocci who's creative director is omer arbel

[red-paladin]

Unfortunately some of the flat wood panels on the driveway have started to come off in the rain today.

My terrible image, it's just a small section near the south end of the driveway, facing MNP Tower.

[Vin]

Never like the idea of wood stuff exposed to the elements.

[jlousa]

The wood tiles were always temporary, the stone could not arrive in time. After TedTalks it will be replaced with cobblestone.

[red-paladin]

Ah, as you alluded to before

[mcminsen]

From the Vancouver Sun:

"Bocci's Omer Arbel lights up new look Canada House"

"… Arbel’s most recent work, 16, which comprises eight stainless steel “trees” with large, lit glass leaves, planted in the public courtyard at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel at Canada Place.

At 30 meters long and up to 12 meters tall, it is Bocci’s largest installation in Canada and the first time the design company has revealed a major work here.

Arbel numbers each of his works chronologically, meaning 16 came long before 57.157."