Trans Am Totem

officedweller · #1 Posted **Mar 26, 2015, 11:31 PM**

Part of the Vancouver Biennale:

http://marcusbowcott.com/?page_id=1270

To be erected at Quebec and Pacific Blvd.

http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/1...sumer-culture/

http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/1...sumer-culture/

GeeCee · #2 Posted **Mar 27, 2015, 12:42 AM**

i, uh, i'm not a fan

LeftCoaster · #3 Posted **Mar 27, 2015, 11:44 PM**

So weird. I have no idea whether i like it or not, which I guess means at least I respect it?

SFUVancouver · #4 Posted **Mar 28, 2015, 12:22 AM**

I expect that Translink will be blamed for it.

whatnext · #5 Posted **Mar 29, 2015, 6:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

I expect that Translink will be blamed for it.

Put a poodle on it.

Klazu · #6 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 12:07 AM**

Please tell me this is only temporary. I am all pro for more public art, but this looks like a something you would see in a junk yard.

Pinion · #7 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 1:37 AM**

This is hilarious. I kinda like it.

Infrequent Poster · #8 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 2:05 AM**

Its better then that silly chandelier thing they are putting under the Granville bridge. (in my opinion)

red-paladin · #9 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 3:02 AM**

Please no.

quobobo · #10 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 3:33 AM**

Pretty cool. I think it looks much better in the last photo on the artist's website.

Tetsuo · #11 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 5:53 AM**

They need to add a lambo at the top with an N sticker

Infrequent Poster · #12 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 6:53 AM**

They should add a cyclist at the base of the structure. Then the stack of cars should weep dirty motor oil onto it. There could be a small pool of motor oil around the base of the structure which would be pumped back up to the top. Perhaps at 10 in the evening the pool of oil could be lit up (Think olympic plaza)
This would really illustrate all the things Vancouver is against. This juxtaposition could send a profound message.

red-paladin · #13 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 5:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tetsuo

They need to add a lambo at the top with an N sticker

You forgot the black lights, the stripes to make it go faster, and the plush pikachus in the back window.

whatnext · #14 Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 6:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tetsuo

They need to add a lambo at the top with an N sticker

Should be a few wrecked or impounded ones lying around.

To make it relevant to Vancouverites they need a statue of Gregor at the top smiting the cars with a sword.

mcminsen · #15 Posted **Mar 31, 2015, 1:31 AM**

Here are some pics of the installation that they got done today of the tree trunk. It's an impressive piece of tree. The last shot is from the Skytrain.

March 30 '15, all my pics

Vin · #16 Posted **Mar 31, 2015, 6:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

Whoa! Are those new BMW cop bikes that I see? They sure are awesome compared to the outdated Harleys still used by North American cops (front of the convoy). I guess the VPD traffic division just procured those? Run doggy run! You don't want to be run over by those mean machines.

Pinion · #17 Posted **Apr 1, 2015, 12:19 AM**

Completed. Click for huge

kylemacmac on reddit

Hed Kandi · #18 Posted **Apr 1, 2015, 2:22 AM**

I heard a coworker talking about this earlier today. Apparently some homeless guy climbed up to the top white car last night and was caught sleeping inside it.

Pinion · #19 Posted **Apr 1, 2015, 2:33 AM**

Appropriate.

mcminsen · #20 Posted **Apr 1, 2015, 2:53 AM**

TA DA!!! lol

I was about half a block away on Milross Ave. trying to get a zoomed in shot when a little old lady with a cane came walking up. She stopped to figure out what I was trying to get a picture of and when she saw it she said "That's not going to be permanent is it?!!!". I was tempted to say yes but I said I didn't know. She heaved a big sigh and shook her head and walked away.

March 31 '15, my pic