So here we are, the Olympic games is going on in my city, I've seen no events, either live or on tv (apart from the opening ceremony), and I may now have heard of Wayne Gretsky but I still don't know anything about him (think he played hockey). But there is a decided buzz about town, and we headed Downtown to sample a flavour. Long queues put us off the pavilions, but wandering around was fun.
Here's the controversial cauldron with its ugly high fence (well actually they left a wee gap in the fence so you could stick your camera through). You can glimpse the Olympic rings on the seafront, and its a great view of the (mostly snow-less!) north shore mountains. I love to look across the inlet and know that I live in those trees somewhere.
We popped into the Pendulum Gallery and came across an exhibition by a pair of artists called 'T&T', some rather whimsical creations based on cars/boats and cycles, apparently the creations of some world post-environmental disaster.
There was a very welcome childrens drawing station, with big repros of one of the artists' drawings.
It said on the poster that it was produced in partnership with a place called Collage Collage so I looked them up and it looks like a funky kids art workshop/gallery/art materials shop all rolled into one. Boo and I will be making a visit soon (might take my resume!).
We passed by Vancouver Art Gallery which is currently resplendent in glorious textile colour:
The mural is by Michael Lin, an artist who uses the images of traditional Taiwanese textiles, hand-painted by a team.
Up Grouse Mountain, some of the little snow that there was had been used to construct a traditional Inukshuck figure.
Ok, so my Olympic tour has a decided arty rather than sporty flavour. What can I say?
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