stairway to heaven

What's a good thing to do on a Tuesday afternoon? Go to the Vancouver Art Gallery. My friend Sam needed to go for a visual arts assignment and was told she could bring a friend, so I there I went! I had never been and kept hearing amazing things so I thought it was critical that I go (instead of my history class that lectures directly from the text book). There was some pretty cool stuff. They were actually putting up this sculpture when we got there so we got to see that whole process in action.

I must say my favorite part was when Sam and I stumbled into a room that say "Please Enter" and came to find a dark room with a giant projection of a guy playing Stairway to Heaven on the beach. I don't know what it was that I liked so much, maybe the simplicity, or the colours, or the combination of everything but we ended up going back a second time.

And yes, that is Sam attacking the screen...

The gallery also has these really cool short videos that play outside on to the street that we ended up watching for a while. They were very abstract (boy being hit in the head with a ball repeatedly and people pouring milk and various dairy products into and around their mouths) but if you actually stand and watch them for a while they become quite mesmerizing.

Everything downtown seems to be going a bit crazy right now with the Olympics and everything getting transformed in some way or another. I like the way the gallery stands out and has become a sort of interactive thing for everyone without even having to step inside. I was into it. It was kind of a last minute decision to go but I'm really glad I did. It now comes highly recommended in my books.