“DO NOT CROSS ….

RISK OF INJURY.

It was a beautiful day in Vancouver, and I was out walking by Coal Harbour.  When I read those words I thought, “Hmm….could it be?  I may have found the Ai Weiwei installation!”  A while ago I had heard, and then subsequently forgotten, that there was public artwork by Weiwei in the city.  The DO NOT CROSS  RISK OF INJURY definitely piqued my imagination and curiosity.

Sure enough, there it was.

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Ai Weiwei The F Grass, Vancouver     photo by T. Vatrt

Because of its low profile, one has to be intentional, or in my case, lucky to find it…..or live in the neighbourhood.

Ai Weiwei installation, Vancouver     photo by T. Vatrt

F Grass is part of the Vancouver Biennale Open Air Museum.  Here’s a link to participate in the What the F? movement against the kind of censorship Ai Weiwei has experienced.

Definitely risky business.

Ai Weiwei The F Grass     photo by T. Vatrt

5 thoughts on ““DO NOT CROSS ….

  1. Ruth

    This installation is interesting on more than one level. First, there is the actual level-ness of the piece, but then there is the choice of medium, causing me to ask why it was chosen, how was each piece created, and why is /f/ so popular!

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  2. Clare Thomas – Canada – Clare Thomas is a full-time artist who divides her time between Victoria, Canada, and the UK. She is interested in the small and unassuming, the overlooked, lost and forgotten. Taking her inspiration from the everyday, her practice includes drawing, collage and painting, together with domestic arts such as stitching, wrapping and knitting. Her work has been shown in exhibitions in Canada and England, and is held in private collections of both sides of the Atlantic. Her “cleaning beaches” project featuring plastic marine debris was featured in “Craftivism: the art and craft of activism” published by Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014. She has an MA in Art and Environment from Falmouth University, UK.
    Clare Thomas

    excellent! I see you did cross and risk injury – which is surely appropriate given Ai Wei Wei’s circumstances …..

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