Douglas Coupland Vancouver Codes

jimdhaem Posted on January 29, 2012

Vancouver Codes by Douglas Coupland is the 8th work in the yearlong 10 Seconds project curated by Paul Wong. 10 Seconds is presented by On Main in partnership with inTransitBC and commissioned by The City of Vancouver Public Art Program with the support of Vancouver 125 and the participation of the Government of Canada.

Vancouver Codes is the latest manifestation of recent new work by Douglas Coupland that extends the graphic black and white QR code into the realm of colorful modernist paintings, while retaining the code’s original interactive function. Vancouver Codes is launching on Canada Line video screens Jan.16-31, 2012, on youtube, facebook and at www.onmaingallery.com.

Vancouver Codes is 10 seconds of elegantly shifting codes that link to twenty pieces of data: including youtube videos, photographs of various sites such as Grouse Mountain, VanDusen Gardens, public artworks including Coupland’s Digital Orca and Terry Fox sculptures, and written messages. He has also created a QR code that links to www.onmaingallery.com: all reasons to take out your smart phone, scan that screen, and see where Coupland takes you.

Source: YouTube