Digital Orca | |
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Artist | Douglas Coupland |
Year | 2009 |
Medium | |
Subject | Killer whale |
Dimensions | 8 [1] m (25 ft) |
Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
49°17′23″N 123°07′00″W / 49.28977°N 123.11679°W | |
Owner | Pavco [2] |
Digital Orca is a 2009 sculpture of a killer whale by Douglas Coupland, installed next to the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [2] The powder coated aluminium sculpture on a stainless steel frame is owned by Pavco, a crown corporation of British Columbia which operates BC Place Stadium and the Vancouver Convention Centre. [2]
The sculpture was installed in 2009 and commissioned by the city of Vancouver. [3]
In 2022, a group protesting the logging of old-growth forests in British Columbia spray painted landmarks around Vancouver, including Digital Orca. [4]
The sculpture is located at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver, Canada. [5] The sculpture depicts a killer whale created by black and white cubes, [6] creating a visual effect as if it were a pixellated digital image. The sculpture has a steel armature and aluminum cladding. [3]
It was described as "both beautiful and bizarre" in Architectural Design. [3] John Ortved in Vogue said the statue "grapples with modernization and the digital age" by making the killer whale less scary. [7]
Digital Orca | |
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| |
Artist | Douglas Coupland |
Year | 2009 |
Medium | |
Subject | Killer whale |
Dimensions | 8 [1] m (25 ft) |
Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
49°17′23″N 123°07′00″W / 49.28977°N 123.11679°W | |
Owner | Pavco [2] |
Digital Orca is a 2009 sculpture of a killer whale by Douglas Coupland, installed next to the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [2] The powder coated aluminium sculpture on a stainless steel frame is owned by Pavco, a crown corporation of British Columbia which operates BC Place Stadium and the Vancouver Convention Centre. [2]
The sculpture was installed in 2009 and commissioned by the city of Vancouver. [3]
In 2022, a group protesting the logging of old-growth forests in British Columbia spray painted landmarks around Vancouver, including Digital Orca. [4]
The sculpture is located at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver, Canada. [5] The sculpture depicts a killer whale created by black and white cubes, [6] creating a visual effect as if it were a pixellated digital image. The sculpture has a steel armature and aluminum cladding. [3]
It was described as "both beautiful and bizarre" in Architectural Design. [3] John Ortved in Vogue said the statue "grapples with modernization and the digital age" by making the killer whale less scary. [7]