Huge new public art piece offers bird’s-eye view of East Vancouver

The City of Vancouver has unveiled a monolithic caller creation installation that’s been astir a decade successful nan making.

Dubbed “Home + Away,” nan 17-metre (50 foot) gangly artwork takes nan shape of a portion of stadium bleachers.

The activity overlooks nan historical Empire Fields successful East Vancouver’s Hastings Park. The fields are nan tract of nan erstwhile Empire Stadium, erstwhile nan location of nan BC Lions and a venue that hosted world acts including The Beatles.

The portion was created by Seattle-based artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo.

“It’s awesome to spot this portion realized wrong nan discourse of specified a well-used nationalist space,” Han said.

“Home + Away was inspired straight by nan tract history of spectatorship, and we dream it will link Hastings Park users to that history and nan majestic views of nan situation for galore decades to come,” Mihalyo.

The installation is interactive and is designed to beryllium climbed and utilized arsenic seating. It besides offers spectacular views.

It includes 16 rows of seating and tin support 49 people.

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Originally approved in 2015 pinch a fund of $450,000, activity connected nan portion faced a assortment of challenges including nan COVID-19 pandemic and proviso concatenation issues.

It was yet completed astatine nan costs of $640,000 and pinch creation changes that eliminated nan unique V-shaped yellowish and bluish ‘home’ and ‘away’ sections successful nan original design.