WE: Vancouver – 12 Manifestos for the City was presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery from February 12 to May 1, 2011. This exhibition examined Vancouver through the extraordinary range of practices, actions and ideas that shape and activate it.
Demonstrate

We testify. We display. We take part in. We cry out against.

Manifestos on the street...

Manifestos on the street…

The WE: Vancouver manifestos are appearing around the city on hoardings and other street level locations. The posters pictured here are on the corner of W. Pender and Homer. Let us know if you’ve seen the manifestos in the street, send your pictures to – curatorial@vanartgallery.bc.ca
WE: Vancouver Manifestos

WE: Vancouver Manifestos

Trevor Boddy
Lindsay Brown
Mari Fujita and Matthew Soules
The Office for Soft Architecture
Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnon
Urban Subjects and Neil Smith
Vancouver Public Space Network
The Manifesto 11 Collective
Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber

Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber

One of the key assumptions of this exhibition is that architecture can hold meaning and memory, that it can galvanize a community, shape relations between citizens and provide resources that can be shared by many. In their massive, photo-montaged panorama of Vancouver architecture, Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber offer provocative insight into the critical role...