Digital Orca
 Digital Orca by the Burrard Inlet | |
_Downtown_-_OpenStreetMap.png)  Digital Orca Location in Vancouver | |
| Artist | Douglas Coupland |
|---|---|
| Year | 2009 |
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| 49°17′23″N 123°07′00″W / 49.28977°N 123.11679°WCoordinates: 49°17′23″N 123°07′00″W / 49.28977°N 123.11679°W | |
Digital Orca is a 2009 sculpture by Douglas Coupland, located adjacent to the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2] The work is part of the Vancouver Convention Centre Art Project.
The statue breaks down an orca, a familiar natural symbol of the area, into cubic pixels representative of the digital economy in the area.
See also
References
- ↑ "Digital Orca". City of Vancouver Public Art Registry. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Seipell, Tuija (August 12, 2010). "Vancouver's Coolest Public Art: Douglas Coupland's Digital Orca". Jaunted. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
External links
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Media related to Digital Orca at Wikimedia Commons - Tang, Colleen (August 6, 2010). "Douglas Coupland's digital orca captures the spirit of Vancouver Harbour". BC Living.
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