Tour Your Free Outdoor Art Gallery By Belinda Bruce O u r p u b l i c spaces are n o t o n l y arenas f o r w o r k , travel a n d r e c r e a t i o n , b u t t h e t e r r a i n of our communal imagination and memory. Every city is a p o e m a b o u t p e o p l e , l a n d s c a p e a n d c u l t u r e . Public art is a vital p a r t o f t h a t lyrical e x p r e s s i o n o f i d e n t i t y a n d place. Discover the poetry of the City of North Vancouver through a self-guided t o u r o f its p u b l i c a r t -- a free o u t d o o r art g a l l e r y at y o u r d o o r s t e p . Kickstart y o u r d a y b y c h e c k i n g o u t t h e m o s t r e c e n t p u b l i c art p i e c e s , c r e a t e d t h r o u g h t h e Private D e v e l o p e r P r o g r a m o f t h e C i t y o f N o r t h V a n c o u v e r Public A r t p r o g r a m . Developers paid for the creation o f t h e a r t w o r k s as p a r t o f t h e i r c o m m i t m e n t to the community Circulus V i t a e (Life Cycle) Peter Pierobon Time Sequence sult is an annual celebration of sound light. --Luke Blackstone, 2005 and A r t i s t Luke Blackstone e n d e a v o u r s t o take p u b l i c art o n e s t e p b e y o n d t h e static sculpt u r e . By striving t o i n t e g r a t e t e c h n o l o g y ; by r e f o r m i n g o b j e c t s , e n e r g y sources, m o v e m e n t , s o u n d a n d light; a n d f i n d i n g unique uses f o r o r d i n a r y o b j e c t s ; he creates d y n a m i c w o r k s t o i n t r i g u e a n d e n g a g e the p a s s e r b y i n t o f u r t h e r e x p l o r i n g t h e piece. Luke B l a c k s t o n e 121 W e s t 16th Street When the principles of breathing, tree rings, and binary numbers intersect, the re- Bill PechetS Stephanie Robb Pier Public Art Circulus Vitae, a w o r k s p o n s o r e d by West C o a s t Projects, d r a w s a parallel b e t w e e n n a t u r e a n d h u m a n life b y r e v e a l i n g t h e c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n t r e e s as an integral part of our environment, and human b r e a t h , an essential e l e m e n t o f life. The display w i n d o w simulates the human b r e a t h w i t h t w o glass cylinders t h a t fill and e x p e l w i t h air. T h e e x p e l l e d air m o v e s the leaf c o u n t e r b a l a n c e a n d tilts t h e mercury switch t o a c t i v a t e t h e LED counter. The e x t e r i o r art p a n e l s h o w s t h e annual rings of d i f f e r e n t species o f native trees: cedar,