OSGEMEOS – Vancouver Biennale

Brazilian artist duo OSGEMEOS have worked for the past weeks on an extraordinary public art project for the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale, more exactly a 360-degrees wall, on the six gigantic silos that are part of the Ocean Concrete manufacturing and distribution plant on Vancouver’s Granville Island. The result, according to the organizers – a 70-foot (21 meter) tall outdoor mural of 23,500 square feet (7,162 square meters) in size.

Artist Statement

“The first challenge of this project was to find a location that would fit with our idea. We did not want a conventional two-dimensional wall that we had done before – we wanted something different, special and unique. We have an ongoing project called ‘Giants’ that has been realized in several places in the world such as Greece, USA, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Brazil and England, and we will continue now in Canada, but with a difference. As the proposed Biennale has a strong connection with sculpture, we decided to find a place where the painting can be transformed, creating a dialogue between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds. Another aim of this project is to bring new characters to Vancouver while sharing perspectives and cultures and establishing a relationship between the people who frequent this site and integrate this work into the city scenery. The connection between water and land on Granville Island, on the False Creek margins, also had a lot to do with the choice of location – for us, the water acts as a vein, symbolizing life, and it is very present in our work.”

If you like the project, you can show support in their Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.