Location: 1:30 5000'
This sculpture is inspired by the Monument to East Van, which itself is based on graffiti found in Vancouver, Canada since the mid-1900s. Over time, the symbol has come to represent East Vancouver, referencing the city's traditionally working-class and harder-edged neighbourhoods.
Monument to East Man explores concepts of context-based identity, orientalism versus occidentalism, and the immigrant experience.
Like the original, this sculpture is oriented in the east and faces westward towards the centre of the city, inviting curious travelers to look east.