Similar Yet Different: The Story of Vancouver’s False, False Creek w/ Henry Tsang

In our second episode we discuss an area of Vancouver that is the epicenter of the city’s newly acquired and carefully polished identity. In False Creek North almost everything is made of glass and tinted with green, and the mid-rise towers are podiumed  with town homes, some of which exit onto manicured park space, while others overlook the Sea Wall. Emanating from this place is the spirit of Vancouverism, a form of urban planning that has evolved as a contemporary response to the outdated precepts of last century’s Manhattanism. That said, how is it that False Creek North has come to be recreated in the Arabian desert? In this episode On Site Report I sit down with artist and educator Henry Tsang to better understand this peculiar pastiche and discuss some of the issues facing Vancouver and other cities like it. 

Learn more about the Maraya Project and check out Henry's work here: https://henrytsang.ca/maraya-sisyphean-cart/

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Photo credit: Maraya Project (Glen Lowry, M. Simon Levin, Henry Tsang), 2011