Art surfacing

Who is she?

• Fiona Bowie is a UBC graduate and an assistant professor of integrated media at Emily Carr University of Arts & Design.

Published: April 23, 2010 5:19 a.m.

Last modified: April 23, 2010 1:20 a.m.

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A new public artwork explores False Creek’s marine life.

Fiona Bowie’s new installation, Surface, will transmit the submarine activity of False Creek via a camera mounted under an aquabus.

The live stream will function as an abstract mix of colours and impressions until crustaceans or fish swim by. After dusk, Surface takes on a more intimate world, when tiny crustaceans, larval animals and eels can be seen.

The project was commissioned as part of the City’s Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program and launched on Thursday. It will track the underwater activity of the urban waterway for up to five years.

The submerged camera will feed streaming video 24 hours a day directly to surfacer.ca. It’ll also be connected to a monitor inside the aquabus and to two sites on Granville Island — a large outdoor screen beside the Ocean Construction Supplies site and a TV monitor at the False Creek Community Centre.

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