What’s All the Buzzzzz About?
An ongoing virtual tour of the creative pulse during The Olympics.

Not everyone will be able to make it to the Olympics but want to join in on the free local cultural events that extend the Olympic spirit beyond the games on TV. Below are links to provide you a virtual tour of the creativity that abounds in this culturally-rich part of the world. Creative Olympic venues abound everywhere. These are “must see” attractions as it pertains to creativity. These links allow out-of-town viewers to get a glimpse of what all the buzzz is about from the confines of your computer. This list will grow as more hot spots are unravelled through an ever-arising sense of curiosity…

1. The Light Show:
This HAS to be one of the top creative venues. This electrically-charged project allows people all over the world to participate from their computer to design your own light landscape. A perfect opportunity to expand your viewpoint outward and upward beyond our computer screens to visually communicate to the world around us. Streams of 20 vectorial lights beaming nightly from powerful lights light up the from dusk till sky in a continually changing landscape.
www.vectorialvancouver.ca

2. Get your finger on the cultural pulse here by visiting the Cultural Olympiad Highlights which take you a delightful array of creative events all over the city.
Tip: Scroll all the way down the page to find links to the major Olympic venues.
http://bit.ly/bNqw3V

3. The creative pulse is operating at full voltage at three Vancouver venues under the CODE umbrella. Installations, performances, music and video presentations relating to the digital realm are available free to everyone. See how technology is used to communicate the creativity of the artists’ vision. Educational, entertaining and informative, these events are held throughout the 18 days of the Olympics.  The locations are – Great Northern Way Campus, The Vancouver Public Library – Central Branch, and Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

Code Live 1:
The Great Northern Way
http://bit.ly/6tZZyX

Code Live 2:
The Vancouver Public Library – Central Branch
http://bit.ly/7IizCg

Code Live 3:
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
http://bit.ly/aqqqAo

4. The making of the Olympic Medals:
A video interview of the vision behind Vancouver artist Corrine Hunt, designer of the Olympic Medals, and her collaboration with Canadian industrial designer + architect Omer Arbel, to create the innovative undulating design of the medals.
http://bit.ly/3OkKVW

5. The Story behind the 2010 Olympic Logo Design:
Rivera Design Group, an advertising agency based in Vancouver, won VANOC’s logo design contest out of 16,000 entries. This link provides a brief on the creative process behind the winning entry. It was a collaborative effort between creative director Elena Rivera MacGregor and Gonzalo Alatorre Gonzalo. Sadly, Gonzalo’s contribution has been overlooked by most media coverage.
http://bit.ly/aEEEbO

Posted by Laurie Kingdon from MetroBlenzNewsSquad