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11-26-2009, 12:48 PM
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Vancouverites learned Wednesday that 20 high-powered searchlights will light up the night from dusk to dawn over English Bay during the 2010 Olympic Games.
Residents say they've been kept in the dark about the details of the project by the Vancouver Olympic Committee, which will see searchlights installed in Vanier Park and Sunset Beach to flood the sky over Vancouver with an Olympic light show.
"What's going on here?" bristled Brent Granby, president of the West End Residents Association, when told of Wednesday's announcement by city hall and VANOC.
"There's nobody else in this city that would get this sort of permission to have a light show with no consultation.
"Is this the way the Olympics is going to be run?" In fact, no residents contacted Wednesday by The Province had any inkling of the Olympic lightfest -- featuring 20 10,000-watt spotlights -- that is slated to run all night every night from Feb. 4 to Feb. 28.
Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Herbert said his constituents fear the searchlights will shine in their windows as part of the nightly art display.
"It sounds exciting, and it could be very beautiful if it's done artistically, but my constituents are worried about lights coming in their bedroom windows," said Herbert.
"I already get complaints about the Olympic security helicopters doing their training, circling around and around the West End, shining bright lights on the buildings." Vancouver Coun. Tim Stevenson said he believes that Vancouverites will be spared the spotlight.
"From what I know, the light is going upward into the sky, and won't be going into the buildings," said Stevenson. "I think people will be very excited.
"There will be a lot of people coming down to see it, but we have a lot of other Olympic events around the city for people to see." The light show, called Vectorial Elevation, will be "a unique, magical work that local residents, visitors and people from around the world can enjoy," bubbled Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.
"The installation will not only brighten our night skies, but also bring the Games to the world in an unexpected, interactive way." Robertson said the high-powered searchlights shining from Vanier Park and Sunset Beach will move and create patterns silently and be visible within 15 kilometres of the city's downtown core.
The 20 robotic searchlights will also be programmable for the public via the Internet.
"Vectorial Elevation is a quiet, contemplative display of light sculptures that will connect many countries around the world with Vancouver," said Montreal-based Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, the artist in charge of the installation.
"When I saw English Bay I knew it would be the perfect spot to create our largest canopy of light to date -- and for the first time we are also able to use renewable energy." Lozano-Hemmer has put on similar light shows in Mexico, Spain, Ireland, and France.
Ron Singer of Nav Canada -- which helps ensure planes reach their destination -- said the floatplanes that fly the route do not make night flights.
"It doesn't seem to present any problems -- it's a non-issue," said Singer.
Rick Hill of Helijet Airways -- which does fly at night -- doesn't foresee navigational problems.
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11-26-2009, 12:58 PM
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This makes English bay looked like a battle field... Normandy Invasion... 
Looks cool noentheless
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11-26-2009, 01:02 PM
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11-26-2009, 01:15 PM
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11-26-2009, 01:17 PM
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Nice. I like it. I think it will look great.
Rub it in the faces of the anti-olympic protesters.
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11-26-2009, 01:32 PM
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11-26-2009, 06:38 PM
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| "Vectorial Elevation is a quiet, contemplative display of light sculptures that will connect many countries around the world with Vancouver,"
HOW??? how the fuck do bigass flashlights make countries connect with vancouver? these guys with their bullshit will say anything to make useless shit sound good
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11-26-2009, 06:46 PM
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too bad my school doesnt get olympic holidays like the west side schools 
was planning on just disappearing to portland for a week or two...damn...traffic is gonna be hella tight...normal commute is already hell...now imagine +100,000 more ppl from around the world...
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11-26-2009, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by adambomb  Nice. I like it. I think it will look great.
Rub it in the faces of the anti-olympic protesters. | rofl i don't really care how it will look, but i do like the rubbing it in the faces of those protesters :P
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11-26-2009, 07:07 PM
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meeh~ why not just build a second moon!
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11-26-2009, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by optiblue meeh~ why not just build a second moon! | i for one think a second moon is absolutely necessary.
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11-26-2009, 09:57 PM
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i wonder how many penises and other inappropriate stuff will be drawn into the night sky....
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11-26-2009, 10:02 PM
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pretty cool
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11-26-2009, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mc. i wonder how many penises and other inappropriate stuff will be drawn into the night sky.... | over 9000 penises
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11-26-2009, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by mc. i wonder how many penises and other inappropriate stuff will be drawn into the night sky.... | Or a bigass R S 
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11-26-2009, 10:20 PM
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waste of $$ on temporary "art piece"
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11-26-2009, 10:23 PM
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They're going to get vandalized.
What a waste of money
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11-26-2009, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by shenmecar | That appears to be interpretation of a clear summer sky,Winter is gonna be foggy and low clouds .The light reflecting back is gonna be brutal.
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11-26-2009, 11:42 PM
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there are two outside pacific centre
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11-26-2009, 11:54 PM
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Apparently the lights are still in the Middle East for the Burj Dubai reveal.
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11-27-2009, 03:51 AM
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11-27-2009, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Coach Hines Sweet, more useless stuff we gotta pay for | my thoughts exactly
i can already sense the chaos thats coming early next year
Fuck, they are digging up the city roads right outside my work already on Richards, traffic is BRUTAL!
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11-27-2009, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by The_AK They're going to get vandalized.
What a waste of money | Thats what i thought too. Some bum is gonna use his feces to mask out the bat symbol on the light.
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11-27-2009, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by shenmecar Thats what i thought too. Some bum is gonna use his feces to mask out the bat symbol on the light. |  | |
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