Roadside Diary

Illustration, 68.25’ X 47.25’, 2020

20 Transit Shelters in Vancouver

Commissioned by the City of Vancouver, Platforms 2020: Public Works Program

Roadside Diary (2020) is a digital drawing illustrating daily scenes of the lockdown, presented on transit shelters throughout the city. In this work, an abstracted road weaves together scenes symbolizing how we are all connected despite our physical distance. Composed of four parts--“The New Normal,” “Gratitude and Appreciation,” “The Divided,” and “Animals Out”--the work intends to reflect the impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in Vancouver, as well as occurrences of discrimination and violence in our city, and new practices such as social distancing that change how we operate in our daily lives.