REBECCA BAYER
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    • MERGE
    • Maple Ridge Community Mosaic
    • Calder Community Mosaic
    • The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
    • GIANT
    • Whereness
    • Motif One of Many
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MERGE, Trans-Canada Highway @ Keith Road⁠, Lynnmour, District of North Vancouver, territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), 2022

356m x 4m
Powder-coated aluminum acoustic panels

MERGE features twenty naturalistic colours which represent a selection of local flora, fauna and landmarks specific to the Lynnmour community and Lynn Creek / Seymour River area. The artwork stands at 4m tall and spans 356m along this section of the Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy 1).

The acoustic dampening sound wall, which lies between the highway and the residential neighbourhood of Lynnmour, has been manufactured using colourful powder-coated aluminum panels. These panels have been carefully configured to produce a giant site-specific spectrum designed to be viewed by both passing traffic and residents in nearby communities.


Featuring:
  • BANANA SLUG
  • BLACK BEAR
  • COAST PENSTEMON
  • DOUGLAS FIR
  • DOUGLAS SQUIRREL
  • FLY AGARIC
  • LICORICE FERN
  • LYNN CREEK
  • MOUNT SEYMOUR
  • NOOTKA ROSE
  • NORTH SHORE MOUNTAINS
  • NORTHERN FLICKER
  • PACIFIC CHORUS FROG
  • RED-BACKED SALAMANDER
  • RICE LAKE
  • SALAL
  • SALMONBERRY
  • SPINY WOOD FERN
  • STELLER’S JAY
  • TWIN FALLS

Special thanks to:
Jay Porter, BC Transportation and Infrastructure
Erin Moxton, North Vancouver District
Lori Phillips, North Vancouver Recreation & Culture
Tamsin Guppy, Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre
Rainer Kraft, KCI Kraft Consulting Inc.
Mark Hersey & Jason Hardy, Solid Rock Fencing Ltd.

Acoustic sound barrier panels with colour coatings manufactured in Austria by Forster.

Commissioned by the Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure and the District of North Vancouver, 2021


All images copyright Rebecca Bayer / David Gregory / Spacemakeplace Design

Map

  • Public Art
    • MERGE
    • Maple Ridge Community Mosaic
    • Calder Community Mosaic
    • The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
    • GIANT
    • Whereness
    • Motif One of Many
    • City Fabric
    • Give And Take
  • Paintings
  • About