Exhibition
Reading Characters: Godkidlla’s Typography Design Exhibition
Jan 29 - Feb 18
šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square
Exhibition
Hundred Pace Snake
(On Canvas)
Starting Jan 29
Monday – Friday
6 am – 6 pm
Bentall Centre
Tower Three Lobby –
595 Burrard Street
Artist Talk
Urban Independence (Mandarin Only)
Feb 14 @ 2:30pm
Vancouver Public Library Central Branch
(Montalbano Family Theatre)
Workshop
Reinventing the Written Word: Calligra-ffiti
Feb 8 & 15 @ 1:30pm - 4:30pm
The Post at 750
šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square
North of the Vancouver Art Gallery
Hundred Pace Snake
Godkidlla 廖小子
The waves of the ocean are the brushstrokes, and the pattern of the hundred-pace snake are the infinity loops. The hundred pace snake is Taiwan’s most representative snake. In Taiwanese Indigenous legends, the snake symbolizes wisdom, independence, stability, and peace; it is also regarded as a guardian deity. The sea, on the other hand, symbolizes fluidity and convergence.
Taiwan and Canada are both countries with diverse cultural communities co-existing. This unique pairing of the hundred pace snake and the continuous flow of the ocean that stretches between the two places are a hope and blessing for the new year.
Godkidlla is recognized as one of the most important graphic designers in Taiwan. Famous for his “local style,” Godkidlla created a new trend in Taiwanese design. He’s the founder of a magazine, and currently is the owner of two independent bookstores, also known as an extreme adventurer when it comes to the manuscript, a man whose drafts and finished works are always completely different things.
The Lantern City is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
