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Crab Park

Also known as Portside park Located along the Burrard Inlet to the west of Canada Place. Or, off the Main Street overpass and Waterfront road. The park opened in 1987. An activist group led by Don Larson were the founders of the park.

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Crab Park

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  1. Also known as Portside park Located along the Burrard Inlet to the west of Canada Place. Or, off the Main Street overpass and Waterfront road. The park opened in 1987. An activist group led by Don Larson were the founders of the park. Larson’s intention was to create a space that reflected the neighborhood of Vancouver and preserve the beauty of the waterfront. Crab Park

  2. Sea buses, gondolas on Grouse Mountain are visible, Main Street dock and Freighters. • Two Chinese lions, an Asian garden, driftwood logs and large rock beneath an archway

  3. Robert Pickton trial • Port Coquitlam pig farmer • Serial Killer and was charged with the murders of 26 women • Many of his victims were prostitutes from Vancouver’s downtown eastside • On December 11, 2007 he was sentenced to life in prison. • Pickton has confessed to an undercover police officer that he had murdered 49 women

  4. The monument • Artist : Don Larson • What is it: A boulder or a large rock with a message of commemoration to the missing downtown eastside women • When: Placed 1997 • Intention: Larson intended the monument to be “of a short newspaper article”. • Larson felt, at the time, less attention was brought upon the issues of missing women in the downtown east side.

  5. Recently • The original boulder by Larson didn’t have names of the missing women • Recently, a bench has been placed on the beach side of the park that includes some names of the missing women.

  6. Ways it is remembered • May 1999, Missing Women March. Protestors in the march carried signs that said "prostitutes are not disposable" and "23 missing are 23 too many". • This March resulted in 6 downtown Eastside police investigators to work on the case to find missing women.

  7. March 2000, friends and families gather for park bench to be installed which included some names of missing women

  8. Controversies and Questions of Effectiveness • How effective is the monument? • Location • Names missing – issue of approval of families • Issue only brought to attention recently.. Why? (after Pickton trial) • Not a striking monument

  9. Context Changes over time • Earlier…. The intention for the artwork was activism and attention to missing women in Vancouver Eastside • Presently…the artwork transforms into a memorial, people paying tribute and place of memory and reflection. • Names are now included, like a traditional memorial

  10. Readings • Folk art • Fred’s article, The personalization of collective memory: The Smithsonian’s September 11 Exhibit, she describes how the project focused on using the personal memories and experiences of the public for inspiration. • Larson’s inspiration was not the personal memories of the public rather it was a reflection of his concern towards bringing more attention to the issue of the missing women

  11. “But even more, it represents the nation itself, consisting of those who, like the disparate parts of the monument, abide together without touching” (Zolberg, 1990, p. 100-101). • Larson’s monument has brought the community together to remember those missing • Families can come to the site or marches to help bring hope to their missing loved ones

  12. Richard Meyer, Gran Fury and Graphics of AIDS activism • About public art and activism • Using public art to bring attention to marginalized people

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