Finally!...a chance to feel semi-normal! My sister bought tickets to take me to the Vincent Van Gogh exhibit in downtown Vancouver on June 2nd. We drove into the city feeling liberated! After depositing our overnight bags in our friends' condo we walked over to Breka Cafe for a visit with Fikriye, a young woman who has relocated to Vancouver from her home in Antalya Turkey. Unfortunately we discovered that she is now managing a new Breka location on Main Street. We decided to visit her the next day.
Enroute to the Convention Centre we stopped at the Art Gallery to view the display of childrens' shoes on the front steps in honor of the 215 children whose buried remains were discovered at the site of a Residential School in BC. Visitors were respectful. Some were crying, others were praying. We stood quietly for a few minutes.
It was a very interesting way to view Van Gogh's work. Huge screens with continually changing images allowed a close up look at his application of paint and the cracks of time. There were several occasions when vertigo was a problem as the images slid up or down on both the screens and on the floor. Our expectation was to move from room to room but the entire exhibit takes place in one large high ceilinged room that holds quite a few people. This results in standing on a hard floor for 45-50 minutes which could be a challenge for some older people...like myself! Also, the classical music is extremely loud. Unfortunately our grandson, who is autistic, would never be able to enjoy this large spectacle.
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