Hosts and guests

‘Hosts and guests’traces public artworks produced by Other Sights for Artists’ Projects across the arc of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, the subsequent anniversary of the City and the current context of reduced public resources. The article comments on the changing aesthetic, economic and regulatory conditions of public spaces and public life through a discussion of four projects: The Games are Open by Köbberling and Kaltwasser; Deadhead by the Bomfords, Digital Natives and A Monument to Mysterious Fires.