Sand Castle Extravaganza Challenge

Jun 25, 1989
Field:

Gathering

Location:

Third Beach, Vancouver

Time:

3:00 p.m.

Description:

Members of Western Front and Video Inn competed in a sand castle building contest at Third Beach. Teams were only allowed to use sand and organic materials found on site, manual tools, and molds only in the following shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval.

The sand sculptures were judged on design, creativity, and originality using a rubric based on Robert Filliou’s Principle of Equivalence: "well made", "badly made" and "not made."

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Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.