Olympic Spirit
The Olympic organizing committee in Vancouver (VANOC) is really going overboard with their desire to shape and mold the city and its inhabitants into the ideal Olympic brand. And it’s really starting to wear thin.
Take for instance this series of murals, which was commissioned in 2007 by the Steve Nash foundation:
Now, these murals had the unfortunate distinction of being located a little too close to a parking lot that will be used for the Olympics and has been designated by VANOC as an official venue. And thus, the murals were painted over with an obnoxious shade of Olympic blue in an effort to maintain the Olympic aesthetic. This prompted an angry response from “the arts,” which quickly moved to recapture the wall:
The Olympics bring joy to every town: First when they come, and then when they go.
