The bees sometimes buzz into the new art installation at Leigh Square Community Arts Village, says the artist-in-residence for the city of Port Coquitlam.
But Elvira DS, who tied on the floral display last Friday in time for the May Day Party in the Square, said the insects soon figure out the flowers aren’t real but rather recycled pop bottles and milk cartons.
The “PoCo Pop Tree” is the first public showing for the Mexican native and PoCo resident, who used the city’s Parks and Recreation logo as her inspiration for the eco-project; she’s now working on her second environmental creation, due out at the end of June, as part of her HOT — or Highly Ornamented Trash — series.
A painter for more than 25 years, Elvira Monteforte obtained her bachelor’s degree in industrial and product design from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, in 1980.
In early April, she gained the artist residency and can be seen in action on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until June 29 in The Outlet (behind PoCo city hall). Admission is free and conversation is welcome, she said.
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