Vancouver, 2010
By: jackieamsden
tags: olympic, olympic mascot, photography, shopping cart, vancouver
Category: arts and culture
Sea-bears and Sasquatchs are charming and all, but the real, unofficial mascot for my 2010 winter Olympics is the shopping cart.
Given that mascots are supposed to be indictive of the local landscape, the shopping cart makes perfect sense: Vancouver is home to a thriving population of the metalic, four wheeled creatues. Some live a domesticated life as faithful companion to the homeless, whilst others roam wild in abandoned places–industrial sites, behind dumpsters and rail yards.
And besides, everyone knows there’s no such thing as Sasquatchs–at least not in Vancouver.
