Sing a little song while you wait for your bus

Waiting for the bus just got a little less frustrating, thanks to the Barry Doupe and James Douglas Whitman, who have composed and illustrated a series of songs that will be installed as posters at 10 bus stops in the city through October 2.

Titled Adorno and Nose, the series officially launches with a free concert this Saturday (September 3) at the Western Front, at 8 p.m.

The posters are printed with notated standard sheet music, a verse, and a drawn graphic. The project is part of the Vancouver Public Art Program, and aims to engage transit riders.

“The songs are invitations to play and divertissement,” the artists said in a statement. “Since the greater part of music in public space is being used to sell things, whether through store ambiance or radio ads, what participation we are allowed is as passive consumers. As artists, we are interested in the kinds of specific attention that happens when music is lifted out of these economies.”

Find a song near you:

• Water Street: 75 meters east of Cambie Street on the north side
• West Pender Street: 20 meters east of Hamilton Street south side
• Dundas Street: 20 metres east of Lakewood on the north side
• East Broadway: 20 metres west of Slocan on the north side
• East Hastings: 20 metres west of Victoria on the north side
• Main Street: 20 metres north of east 57th on the east side
• McGill Street: 20 metres west of Penticton on the north side
• Nanaimo Street: 20 metres north of Charles on the east side
• West 10th Avenue: 30 metres east of Trimble on the south side
• West 41st Avenue: 28 metres west of Carnarvon on the north side