Studio Meanwhile, City Blocks Urban Furniture, Pablo Zamudio
In April 2025, City Blocks teamed up with Vancouver based artist Pablo Zamudio and the Lower Lonsdale Business Improvement Area to deliver a vision for public amenities.
Art for Everyone is a Studio Meanwhile and City Blocks program that merges the intersection between street art and urban furniture. The result at the shipyards is playful, purposeful, and unapologetically bold, demanding your attention for a rally of ping pong. Pablo’s work, rooted in geometric abstraction, pulls from his Mexican heritage—vibrant colors, layered patterns, and a deep connection to movement and rhythm. Fittingly, Pablo’s table debuted at an exclusive one-night only installation hosted by the Lower Lonsdale Business Improvement Area and City Blocks at the Polygon Art Gallery before taking its permanent home in the Shipyards bringing Pablos vibrant art and ping pong to everyone who passes by.
Pablo's personality is just as joyful as his artwork and we are honoured to have this be his third artist series piece with City Blocks!
As a mobile but permanent fixture around the shipyards, many people get to enjoy a game of ping pong daily!
Studio Meanwhile and City Blocks has the privilege of working from the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō (Sto:lo), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, also known as Vancouver, British Columbia. While this is our local home, we recognize that our work extends into the global realm of public space and has an impact on contested, politicised lands that have been and continue to be stewarded by many different and distinct local groups. It is our intention to help elevate these spaces in respectful and honourable collaboration with those who inhabit them, to further our mission to make public space available and accessible, for all people.
