Welcome to the age of earthquakes, says Douglas Coupland

By Susan Wyndham
Updated April 1 2015 - 3:13pm, first published March 28 2015 - 12:15am
Douglas Coupland with a work from his survey art exhibition in Vancouver, "Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything". 
 Photo: Brian Howell
Douglas Coupland with a work from his survey art exhibition in Vancouver, "Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything". Photo: Brian Howell
Douglas Coupland's artwork "Gumhead" asks the public to stick chewed gum on a fibreglass model of his head.

Coupland head shot.jpg Photo: swyndham@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Douglas Coupland's artwork "Gumhead" asks the public to stick chewed gum on a fibreglass model of his head. Coupland head shot.jpg Photo: swyndham@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Douglas Coupland with a work from his survey art exhibition in Vancouver, "Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything". 
 Photo: Brian Howell
Douglas Coupland with a work from his survey art exhibition in Vancouver, "Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything". Photo: Brian Howell
Douglas Coupland's artwork "Gumhead" asks the public to stick chewed gum on a fibreglass model of his head.

Coupland head shot.jpg Photo: swyndham@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Douglas Coupland's artwork "Gumhead" asks the public to stick chewed gum on a fibreglass model of his head. Coupland head shot.jpg Photo: swyndham@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Douglas Coupland with a work from his survey art exhibition in Vancouver, "Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything". 
 Photo: Brian Howell
Douglas Coupland with a work from his survey art exhibition in Vancouver, "Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything". Photo: Brian Howell
Douglas Coupland's artwork "Gumhead" asks the public to stick chewed gum on a fibreglass model of his head.

Coupland head shot.jpg Photo: swyndham@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Douglas Coupland's artwork "Gumhead" asks the public to stick chewed gum on a fibreglass model of his head. Coupland head shot.jpg Photo: swyndham@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Douglas Coupland with a work from his survey art exhibition in Vancouver, <i>Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything</i>. Photo: Brian Howell
Douglas Coupland with a work from his survey art exhibition in Vancouver, <i>Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything</i>. Photo: Brian Howell

The greatest challenge to human life today is "will the individual triumph? Or will the mob impose itself onto everyone else?" says Douglas Coupland.

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