Public Artwork
C’est fini/The Break-Up Project
Artwork creator(s):
Collectif Taupe ( Boudreau, Jean-Denis; Bélanger, Jennifer; Cormier, Angele; Doucette, Mario)
Text author(s):
Collectif Taupe
Installation year:
2005 Description:
Explores the end of a local couple's relationship. Intimate letters left here and there in restaurants, statements in newspapers, banners placed downtown and special requests on the radio made of Marc and Julie's personal situation a public affair.
One of 100 intimate letters (in French and English), left in public places. The public intervention was part of the 2005 Francofête, in November. Julie broke up with Marc on banners placed downtown, as well as with a special request on the radio and with an ad in English and French provincial newspapers that was published three times, on October 31 and November 1 and 2, 2005.
Text of the artwork:
Marc,
Je ne t'aime plus
Je suis désolée.
C'est fini
Julie
Just Separated
Text theme:
Ending a relationship
Artwork theme:
Ending a love relationship
History:
Banner placed in Robinson alley, downtown Moncton, on November 2, 2005.
C’est fini/The Break-Up Project.
Just Separated, downtown performance, C’est fini/The Break-Up Project
Advertising purchased in local newspaper Times and Transcript on October 31, 2005, for the C’est fini/The Break-Up Project.
Event date(s):
2005
Artist's biography:
Collectif Taupe 
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