Public Artwork
Débordement public
Locations:
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École Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, 5309 chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges , Montréal, QC, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Soland, Peter; Duguay-Lefebvre Fannie; Courville, François; Loof, Alain; Blais, Marie-Claire; Vandal-Piché, Émilie
Text author(s):
Soland, Peter; Duguay-Lefebvre Fannie; Courville, François; Loof, Alain; Blais, Marie-Claire; Vandal-Piché, Émilie
Installation year:
2006
Remarks on location:
Between Queen Mary Road and Jean-Talon Street. The installation is deployed in five public places, including three main ones: École Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, the Jewish General Hospital and Kent Park.
Description:
Furniture set: large tables in front of the school, great set of stairs in front of the hospital and large benches in the park. Forty-something apples are affixed to the furniture. Each apple features sentences commemorating the multi-ethnic culture of the neighbourhood.
Text of the artwork:
In front of École Notre-Dame-des-Neiges
Bench #1
«CÔTES-DES-NEIGES...Y CROQUER À BELLES DENTS»
«UN QUARTIER AUX MILLE ET UN VISAGES»
«CÔTES-DES-NEIGES...UN LIEU DE TOUTES LES CULTURES»
Bench #2
«MÉMOIRE D'UNE CULTURE SUR LA CÔTE»
«CÔTES-DES-NEIGES...UN LIEU DE TOUTES LES CULTURES»
«UN QUARTIER AUX MILLE ET UN VISAGES»
Bench #3
«MÉMOIRE D'UNE CULTURE SUR LA CÔTE»
«CÔTES-DES-NEIGES...Y CROQUER À BELLES DENTS»
«CÔTES-DES-NEIGES...UN LIEU DE TOUTES LES CULTURES»
Text theme:
Multi-ethnic culture of the neighborhood.
Artwork theme:
Deployed strategically at the top, center and bottom of the hill, the main sites constitute a family of public places identified by the use of tectonics and identical materials, as well as by the presence of a commemorative program recalling the identity of a former commune that defined the area at the time of its first subdivision. Together, the three sites anchor the improvement program of public spaces. Throughout the entire course, they are also intended as an affirmation of the value of street space within the collective sense of community.
History:
Produced as part of the Renouveau urbain program, which aims to revitalize urban neighborhoods physically and socio-economically.
This project aims to give an identity to the street, making it a place for commercial trade and an event destination to celebrate the cultural diversity of the neighbourhood.
Note(s):
Prix d'excellence, Association des architectes paysagistes du Canada, 2007; Prix d'excellence from the Ordre des architectes du Québec, 2007
Owner(s):
City of Montreal
Architect(s):
Schème Consultant Inc. 
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