Public Artwork
Des pas sur terre
Location:
École primaire Des Grands Chemins (elementary school), 1650 avenue Alexandre-le-Grand, Boisbriand, QC, J7C 3K1, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Forget, Normand
Text author(s):
Forget, Normand
Installation year:
2000
Remarks on location:
On the ground and on the center of the wall
Description:
A planisphere is cast on the ground at the entrance of the school. This map of Earth is coupled with excerpts from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A block of letters is embedded in the wall. At first, it looks like an abstract mosaic but then words reveal themselves in the manner of a crisscross word puzzle.
Text of the artwork:
On the ground:
LE DROIT.../ AU RESPECT / AU CHAGRIN / À L'ÉGALITÉ / À L'AMOUR / D'ÊTRE DÉFENDU / LE DROIT / À L'ÉDUCATION / DE JOUER / D'ÊTRE NOURRI / D'AVOIR UN NOM / À L'ERREUR
On the wall:
CHIFFONNIER
ARUENIMNTRU
NCIREUREIEE
TRTNERUISIL
OUAEBUECSTL
NENIOEYILUI
NDNURANROA
INEREVLAAJR
EEUAIACNIR
RVRGRLBEDBE
EUOITSEMODF
Text theme:
Rights and freedoms, trades that children still practice in some parts of the world
Artwork theme:
Respect for the child, the evolution of humanity
History:
Celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Children's Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Dimensions:
Height:
2.13m Note(s):
The Earth map was inspired by a map drawn by Buckminster Fuller in 1927. It presents an uninterrupted view of Earth.
The mural is made of stones from different regions of the globe. The ensemble as a whole evokes a crisscross word puzzle. It contains fifteen decipherable words, written in every direction. The words are trades that children still practice today somewhere in the world.
Owner(s):
École primaire Des Grands Chemins 
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