Public Artwork
Duet
Alternate title:
duet choosing the water’s edge
Artwork creator(s):
Brandl, Eva
Text author(s):
Brandl, Eva
Installation year:
1987 Description:
The billboard is set against the Art Gallery of Algoma façade and faces the meadow where 16 panels are installed by St. Mary River.
Text of the artwork:
Element II: 10/16 inscriptions on banners displayed in a field beside St. Mary River:
eaux fugitives
nocturnal waters
ophélia
eaux dormantes
eaux de sang
eaux mortes
eaux d'artifice
silent waters
eaux mouvantes
fire of illumination
fire of fate
fire of exaltation
fire of eternity
[Element III: Poem. Available only in the catalog]
The work begins with the choice of a place…
a wild growing meadow
the water’s edge
off shore
up river
Lake freighter passage
daily
down river
The Middletown
The Burns Harbour with empty holds
The Belle River with full holds
The Falkön carrying grain
fuel
coal
and various ores
…as to the destination of the cargo
coastal towns and other ports of entry
Is there anything that is not about moving
Something from one place to another?
water’s uninterrupted flow
fire’s endless consumption
during night
overture on our own endless changes
or day
to the west
six oil reservoirs painted stark white covered by the shade of trees at 7 pm
in between
sixteen markers painted while speaking of water and related tales
to the east
a night picture speaking of fire and its guardians
Text theme:
The elements (water and fire); industry, nature threatened, fuel, marine transport, cargo and consumption of natural resources
Artwork theme:
The elements (water and fire); industry, nature threatened, fuel, marine transport, cargo and consumption of natural resources
History:
Exhibition: Sans Démarcation, a cultural exchange project between Ontario and Quebec.
Event date(s):
1987 Note(s):
Elementa Naturae, MACM, 1987 - Installations/Fictions, 1986 - Water’s Stones, 1986
Dark rooms, artists space, New York, 1985 ; text by Valerie Smith et John G Hanharat
Shore, Off Shore, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, 1985 - Montréal, Alberta College Of Art Gallery, texte by Diana Nemiroff - 20 x 20 Italia-Canada, text by Diana Nemiroff and Renée Van Halm
Document(s):
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