Public Artwork
En d’autres termes
Location:
Université du Québec à Montréal, Pavillon Judith Jasmin, 405 St. Catherine Street East, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Langshaw, P.K.
Text author(s):
Langshaw, P.K.
Collaborator(s):
Leblanc, Suzanne; Aubertin, Léo; Picard, François; Bouchard, Debra; Vitrerie White Ltée, Repro Gravix, Service des immeubles et de l’équipement, département d’arts plastiques, Famille des arts.
Installation year:
1997
Remarks on location:
The artwork is located behind the fountain of the great gathering place, on the same level as its upper basin.
Description:
Ten fragments compose this installation, which combines elements of sculpture, writing and figurative image. On a series of plates, letters and phrases are engraved or printed in different calligraphies. The typology of the characters is sometimes made of human figures and it changes according to section.
Text of the artwork:
TERME
L’objet sous-tend LE POÈTE
La poésie installe l’objectivité
Les limites du Texte sont abruptes
Le politique érige des murs
Qui sont des lieux entre les lignes
La contemplation artistique
des motifs d’architecture
cultive le paysage urbain
La lettre close
Sculpte les Belles-lettres
IMPÉRISSABLES
Under the letter "I" placed vertically:
Clio
Erato
Terpsichore
Euterpe
Talia
To the left of the letter "S":
Geometria
Rhetorica
Dialectica
Gram. […]
To the right of the letter "S":
Apollo
Musica
Astronomia
Arithmetica
On the plate reproducing the letter "H":
De la proportion des lettres
l’homme lettre
De l’appropriation des lettres
la femme lettre
LA LETTRE [T]UE MAIS L’ESPRIT VIVIFIE
Text theme:
Scripture
History:
This work was produced in a specific context. P.K. Langshaw created this artwork as part of a competition organized by the Fondation de l'UQAM for the students in the Master's degree in Visual arts and media arts.
Donation (on the plate: "Installation offerte par la communauté à l'Université du Québec à Montreal en reconnaissance de la contribution des bénévoles et donateurs de la campagne 'UQAM: Une force pionnière'".)
Note(s):
The horizontal bar on the "T" in the word TUE is missing.
Artist's biography:
Pk Langshaw 
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