Public Artwork
Passages
Artwork creator(s):
Jurakic, Ivan
Text author(s):
Jurakic, Ivan
Collaborator(s):
Signatures provided by Angelucci Sara; Bendtsen, Tom; Bos, Dianne; Chen, Millie; Daetwyler, Ernest; de Sousa, Marie; Detwiler, Susan; Esfahani, Soheila; Genenescu, Adina; Ha, Insoon; Jurakic, Zlata; Kanbara, Bryce; Lubienski, Katherine; Lukasik-Foss, Tor; Perunovich Vessna; Rae, Laura; Bernard Singer, Christian; Wlasenko, Olexander
Installation year:
2005 Description:
Passages translates "Never work", a slogan attributed to the Situationist International, into 18 different languages. Original handwritten translations were solicited from fellow artists and colleagues who were either first generation Canadian or from immigrant backgrounds. The translations often required participants to ask assistance from a parent or close relative. The signatures were digitally processed and lasercut in white signage vinyl and mounted outdoors onto the many windows and glass barriers of the second and third levels of the Kitchener City Hall. These signatures marked the site with a form of aesthetic graffiti that suggested freeform cultural discourse and social drift.
Text of the artwork:
Chinese -
Croatian
Nikad raditi
Dutch
Nooit werken
Danish
Arbejd aldrig
English
Never Work
Farsi -
Finnish
Alla tee tyota
French
Ne travaillez jamais
German
Arbeite nei
Italian
Non lavorari mai
Japanese –
Korean –
Norwegian
Virker aldri
Polish
Nigdy nie pracuje
Portugese
Nunca se trabalka
Romanian
Niciodata lucrat
Serbian
Nikad ne radi
Spanish
Nunca trabajar
Ukranian –
Text theme:
Local blue collar history Note(s):
English expression: Never work
Vinyl text, in 18 translations, handwritten by colleagues and peers of the artist.
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