Public Artwork
Une odeur de désordre
Artwork creator(s):
Lewis, Mark
Text author(s):
Lewis, Mark
Installation year:
1992
Remarks on location:
The work was installed in four bookstores: Champigny, Flammarion (Laurier branch), Gallimard and Lexis.
Description:
The artist installed ten metallic boxes throughout the city of Montreal. Each of these "temporary monuments" featured a drawing or a black and white photograph of an earlier public manifestation of disorder. Each location was chosen in relation to each event. Text appears under each image, relating a fictitious testimony. An automatic sprayer sprays an essential oil fragrance that evoke the chosen public event. In four Montreal public bookstores, the artist also set up areas with displays of books about the sense of smell.
Text of the artwork:
Testimony
Text theme:
Fiction
Artwork theme:
History, public disorder
History:
The work was also presented at Kettles Yard in Cambridge, England, in 1991.
Exhibition: Pour la suite du monde, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, 1992
Dimensions:
Height:
0.76m
Width:
0.38m
Depth:
0.3 m
Artist's biography:
Mark Lewis Document(s):
Syndicate
