Public Artwork

Vox non echo

Gilbert Poissant, Vox non echo, 1999
Location:
Bibliothèque Armand-Frappier, Collège de Valleyfield, 169 ch. Champlain, Valleyfield, QC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Poissant, Gilbert
Text author(s): 
Poissant, Gilbert
Installation year: 
1999
Remarks on location: 

The mural is located in the lobby of the library.

Description: 

The round mural consists of three earthenware pieces painted with aluminum strips. It features two steel blue half-moons and a white square in the middle, along with a few touches of red and yellow. The sentence "vox non echo" is written at the center of the square. The wall is slightly textured and three small figures are placed in the upper right corner of the square.

Text of the artwork: 

VOX NON ECHO

Dimensions:

Diameter: 
1.5m
Note(s): 

"Vox non echo" is Armand Frappier's motto.

Document(s): 

Gilbert Poissant arrêts sur l’espace

Beaudet, Pascale (2001).  Gilbert Poissant arrêts sur l’espace. Mont-Saint-Hilaire; Longueuil : Musée d’art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire; Plein sud: Centre d'exposition et d'animation en art actuel à Longueuil

Intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement. Bilan 1998-1999

MCCCQ (1999).  Intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement. Bilan 1998-1999. Québec : Gouvernement du Québec