Public Artwork
Words Heard Here/ Mots perçus ici
Artwork creator(s):
Creates, Marlene
Text author(s):
Creates, Marlene
Installation year:
1995
Remarks on location:
Three sites over a distance of about 750 meters along the lake shore. Lake at the source of the Rivière du Lièvre, at the very edges of the Laurentians (Hautes-Laurentides)
Description:
Series of works in which the artist represents words heard in conversations during the event with locally-found materials. For example, the word "source" is written with sand, the word "theme" is made of wood and the word "contact" is written with stones.
Text of the artwork:
asgardtur
comparable
thème
comparable
passage
contact
Artwork theme:
Nature, the present
History:
Organized by Boréal Art / Nature, artists center
Exhibition: Headwaters, Lake Nemiskachi, Hautes-Laurentides, Québec
Event date(s):
1995 Note(s):
The word "asgardtur" is an Icelandic word refering to a place where Vikings go after death to fight and drink.
Artist's biography:
Marlene Creates Document(s):
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