Installation: Use for works, beginning in the 1960s, that use their exhibition space as part of their design. Demanding a viewer's active engagement, installations are often created by artists in direct opposition to the notion of permanent artwork, or art as a commodity.
Intervention: Interaction with a pre-existing artwork, audience, site or space.
Inspired by board games and word games, such as Scrabble, the artwork invited the public to take an active part in the display. The public was invited to play by placing letters on a grid to form word
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Artwork creator(s):
Dada diffusion
Installation and intervention ,
Permanent,
Interior,
Culture,
Integration of art and architecture,
Linear,
Paint,
Steel,
Paper,
Varnish,
Wood
Twelve columns are arranged randomly. Text and sculptures of miniature chairs are integrated into them.
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Artwork creator(s):
Pelletier, Annie
In the hall, a wing hangs diagonally from the ceiling to the floor. It is made of 360 aluminium feathers, a reference to the angels that used to be very present in religious sculpture. A dialogue is c
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Artwork creator(s):
Viger, Louise
Installation and intervention ,
Mural ,
Permanent,
Interior,
Culture,
Integration of art and architecture,
Linear,
Neon,
Steel,
Aluminum,
Glass
The artwork is located at the apex of the library's main traffic area. It reveals a dandelion head on which was superimposed a reconstituted map of old Charlesbourg in different eras.The number 21 (fo
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Artwork creator(s):
Vincent, Bill (William)
A single, twisted column of used books occupies the main stairwell of the Chelsea municipal library. Six meters in height, this column reaches from the ground floor to the ceiling of the second f
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Artwork creator(s):
Dubeau, Josée
Nous links the Dawson College cafeteria, where the tragic event of September 13, 2006 took place, and the new auditorium of the College. The project transcends the human tragedy by using the work
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Artwork creator(s):
Mathieu, Marie-Christiane
Installation and intervention ,
Sculpture ,
Permanent,
Exterior,
Park, square and garden,
Contest,
Random,
Bronze,
Granite,
Slate
The piece can be found along the foundation of the building, on the waterfront walkway between Nicola and Cardero Streets. It is made of stones, plaques and objects cast in bronze that refer to the hi
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Artwork creator(s):
Pechet, Bill; Robb, Stephanie
Ninety-nine unpolished black granite tiles are recessed randomly into the sidewalk. Handcarved into each granite block are words or texts chosen for their specific reference to the site. The shore is
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Artwork creator(s):
Boyle, Gwen
Four sets of four letters rotate to form random words. The stainless letters are installed on the three exhaust vents from the underground parkade and spin with the air flow coming out of the exhaust
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Artwork creator(s):
Storey, Alan
Artwork creator(s):
(June Blake) Oleksijczuk, Denise
