Temporary

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Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; transitory.

La Vie commune

Seven traffic signs with plexiglas covers and black and white drawings. These represented outlined plots of cultivated land that the artist had traced during a trip to Crete. The phrase appeared on ea [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lavaillante, Renée
Installation year: 
1989

Points de suspension

Murielle Larose, Points de suspension, 2005. © Cloé Alain-Gendreau; Martin PoitrMurielle Larose, Points de suspension, 2005. © Cloé Alain-Gendreau; Martin PoitrMurielle Larose, Points de suspension, 2005Murielle Larose, Points de suspension, 2005
The artist installed 11 swings for two people. Sentences were written on the swing seats. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dupuis Larose, Murielle
Installation year: 
2005

Les Aveux

Marc Larochelle, Les Aveux, 2000. © Michel Dubreuil
Nine bed frames are hoisted up on two masts. Shortened texts revealing hidden and troubling memories are engraved on the beds. These are secrets that people wanted to reveal to the artist, who had put [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Larochelle, Marc
Installation year: 
2000

Livres à voir

Painting installation which consisted of six paintings representing a book cover. They were inserted among the books displayed in the bookstore's window. Size, style and colour varied from one paintin [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lamontagne, Éric
Installation year: 
2001

Je me souviens

Alfredo Jaar, Je me souviens, 1992Alfredo Jaar, Je me souviens, 1992
The photographic installation refers to the plight of the Vietnamese Boat People who were locked up in detention centres in Hong Kong while they were seeking asylum. Installed in three Montreal Vietna [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jaar, Alfredo
Installation year: 
1992

Historique des eaux usées

Les Ateliers Convertibles, Historique des eaux usées, 2002. © AC
The artist transformed sixty toilets into workshops. Throughout the period of the project, she left words written on pieces of paper floating on the water in the toilet bowl. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Les Ateliers Convertibles
Installation year: 
2002

À demi-mot

Diane Gougeon, À demi-mot, 1997Diane Gougeon, À demi-mot, 1997Diane Gougeon, À demi-mot, 1997
Ten taxis roamed the streets of downtown Montreal for ten days with a light box attached to the roof. The boxes represented the "X" and the "O" of the popular tic tac toe game. "Bruit blanc" was inscr [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gougeon, Diane
Installation year: 
1997

Propagande

André Fournelle, Propagande, 1998
The artwork was a sound installation consisting of a red cross marking a sewer grate. From this grid, loudspeakers broadcast a text by Joseph Beuys in a loop. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Fournelle, André
Installation year: 
1998

100 idées en l'air

Marie-Suzanne, 100 idées en l'air, 2000. © Guy L'Heureux
The artist climbed onto the rooftops from where she launched one hundred bags filled with helium, from which a text was suspended. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Désilets, Marie-Suzanne
Installation year: 
2000

Words Heard Here/ Mots perçus ici

Marlene Creates, Mots perçus ici, 1995
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 [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Creates, Marlene
Installation year: 
1995
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