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Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:12:32 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bourgault, Pierre

Artwork creator(s):

Bourgault, Pierre

Text author(s):

Bourgault, Pierre

Text author(s):

Bourgault, Pierre

Installation year:

2001

Artwork description

Source: Daigneault, Gilles (2001). Artefact 2001 sculptures urbaines. Montréal: Centre de diffusion 3D/Centre d'art public

Description:

A container with the letters "NNNEEESSSSSOONN" painted on its sides is found floating in the canal.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

NNNEEESSSSSOOONN

History

History:

Artefact 2001 asked artists to momentarily imagine a part of the Lachine Canal (which is still in a "state of hibernation", so to speak, for a few months) like a large found object - an artefact, to be exact. The artists are to occupy and transform a part of the canal, taking into account its physical aspects such as the banks, the water, the bridges and walkways spanning it, the buildings bordering it, its long history and also the archaeology of this kind of infrastructure. In any case, they had to find an original way to create and integrate a poetic installation within the canal's complex restoration.

Event date(s):

2001

Dimensions

Height:

2.75m

Width:

9.15m

Depth:

11 m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Pierre Bourgault

Source:

http://www.espace-sculpture.com/Artefact/artefact2001/introduction.html

Document(s):

Le sorcier de Saint-Jean

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Artefact 2001 Sculptures urbaines

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