Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Artefact 2004 Sculptures urbaines

12 écriteaux au cou des arbres

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:39:31 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bertrand, Monique

Artwork creator(s):

Bertrand, Monique

Text author(s):

Bertrand, Monique

Text author(s):

Bertrand, Monique

Installation year:

2004

Artwork description

Source: Artefact Sculptures urbaines (2004). Artecfact Montréal. (http://www.artefact-montreal.com/)

Description:

Twelve steel plates were suspended to trees. These plates were painted black with white markings. The inscriptions appeared sometimes as icons (star, crescent moon), sometimes as two dates on a tombstone and sometimes as words.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

BROKE AND HUNGRY EXTÉNUÉE

Text theme:

Difficult situation

Artwork theme:

Life and death impulses

History

History:

Artefact 2004 – sculptures urbaines is a group of thirteen artists, which includes Monique Bertrand, Martin Boisseau, Ani Deschênes, Doyon-Rivest, André Du Bois, Lucie Duval, Raymond Gervais, Michel Goulet, Neva-Gotthilf, Daniel Olson, Yannick Pouliot, Alan Storey and Louise Viger. Their artworks were installed along Chemin Olmsted, between the Centre de la montagne — near the site of the 1964 symposium — and the big chalet at the lookout. Some works were imposing, others were more discreet but all were presented as imaginary places likely to appeal to visitors.

Event date(s):

2004

Dimensions

Height:

1.2m

Width:

1.8m

Other information

Document(s):

Artefact-Montréal

Sculptures urbaines

Interdépendance

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:46:49 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gotthilf, Jacky; Gotthilf, Neva

Artwork creator(s):

Gotthilf, Jacky

Gotthilf, Neva

Text author(s):

Gotthilf, Jacky; Gotthilf, Neva

Text author(s):

Gotthilf, Jacky

Gotthilf, Neva

Installation year:

2004

Artwork description

Source: Artefact Sculptures urbaines (2005). Artefact 2004. (http://www.artefact-montreal.com/)

Description:

12 yellow panels are arranged in a circle. Each tag displays the name of a mountain somewhere in the world and indicates the direction of its location (left arrow). The letters are black. The panel displaying the name of Mount-Royal is located in the middle of the circle.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

FUGI ULURU T’AÏ TISE ABU ARABAT HIRA …

Text theme:

Symbolically linking Mount-Royal to other sacred mountains on the planet

Artwork theme:

Location, orientation

History

History:

This triennial exhibition, called Artefact 2004 – Sculptures urbaines, was in its second edition. The first was held at the Lachine Canal in 2001. Organized by the Centre d’art public, its objective is to select an area of the city and invite artists to use it as a space for research and creation.

Event: Artefact 2004 Sculptures urbaines

Event date(s):

2004

Dimensions

Other information

Document(s):

Artefact 2004 urban sculptures

Don't be surprised if you spot a walking artist on Mount Royal

Imperfection de la langue

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:19:29 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Duval, Lucie

Artwork creator(s):

Duval, Lucie

Text author(s):

Duval, Lucie

Text author(s):

Duval, Lucie

Installation year:

2004

Artwork description

Source: Lucie Duval (2008). Lucie Duval. (http://www.lucieduval.com/projets/index.php?id_projet=68)

Description:

The installation consists of three sentences hanging between trees. The letters are red.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

TU M'AIMES ENCORE

TU M'AIMES MAIS ENCORE

TU M'AIMAIS ENCORE

Text theme:

Love, Questioning

Artwork theme:

Language

History

History:

The thirteen artists participating in Artefact 2004 – Urban Sculpture are Monique Bertrand, Martin Boisseau, Ani Deschênes, Doyon-Rivest, André Du Bois, Lucie Duval, Raymond Gervais, Michel Goulet, Neva-Gotthilf, Daniel Olson, Yannick Pouliot, Alan Storey and Louise Viger. Their artworks were installed along the carriage road, Chemin Olmsted, between the Centre de la montagne — near the 1964 symposium — and the large chalet at the lookout. Some works were imposing, others more discreet but all were presented as imaginary places likely to appeal to visitors.

Event date(s):

2004

Dimensions

Height:

0.35m

Other information

Note(s):

Intervention on the Mont-Royal, at the Artefact 2004 event.
Since the Summer 2010, the artwork is now permanently suspended above the bike path in the City of Eastman the owner.

Artist's biography:

Lucie Duval

Document(s):

Artefact-Montréal

Entre ciel et terre. Lucie Duval et Jenny Holzer : deux études de cas dans l’espace du langage / Hanging in Mid-Air Lucie Duval & Jenny Holzer two case studies in the space of language

Don't be surprised if you spot a walking artist on Mount Royal