Echoes

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:59:54 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Michel

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Michel

Text author(s):

LaRochelle, Luc

Text author(s):

LaRochelle, Luc

Installation year:

2002

Remarks on location:

Twelve chairs installed two by two along a pedestrian walk; by the concession

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Michel Goulet

Description:

A dozen chairs are installed two by two along a walkway at Sunset Beach, Vancouver: the poetic writing engraved on the seats and the distinctly unique backs engage passers-by in a dialogue that echoes his or her thoughts and activities, an unexpected reconciliation.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1-2-3 : Detail Image 4: View Site

Text of the artwork:

Une question
de temps
jamais posée
à temps

An ivory tower
echoes from before

Géographie
de l'usure
grandeur
nature

Toujours faire semblant de

Pretenses False True Story

Je me sauve
Salvation
you said

Minor dreams
weaved tight

Pousser un cri
plus loin
dans la gorge

a common story
of love and sorrow
come to an end
HERE

History

History:

Event: Open Spaces, Vancouver International Sculpture Project (now the Vancouver Sculpture Biennale), Vancouver, BC

Date: October 2002-October 2003

Event date(s):

2003

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Michel Goulet

Source:

1. Michel Goulet courrier@michelgoulet.ca

Elsewhere

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:09:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Michel

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Michel

Text author(s):

LaRochelle, Luc

Text author(s):

LaRochelle, Luc

Installation year:

2002

Remarks on location:

On the beach

Artwork description

Source: Michel Goulet. (2008). Œuvres publiques.Elsewhere. (http://www.michelgoulet.ca/fr/oeuvrespub/index.htm)

Description:

Installed on the beach at English Bay in Vancouver, a closely-knit group of twelve chairs makes up a unit in which a simple dream or interest is shared. Facing West toward the open sea, one is reconciled with the old and the new worlds, the past and the future, memories and hopes. Contemplated from a distance, the sculpture installation may provoke a feeling of melancholy and abandonment. However, if the viewer agrees to play a role and interact with others in this intricate artwork, he or she becomes an actor and a significant part of the work. A poetic text in French or English by Luc LaRochelle is engraved on the seat of each chair.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: detail Image 2: View Site

Artwork theme:

Human and community exchanges

History

History:

Event: Open Spaces, Vancouver International Sculpture Project (now the Vancouver Sculpture Biennale), Vancouver, BC

Date: October 2002-October 2003

Event date(s):

2003

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Michel Goulet

Source:

1. Michel Goulet courrier@michelgoulet.ca

Document(s):

Open Spaces : Vancouver International Sculpture Project, Third Biennale

Œuvres publiques.Elsewhere

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Open Spaces

Echoes

Elsewhere