Je me souviens

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:04:58 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Jaar, Alfredo

Artwork creator(s):

Jaar, Alfredo

Text author(s):

Jaar, Alfredo

Text author(s):

Jaar, Alfredo

Installation year:

1992

Artwork description

Jaar, Alfredo (205). Alfredo Jaar: the fire this time. Public interventions 1979-2005. Milano: Charta, p. 150

Description:

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 Vietnamese restaurants, the artwork consists of four framed photographs representing the Whitehead Detention Centre, another photograph of the Hong Kong Sea presented in a light box, a videotape that shows, among others, images of a body of water and of a closed door. Visitors can get postcard reproductions of the artwork for a dollar. On the back of the cards, a text appears describing the scene. On the tables of the restaurants, table mats representing blue waves describes the situation of the Boat People and offer a definition of the term "refugee".

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Definition of the word "refugee".
Information about Vietnamese Boat People.

Text theme:

Emigration, Asylum Policies

Artwork theme:

Asylum, Detention

History

History:

Event: Pour la suite du monde, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The table mats and postcards also included, in addition to information about Vietnamese refugees and the exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, the following information: "Alfredo Jaar, Je me souviens, 1992, Pour la suite du monde, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 26 mai au 11 octobre 1992" and details about the Vietnamese Community in Canada, Montreal region (6338 Victoria Street, Suite 16, Montreal (QC) H3W 2S5, Tel.: 340-9630).

Artist's biography:

Alfredo Jaar

Document(s):

Alfredo Jaar: the fire this time. Public interventions 1979-2005

Pour la Suite du monde

Pour la suite du monde

Pour la Suite du monde : Histoire à suivre

Une odeur de désordre

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:43:38 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Lewis, Mark

Artwork creator(s):

Lewis, Mark

Text author(s):

Lewis, Mark

Text author(s):

Lewis, Mark

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

The work was installed in four bookstores: Champigny, Flammarion (Laurier branch), Gallimard and Lexis.

Artwork description

Source:Lamoureux, Johanne & Andrew Payne (1995). Mark Lewis. Public Art: Photographs and Projects. Vancouver: Fine arts Gallery.

Description:

The artist installed ten metallic boxes throughout the city of Montreal. Each of these "temporary monuments" featured a drawing or a black and white photograph of an earlier public manifestation of disorder. Each location was chosen in relation to each event. Text appears under each image, relating a fictitious testimony. An automatic sprayer sprays an essential oil fragrance that evoke the chosen public event. In four Montreal public bookstores, the artist also set up areas with displays of books about the sense of smell.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Testimony

Text theme:

Fiction

Artwork theme:

History, public disorder

History

History:

The work was also presented at Kettles Yard in Cambridge, England, in 1991.

Exhibition: Pour la suite du monde, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, 1992

Dimensions

Height:

0.76m

Width:

0.38m

Depth:

0.3 m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Mark Lewis

Document(s):

Contemporary-art museum a knockout; Inaugural exhibitions pack a powerful, promising one-two punch

Mark Lewis : Public Art, Photographs and Projects

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Pour la suite du monde

Je me souviens

Definition of the word "refugee".Information about Vietnamese Boat People.

Une odeur de désordre

Testimony

Definition of the word "refugee".
Information about Vietnamese Boat People.