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Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:11:49 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gougeon, Diane

Artwork creator(s):

Gougeon, Diane

Text author(s):

Gougeon, Diane

Text author(s):

Gougeon, Diane

Installation year:

1997

Remarks on location:

The artistic intervention was carried out on the roofs of ten taxis driving through the streets of downtown Montreal.

Artwork description

Source: Diane Gougeon (2009) Diane Gougeon. (http://www.dianegougeon.ca/)

Description:

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 inscribed on the X, while its English equivalent, "White Noise", appeared on the "O". The artwork underlined Montreal linguistic uniqueness, being both a bilingual and multicultural city.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

White Noise Bruit blanc

Text theme:

Bilingualism and multiculturalism

Artwork theme:

Two aspects of language: the body and the spirit

History

History:

Event: Sur l'expérience de la ville included ten artistic interventions presented in the city of Montreal during autumn 1997. This exhibition offered a reflection about urban space and the role of citizens at a time in history that was marked by the end of utopias. It is said of Montreal that it is experiencing an urban transition, and this exhibition aimed to highlight this specific aspect to educate the public about various current issues raised by experiencing life in a cosmopolitan city.

Event date(s):

1997

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Diane Gougeon

Document(s):

Sur l’expérience de la ville

Sur l’expérience de la ville : interventions en milieu urbain

Sewing

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:15:49 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Oades, Lorraine

Artwork creator(s):

Oades, Lorraine

Text author(s):

Roy, Gabrielle

Text author(s):

Roy, Gabrielle

Installation year:

1997

Remarks on location:

The performance took place in the window of unoccupied commercial premises.

Artwork description

Source: Optica (2007) Sur l'expérience de la ville. (http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/k31320/oade01.htm)

Description:

Every day, the artist embroidered on a piece of cloth a significant sentence from one of the 32 chapters of the French and English versions of the novel Bonheur d'occasion by Gabrielle Roy. After, the colored strips of cloth were hung to the wall. An audiotape of the novel being read was played in a loop.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Bonheur d'occasion

Text theme:

Quebec literature

Artwork theme:

Literature

Text reference:

Bonheur d'occasion

History

History:

The performance took place from August 29 to October 5, 1997, Monday to Saturday, between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Event: Sur l’expérience de la ville : intervention en milieu urbain

Event date(s):

1997

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The event was organized by the Centre d'art contemporain Optica. The commissioners were Marie Fraser, Diane Gougeon and Marie Perrault.

Artist's biography:

Lorraine Oades

Document(s):

Le cas Optica

Sur l’expérience de la ville : interventions en milieu urbain

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Sur l’expérience de la ville : intervention en milieu urbain

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Sewing

Bonheur d'occasion