Those Little Things

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:52:23 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Installation year:

2003

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette

Description:

Set of rectangular stones laid on the ground. Texts appear in several languages.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

feel in myself that I am capable of everything. Never mind my age. You know my age? No I’m not going to tell you. rules, that you have to follow in life I don’t think it would have been good if I had done all those THINGS

[Chinese] I believe have been tragedies in life but who doesn’t have tragedies in life? That’s what life is all about. So you know there are things that happen

[Yiddish] but I have a story, everybody has… would just like them to be more aware of OODLES THINGS They are no different than a lot of other children. That’s the way it is. river to pick out stones like this (gestures) all kinds of stones, take them from one place to the other. They didn’t need them [Farsi] art not traveling, walking with us from one place to another with no reason at all

[Russian] but it was like a second language, they didn’t want us to learn that, I don’t know-it was really a miracle like to see people laugh. You know maybe the snow gives me hope of a brighter future

[Hebrew] and these stories are so important to me those little THINGS-it may sound silly but it means so much, it really does. Cause he-no-he knew I had a hard life didn’t want to let you go, how come? difficult to understand for somebody who didn’t go through all these things

[Arabic] the difference between a desert and another one is the people

Text theme:

Personal memory

History

History:

Installation in the field of the Bathurst Jewish Community Center on November 9, 2003. Recorded interviews, maintained by the artist, with various individuals

Event date(s):

2003

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Gilbert Boyer

Owner(s):

Gilbert Boyer

Source:

1. Gilbert Boyer 5238 Rivard, Montréal (Québec) H2J 2P1 514-270-1199 gboyer@sympatico.ca 2. Koffler Centre of the Arts, Bathurst Jewish Community Center 4588 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario M2R 1W6 Phone: 416-636-1880 Fax: 416-636-5813 Questions générales : kofflergallery@kofflerarts.org Site web : www.kofflerarts.org a. Lori Starr, Executive Director 416-636-1880 x296 lstarr@kofflerarts.org b. Claire Eckert, Executive Assistant 416-636-1880 x333 ceckert@kofflerarts.org

Document(s):

Gilbert Boyer. Those Little Things. An Outdoor Installation of Text and Granite at the BJCC on View from November 9

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Those Little Things

Those Little Things