Urbaine urbanité

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:40:53 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bissonnet, Gilles

Artwork creator(s):

Bissonnet, Gilles

Text author(s):

Bissonnet, Gilles

Text author(s):

Bissonnet, Gilles

Installation year:

2002

Artwork description

Source: Galerie FMR (2002). L'Urbaine Urbanité 2002. (http://galeriefmr.org/uu3/Urbain2Fr%20/Urbanite2002.html)

Description:

The artist painted the exterior building walls in white and installed strips of text on the façade.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Restaurant La Belle Gare Valois:

Manger Aimer Marcher - Disparition Vitesse Rêve

Exterior of the Garage de la Culture:

Gentrification ? Garage de la culture Habitat…

Artwork theme:

Urbanity as the degree of "user-friendliness" of a public space, use of a space that the public needs to take possession of.

History

History:

Galerie FMR organized a manifestation of public art on the site of the future Place Valois. Seven artists took on the ghostly character of the current site and invested the expropriated properties at the corner of Ontario and Valois Streets. They proposed a reflection on urbanity as seen as the gauge for the "user-friendliness" of a public space, a space which the public needs to take possession of. The demolition of buildings marked the end of this event, but also the end of an era.

Event : Urbaine urbanité

Event date(s):

2002

Dimensions

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Urbaine urbanité

Urbaine urbanité

Restaurant La Belle Gare Valois:

Exterior of the Garage de la Culture: