Words Heard Here/ Mots perçus ici

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:46:20 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Creates, Marlene

Artwork creator(s):

Creates, Marlene

Text author(s):

Creates, Marlene

Text author(s):

Creates, Marlene

Installation year:

1995

Remarks on location:

Three sites over a distance of about 750 meters along the lake shore. Lake at the source of the Rivière du Lièvre, at the very edges of the Laurentians (Hautes-Laurentides)

Artwork description

Source: Grande John K., & and al (1998). Tête des eaux=Headwaters. L’Annonciation: Boréal Art/Nature, p. 51

Description:

Series of works in which the artist represents words heard in conversations during the event with locally-found materials. For example, the word "source" is written with sand, the word "theme" is made of wood and the word "contact" is written with stones.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

asgardtur
comparable
thème
comparable
passage
contact

Artwork theme:

Nature, the present

History

History:

Organized by Boréal Art / Nature, artists center

Exhibition: Headwaters, Lake Nemiskachi, Hautes-Laurentides, Québec

Event date(s):

1995

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The word "asgardtur" is an Icelandic word refering to a place where Vikings go after death to fight and drink.

Artist's biography:

Marlene Creates

Source:

1. Marlene Creates, artisteCourriel : marlene.creates@nf.sympatico.ca 2. Boréal Art/Nature, Centre Art/Nature, Labelle, Québec Addresse:Case Postale 4717 Rivière Rouge (Québec), Canada J0T 1T0 Téléphone : 819 278-3273 ou 819 275-7727Télécopieur : 819 278-3649Centre : 6240, chemin de la Minerve,Labelle (Québec)

Document(s):

Tête des eaux=Headwaters

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Headwaters

Words Heard Here/ Mots perçus ici