Wish you were here³

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:56:34 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Artwork creator(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Text author(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Text author(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Installation year:

2004

Remarks on location:

No specific location for the performance. The location relates to the exhibition of the research documents and the "remains" of the performance.

Artwork description

Source: Laurel Woodcock (2008). Wish you were here³ (http://laurelwoodcock.ca/projects/wish-you-were-here-2003)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

WISH YOU WERE HERE

Artwork theme:

Language and signs as means of communication, social relationships

History

History:

Play / pause / repeat, Macdonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, January 15-February 29, 2004.

The work consists of an installation and video in three parts:

Wish You Were Here³, YYZ Gallery, September 8-October 23, 2004, Toronto

Wish You Were Here, as part of the "At The Corner of Time and Place" theme, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007, Toronto

New version of the work (gobo projector, balloons filled with helium)

For the play / pause / repeat exhibition, Woodcock created a series of three new works: Location Shoot (2003), A favorite film for each letter of the alphabet / A favorite film from each year since my birth (2003) and Wish You Were Here³ (2003).

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Note(s):

One day, in October 2003 in Toronto, at the request of Laurel Woodcock, the Adler Aviation Company flew a plane pulling a banner on which the sentence "WISH YOU WERE HERE" was written.

On January 15, 2004, in Guelph, the event was repeated for thirty minutes at the opening of the artist's exhibition at the Macdonald Stewart Art Center.

The three videos presented were Location shoot, A favorite film from each letter of the alphabet / a favorite film from each year since my birth and a document about the flight with the banner (3:30 min).

"The phrase is familiar as that abused by generations of souvenir postcards. Once meant as a wholehearted invocation to the friend or family member who could not travel along to an exotic location, it has become hollow and empty, often used with sardonic intent."

source: Kathie Bethune-Leamen, "Once more, with feeling," in Play / pause / repeat, p. 24-25

Artist's biography:

Laurel Woodcock

Source:

1. Laurel Woodcock work tel: 519.824.4120. ext. 53659 home tel: 416.536.4848 email: laurelw@sympatico.ca (autre courriel : lawoodco@uoguelph.ca)

Document(s):

Wish you were here³

Laurel Woodcock : play / pause / repeat

Poète en bâtiment

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:47:52 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bujold, Michel

Artwork creator(s):

Bujold, Michel

Text author(s):

Bujold, Michel

Text author(s):

Bujold, Michel

Installation year:

1975

Remarks on location:

The mural is located on the East wall of the building.

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

A letter addressed to Jean Drapeau is painted on a brick wall.

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Text of the artwork:

LETTRE A JEAN DRAPEAU DE MONTREAL TIOTIAKE : L’ILE ENTRE LE RA P I D E SALU JEAN D’OU CE KTU SOR ?MOUWE JE LE NEZ COLLE OU CE KTU TEN VA ?ATTEN MOUWE PA AU ZOOLIMPICCHU PA AU CHOMM CHU PA AU FAMM, CHUPA AU 2, CHUPA AU 10 CHUPA O SANG, CHUPA O ZENFAN, CHUPA O ZOUWÉZO CHUPAO PROGRAMM, CHÉ PU MÉ DEWOUAIR, CHÉPU MÉ LE CON POURTANT ÇA FÉ LONTEN KE CHUO SOU-SOL DLA KROUAS SANSS À M’ENTRAÎNÉ À DÉTERRÉ LÉ ZÉVIDENCE, À SKRUTÉ LA BRÈCH, À PERCÉ LÉ COMPARTIMEN,À DÉFONCÉ LE PORTE OU VARTE,À DÉOULÉ LE BOU D’MA LANGUALLÉJÉ OTI-JEAN DU GRAN MONRÉAL OÙ È PASSÉ LE PAIN DÉJEU DLA PTITTENFANCE ? LÉ TEMPS SON PÈTTÉ LA MARG ATLA ATLA ATLA NOUZÔTR LÉ SKIZOFREN ON NÉ LAI ON VYIN MÉTTR LE D’DAN ENDEWÀR PI LE DEWÀR END’DAN ON SOR DU FLEV, ON SOR D’NO TÊT, ON SOR DNO VOU WA, ON SOR DNO BRÂ, ON SOR D’NO……PÂ LÉZIYEUDANLÉZYEUX LÉCHFEUDANLÉCHFEU LÉDENDANLÉDEN LÉLAGUDINLANGU, LÉPOUWÈLDINPWÈL, LÉMOUWÈLDINMWÈL, LÉMAINDINMIN, LÉQDINKOEUR, LÉPIYÉDINPYÉ S’A G R A N D I LE BONNHOMM SOCIAL ARRIV EN VILLE CÉ T’UNN FILL DE KATORZAN AVÈC LÉFESS PLÈNN D’AMPOULLÉLÈKTRIC ÉKI ACCOUCH DLA TÈRR BIENVENU AU BATÊM TI-JEAN ! Michel Bujol poète en bâtiment ÉDITIONS PARTI PRIS 3-25 oct 1975

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Document(s):

Murs et murales, Ville Saint-Laurent

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Other

Wish you were here³

Poète en bâtiment