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Location adapted for the transportation and way-through of persons and vehicles.

Depressed

Shane Davis, Depressed, 2002Shane Davis, Depressed, 2002
Artwork creator(s): 
Davis, Shane (Mini)
Installation year: 
2002

Dean Beaver

Paul Butler, Dean Beaver, 1997Paul Butler, Dean Beaver, 1997
Artwork creator(s): 
Butler, Paul
Installation year: 
1997

C’est fini/The Break-Up Project

Collectif Taupe, C’est fini/The Break-Up Project, 2005Collectif Taupe, C’est fini/The Break-Up Project, 2005Collectif Taupe, C’est fini/The Break-Up Project, 2005Collectif Taupe, C’est fini/The Break-Up Project, 2005
Explores the end of a local couple's relationship. Intimate letters left here and there in restaurants, statements in newspapers, banners placed downtown and special requests on the radio made of Marc [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Collectif Taupe ( Boudreau, Jean-Denis; Bélanger, Jennifer; Cormier, Angele; Doucette, Mario)
Installation year: 
2005

Footnotes

Gwen Boyle, Footnotes, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteGwen Boyle, Footnotes, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteGwen Boyle, Footnotes, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteGwen Boyle, Footnotes, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
Ninety-nine unpolished black granite tiles are recessed randomly into the sidewalk. Handcarved into each granite block are words or texts chosen for their specific reference to the site. The shore is [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Boyle, Gwen
Installation year: 
1994

Password

Alan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteAlan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteAlan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
Four sets of four letters rotate to form random words. The stainless letters are installed on the three exhaust vents from the underground parkade and spin with the air flow coming out of the exhaust [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Storey, Alan
Installation year: 
1994

Insurgent Messages

Edgar Heap of Birds, Insurgent Messages for Canada, 2007
Artwork creator(s): 
Heap of Birds, Edgar
Installation year: 
2007

Street Light

Bernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André Brouillette
Each of six twelve-meter high, bronze I-beam towers hold an image cut into a metal plate that illustrate the history of the area. The plates cast the shadow of the image onto the street. Texts etched [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Miller, Bernie; Tregebov, Alan
Installation year: 
1997

New Currents, An Ancient Stream

Gwen Boyle, New Currents, An Ancient Stream, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteGwen Boyle, New Currents, An Ancient Stream, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
A series of connecting high and low pools, with a waterfall made of overlapping black slate. A large glacial boulder sits in the upper pool and an identical cast bronze replica sits in the lower pool. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Boyle, Gwen
Installation year: 
1994

Sliding Edge

Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003
Along the seawall, a rough yet elegant waterfall made of black rundle stone is installed; the stacked, linear, irregular stone edges are abstractions of geological layers. Standing on top of the water [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Metz, Jacqueline; Chew, Nancy
Installation year: 
2003
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