Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Billboard

Happy is the country that has no history

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:23:49 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gill, Don

Artwork creator(s):

Gill, Don

Text author(s):

Gill, Don

Text author(s):

Gill, Don

Installation year:

1990

Artwork description

Source: Balkind, A. (1990), Transpositions : A Public Exhibition […],Vancouver : Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. p. 51

Description:

Photograph placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Happy is the country that has no history

Text theme:

Obscured history

Artwork theme:

One of the three themes of the exhibition, portraiture, injustice towards aboriginal peoples

History

History:

The Transpositions exhibition was created over a 3-year period. Works are divided into 3 categories: portraiture, landscape and flora (nature); and advertising. This arwork was created for the advertising platform posters of the SkyTrain stations. The work of 20 Canadian artists extends 24 km along the SkyTrain route from Vancouver to Surrey. Four to seven works are installed randomly amongst the advertising at the following seven stations: Waterfront, Burrard, Grandville, Broadway, Metrotown, New Westminster and Scott Road.

Event date(s):

1990

Dimensions

Height:

1.82m

Width:

1.21m

Other information

Note(s):

Exhibition posters provided by Colorific Photo Labs

Exhibition Space donated by Trans Ad

All images were worked either from original negatives or transparencies, enlarged and mounted on styrene board.

There exists more than one version of this piece

Artist's biography:

Gill, Don

Owner(s):

Collection of the artist

Document(s):

Transpositions : A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography

Graymatter

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:28:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Brandoli, Alan

Artwork creator(s):

Brandoli, Alan

Text author(s):

Brandoli, Alan

Text author(s):

Brandoli, Alan

Collaborator(s):

Sign painters at Mediacom warehouse, Winnipeg.

Installation year:

1989

Artwork description

Source: Kuspit, Donald (1990). The Regina Billboard Project, Regina : University of Regina

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Model

Text of the artwork:

IMAGE

CONFORM

IDENTIFY

WORK

CULTURE

CAPITAL

Text theme:

Consumer culture; consumer psychology

Artwork theme:

Mass advertising; consumer culture

History

History:

Exhibition: Regina Billboard Project, Regina (July-August 1989), Winnipeg (September-October-November 1989), Toronto (November-December 1989, January 1990).

The exhibition was also presented in Saskatoon and Calgary.

Date: July 1989-January 1990

Dimensions

Height:

3.04m

Width:

13.72m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Brandoli, Alan

Document(s):

The Regina Billboard Project

Space intruders: The Regina Billboard Project

Depressed

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:19:07 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Davis, Shane (Mini)

Artwork creator(s):

Davis, Shane (Mini)

Text author(s):

Davis, Shane (Mini)

Text author(s):

Davis, Shane (Mini)

Installation year:

2002

Artwork description

Source: Plug-In ICA (2008). Archives. 2002. (http://www.plugin.org/2002/davis/index.html)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Depressed.

Text theme:

Depression

Artwork theme:

Depression

History

History:

History: Opening October 12 on the Billboard Plug In: Image by Althea Thauberger, from the exhibition Username, Floating Gallery October 11-November 8, 2002.

Event: Depressed, Plug-In Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Date: August 30-October 12, 2002

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Davis, Shane

Document(s):

Archives. 2002

Anonymous Gay and Lesbian Portraits

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:43:51 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Glawson, Larry

Artwork creator(s):

Glawson, Larry

Text author(s):

Glawson, Larry

Text author(s):

Glawson, Larry

Installation year:

1995

Remarks on location:

Plug In's billboard in the Safeway parking lot; non-literary photographic components in storefront windows throughout the Osborne village business district

Artwork description

Source: Lessard, Denis (1998). A Queer Space Between Fiction and Politics, Winnipeg : Floating Gallery

Description:

In cooperation with Floating Gallery's Festival of Light, Glawson presented two large-scale photographic portraits on Plug In's billboard at River and Osborne. Each portrait suggested the gay/lesbian portraits transcend simple definitions based on stereotyping.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Artwork theme:

Denominations of gays and lesbians, human identity

History

History:

The project took three forms:

History: 11 images (11 x 20 inches each)
Event: Fractured Spaces, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Date: February 1995

History: large wall arrangement of 8 images (8 x 10 inches each)

Event: Quiver, Light Gallery
Date: June 1995

Floating Gallery had 20,000 visitors visit the exhibition of this work.

Event: Light Year: A Festival of Photography, organized by Floating Gallery
Date: September 30-October 28, 1995

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Glawson, Larry

Document(s):

Light Year : A Festival of Photographies

Archives. 1995

Love Stories

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:25:45 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Tsang, Henry

Artwork creator(s):

Tsang, Henry

Text author(s):

Tsang, Henry

Text author(s):

Tsang, Henry

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

On one of the sides of Burrard Inlet

Artwork description

Source: Tsang, Henry (1992), Henry Tsang : Love Stories, Toronto: Gallery 44

Description:

Billboard poster installed at the seabus terminal.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: Panel without full text (version presented at Gallery 44, Toronto, 1992). Image 2: detail. Left side (version presented in North Vancouver, 2001). Picture 3: detail. Left side (version presented in North Vancouver, 2001).

Text of the artwork:

She doesn’t desire White Boys

over anyone else. But they keep

gravitating towards her.

Other men just can’t

Turn Her On

in the same way.

Her skin was Silky Smooth

to the touch. So is yours, she said :

From then on, I began looking

at Asian women,

something I never

before could do.

Text theme:

Anecdotes of interacial desire

Artwork theme:

Racial identity, sexual identity, desire, sexual (inter)racial preference.

History

History:

Poster on a billboard (2001), installed at the seabus terminal, North Vancouver. Order Presentation House Gallery.
Event: Facing History Poster Project, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC. Curator: Karen Love.
September 8-October 28, 2001.

Also presented in Toronto in 1992

Event date(s):

2001

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Text version of the work presented at Gallery 44, Toronto, 1992:

I commented on how difficult it

seemed for some men of

Chinese ancestry to

consider Chinese

women as

beautiful,

or if

beautiful,

then as desirable.

Martin, whose wife is

of German descent, admitted

that he still had that problem.

Cornelio was surprised. In Hawaii,

where he grew up, Asians were

always thought of as

more beautiful.

He said

this with a

certain sadness,

for although he was a

good-looking guy, it was never

Asians who found him attractive.

The very

thought disgusted her.

Why would she ever want to

do anything like that, she demanded.

Kissing one would be like kissing her

brother. And going out with

a Chinese guy would

feel, simply put,

incestuous.

I caught her

staring at me. She

looked so Chinese to me, too.

I was surprised by the touch of her

skin-it was true, it was so smooth. So

was mine, she said. And after awhile I

began to look at Asian women,

something that I never before

could bring myself

to do.

I asked her about her preferences.

She said that although she didn’t

exactly prefer white men over

anybody else, they seemed

to gravitate towards her.

Besides, she couldn’t

find any other men

who could turn

her on in the

same way.

He was relatively open-minded, he

said, for someone who grew up in

Winnipeg 50 years ago. For

instance, he didn’t mind

his daughter going out

with anyone non-

Chinese, as

long as he

wasn’t

white.

Artist's biography:

Henry Tsang

Document(s):

Facing History. Portraits from Vancouver

Henry Tsang : Love Stories

Insurgent Messages

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:13:47 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Insurgent Messages for Canada

Artwork creator(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Artwork creator(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Text author(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Text author(s):

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Ten bus shelters downtown

Artwork description

Source: Warren, Daina (2008), Edgar Heap of Birds. Public Art for the Americas, Brunt : Grunt Gallery in Print, n° 4, (sept)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[Text 1/6]

IMPERIAL
CANADA
WHERE
IS YOUR
STATUS
CARD?

INSURGENT MESSAGES FOR CANADA
HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2006

[Text 2/6]

IMPERIAL
CANADA
STOP
BLACK
ROBES
ABUSE

Text theme:

(Contesting) the legal status of Canadian Indians

Artwork theme:

Historical and contemporary injustice inflicted upon indigenous people at the hand of the Canadian government, calling attention to laws and practices that oppress indigenous communities

History

History:

The posters that constitute the artwork entitled Insurgent Messages (for Canada) were created for the Grunt Gallery. The artwork is part of a project incorporating four works, exhibited over the period of a year at the Grunt Gallery in Vancouver and elsewhere. Although the art project that encompassed Insurgent Messages (for Canada) and Native Hosts, Words, Trees, Chiapas / In Honor of EZLN and Wheels: Overlays is entitled Public Art for the Americas, each work is an individual event with a separate title.

Event: Public Art for the Americas
1-29 October 2007

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS

Document(s):

Edgar Heap of Birds. Public Art for the Americas

Squid the most intelligent of invertebrates

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:09:13 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gill, Don

Artwork creator(s):

Gill, Don

Text author(s):

Gill, Don

Text author(s):

Gill, Don

Installation year:

1988

Remarks on location:

Bus shelter on the Southwest Corner of Burrard and Robson Streets

Artwork description

Source: Culley, Peter (1988). Adverse Practises. Vancouver: The Vancouver Association for Noncommercial Culture, p. 16

Description:

Photography in a bus shelter

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

SQUID

THE MOST

INTELLIGENT

INVERTEBRATES

Text theme:

Intelligence (questioning the notion of )

Artwork theme:

Intelligence (questionning the notion of), commentary on the public sphere (by means of private advertising in public space) within the city of Vancouver, urbanization, deconstruction of opposing ideologies in the public realm, multiplicity of public discourse, street audience issues.

History

History:

Negotiating with the City of Vancouver, a double-sided bus shelter advertising display case was secured at the Southwest corner of Burrard and Robson Streets between February 29 and June 13, 1988. Participating artists produced new work specific to the conditions of the project and exhibited for five consecutive three-week periods.

Squid the most intelligent of invertebrates by Don Gill and Trading by Ross Muirhead are simultaneously exposed on the front and back of the bus shelter's advertising case.

Event: Adverse Practices

March 21-April 11, 1988

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

There exists more than one version of this piece.

Owner(s):

The artist

Source:

mailto:don.gill@mac.com

Document(s):

Adverse Practises (Practises Zealously Pursued Pass Into Habits)

Mask of Culture

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:44:38 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Cacchioni, Dianne

Artwork creator(s):

Cacchioni, Dianne

Text author(s):

Cacchioni, Dianne

Text author(s):

Cacchioni, Dianne

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Platforms of stations, advertising boxes

Artwork description

Source : The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Incite

Artwork theme:

Importance of media in the construction of cultural values

History

History:

The Billboard Series Art: Public Art Exhibition, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association (coordinator: Don Murray; commissioners: Melinda Mollineaux and Marianne Nicholson) by BC Transit Vancouver Regional Transit System. Box Subsequent Event Artropolis 93 (1993) in Vancouver.

January 9 to July 8, 1992

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Dianne Cacchioni

Source:

1. Dianne Brehm Cacchioni dianne@diannecacchioni.com www.diannecacchioni.com Peut être également contacté à travers des galeries suivantes : • Jacana Gallery 2435 Granville St. Vancouver, BC • Hambleton Fine Art 1497 Adanac St. Vancouver, BC • The Red Galleria 2152 Main St. Vancouver, BC 2. BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Tree Group: Metaphors

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:38:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Davis, Todd

Artwork creator(s):

Davis, Todd

Text author(s):

Davis, Todd

Text author(s):

Davis, Todd

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Platforms of stations, advertising boxes

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

view of the installation

Text of the artwork:

European Black Alder
Asiatic Bittersweet
(American) White Birch
Japanese Cork Tree

Text theme:

Classification of tree species

Artwork theme:

Racial Identification

History

History:

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Davis, Todd

Source:

1. Todd Davis (contacter éventuellement la Grunt Gallery) #116 - 350 East 2nd Ave Vancouver, British ColumbiaV5T 4R8 T: 604.875.9516 F: 604.877.0073 2. BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Untitled

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:23:45 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Leung, Helen

Artwork creator(s):

Leung, Helen

Text author(s):

Leung, Helen

Text author(s):

Leung, Helen

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Platforms of stations, advertising boxes

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

View of the installation

Text of the artwork:

My father took this
Photo of my
grandfather’s […]
In Hong Kong
Before coming to
Canada. I’ll get to
take one of his.

Text theme:

Family history

Artwork theme:

Loss of cultural identity

History

History:

January 9 to July 8, 1992

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

THE BILLBOARD ART SERIES is a public art exhibition which features the original works of 15 Canadian artists and reflects the concerns, aspirations and traditions of a culturally diverse society. The series follows on the success of two previous public art exhibitions hosted by BC Transit – TRANSPOSITIONS in 1990 and ARTROPOLIS in 1991. There are a total of 15 works, 5 of which are featured each month at 2 different stations.

Source:

2. BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641

Document(s):

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

The Billboard Art Series

Untitled

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:09:14 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Terada, Ron

Artwork creator(s):

Terada, Ron

Text author(s):

Teras, Ron

Text author(s):

Teras, Ron

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Platforms of stations, advertising boxes

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

View of the installation

Text of the artwork:

iwaki

[text in Japanese]

Artwork theme:

Symbolism and culture media

History

History:

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Artist's biography:

Terada, Ron

Source:

1. Ron Terada (à travers le Catriona Jeffries Gallery à Vancouver) Charo Neville Associate Curator Catriona Jeffries Gallery 274 East 1st Ave., Vancouver V5T1A6 Tél : 604-736-1554 cat_jeffries_gallery@telus.net 1. BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Untitled

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:00:56 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Mootoo, Shani

Artwork creator(s):

Mootoo, Shani

Text author(s):

Mootoo, Shani

Text author(s):

Mootoo, Shani

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Platforms of stations, advertising boxes

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

It is a crime that I should
Have to use your language
To tell you how I feel that
You have taken mine from me.

Text theme:

Racism, assimilation

Artwork theme:

Minority cultural experience

History

History:

The Billboard Series Art: Public Art Exhibition, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association (coordinator: Don Murray; commissioners: Melinda Mollineaux and Marianne Nicholson) by BC Transit Vancouver Regional Transit System. Box Subsequent Event Artropolis 93 (1993) in Vancouver.

January 9 to July 8, 1992

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Artist's biography:

Mootoo, Shani

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Home Is Here

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:50:16 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Yoon, Jin-Me

Artwork creator(s):

Yoon, Jin-Me

Text author(s):

Yoon, Jin-Me

Text author(s):

Yoon, Jin-Me

Installation year:

1992

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Vue d’ensemble

Text of the artwork:

[text in Japanese]
[text in Chinese]
[Korean text]
HOME IS HERE
[signature]

Text theme:

Cultural rooting

Artwork theme:

Asian migration

History

History:

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Artist's biography:

Yoon, Jin-Me

Source:

1. Jin-Me Yoon Charo Neville Associate Curator Catriona Jeffries Gallery 274 East 1st Ave., Vancouver V5T1A6 Tél : 604-736-1554 cat_jeffries_gallery@telus.net 2. BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Southern Boy

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:44:23 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Yee, Kiki

Artwork creator(s):

Yee, Kiki

Text author(s):

Yee, Kiki

Text author(s):

Yee, Kiki

Installation year:

1992

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

View of the installation

Text of the artwork:

He is a fine, attractive-looking
little fellow, his full hazel eyes
beaming with kindliness and
intelligence. The almond form and
oblique setting of the eye, so
peculiar to the natives of the
south, is well brought out in this
picture.

Text theme:

Racial

Artwork theme:

Racial difference, ethnocentrism

History

History:

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

THE BILLBOARD ART SERIES is a public art exhibition which features the original works of 15 Canadian artists and reflects the concerns, aspirations and traditions of a culturally diverse society. The series follows on the success of two previous public art exhibitions hosted by BC Transit – TRANSPOSITIONS in 1990 and ARTROPOLIS in 1991. There are a total of 15 works, 5 of which are featured each month at 2 different stations.

Artist's biography:

Yee, Kiki

Source:

520 GorgeRoad EastVictoria, BC, V8W 2P3

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Untitled

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:18:20 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Mollineaux, Melinda

Artwork creator(s):

Mollineaux, Melinda

Text author(s):

Mollineaux, Melinda

Text author(s):

Mollineaux, Melinda

Installation year:

1992

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[…]the p[…]

[…]were in[…]

of different

[vil]lage of people

languages[…]

[…]manners

active.

Text theme:

Identity, cultural difference

Artwork theme:

Relationship between the subjective self and the self as defined through language

History

History:

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Artist's biography:

Mollineaux, Melinda

Source:

1. Melinda Mollineaux Coordinator of the Equity Office Visual Arts Section Officer Conseil des arts du Canada = Canada Council for the Arts 350 Albert St., P.O. Box 1047, Ottawa ON K1P 5V8 Phone: 1-800-263-5588 ou 613-566-4414, poste/ext. 4095 (ou 4122) Fax: (613) 566-4332 Website: www.canadacouncil.ca Email: melinda.mollineaux@canadacouncil.ca ou encore par l’entremise de : Carole Breton Public Relations Officer 1-800-263-5588 or (613) 566-4414, ext. 4523 écrire un courriel directement par l’entremise du site web du CAC: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/contactus/emfrm.htm?contactID=211 2. BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Call Home

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:36:50 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Morgan, Joey

Artwork creator(s):

Morgan, Joey

Text author(s):

Morgan, Joey

Text author(s):

Morgan, Joey

Installation year:

1990

Artwork description

Source: Joey Morgan (2008). Other Works. Call Home. (http://www.dreamlab.org/otherwork/call.htm#)

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Remarks on image:

View of the installation

Text of the artwork:

and you know how

sometimes
You try to explain how you are
when the phone rings
tired of making pretty
and you decide
pictures and how you are
that you’re not going
trying to make something useful
to answer it
or meaningful or political-
because
even propaganda
you already know
if it came down to that
who it is
like when we cut sugar in Cuba
but
before everything changed
while it’s still ringing

it’s almost like
He tells you that
you’re already talking
you don’t have to get so excited that
to each other
nowadays
anyway
just making any art could be
and then when it finally stops
considered a political act
you feel disappointed.

It sounds really easy. Anyway
How come that is?
It doesn’t seem like the right answer

at the time.

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Text theme:

Searching for an answer; disappointment; uncertainty

Artwork theme:

One of three exhibition themes: advertising

History

History:

The Transpositions exhibition was created over a 3-year period. Works are divided into 3 categories: portraiture; landscape and flora (nature); and advertising. Created for the advertising platform posters at the SkyTrain stations. The work of 20 Canadian artists extends 24 km along the SkyTrain route from Vancouver to Surrey. Four to seven works are installed randomly amongst the advertising at the following seven stations: Waterfront, Burrard, Grandville, Broadway, Metrotown, New Westminster and Scott Road.

Event: Transpositions: A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. Commissioners: Don S. And Todd A. Murray Davis.

April 2-May 31, 1990

Event date(s):

1990

Dimensions

Height:

1.82m

Width:

1.21m

Other information

Note(s):

• Exhibition posters provided by Colorific Photo Labs Ltd

• Exhibition Space donated by Trans Ad

• All images were worked either from original negatives or transparencies, enlarged and mounted on styrene board.

Artist's biography:

Joey Morgan

Source:

1. Joey Morgan joey.dreamlab@gmail.com 2. Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association 1816 East 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5N 1K1 3. BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East, Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave, Bu

Document(s):

Transpositions : A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography

Untitled

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:33:40 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Levine, Les

Artwork creator(s):

Levine, Les

Text author(s):

Levine, Les

Text author(s):

Levine, Les

Installation year:

1990

Artwork description

Source: Balkind, A. (1990), Transpositions : A Public Exhibition […],Vancouver : Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. p. 51

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

HEWERS OF WOOD
---
HEWERS OF WOOD

Text theme:

Warning; foreboding

Artwork theme:

One of three exhibition themes: advertising

History

History:

The Transpositions exhibition was created over a 3-year period. Works are divided into 3 categories: portraiture; landscape and flora (nature); and advertising. Created for the advertising platforms posters in the SkyTrain stations. The work of 20 Canadian artists extends 24 km along the SkyTrain route from Vancouver to Surrey. Four to seven works are installed randomly amongst the advertising at the following seven stations: Waterfront, Burrard, Grandville, Broadway, Metrotown, New Westminster and Scott Road. Event: Transpositions: A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. Commissioners: Don S. And Todd A. Murray Davis. April 2-May 31, 1990

Event date(s):

1990

Dimensions

Height:

1.82m

Width:

1.21m

Other information

Note(s):

Exhibition posters provided by Colorific Photo Labs Ltd

Exhibition space donated by Trans Ad

All images were worked either from original negatives or transparencies, enlarged and mounted on styrene board.

Artist's biography:

Les Levine

Document(s):

Transpositions : A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography

RECOGNITION

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:30:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gurney, Janice

Artwork creator(s):

Gurney, Janice

Text author(s):

Gurney, Janice

Text author(s):

Gurney, Janice

Installation year:

1990

Artwork description

Source: Balkind, A. (1990), Transpositions : A Public Exhibition […],Vancouver : Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. p. 51

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

View of the installation

Text of the artwork:

Mr. A. Johnson

Text theme:

Identity

Artwork theme:

One of three exhibition themes: portraiture; reality

History

History:

The Transpositions exhibition was created over a 3-year period. Works are divided into 3 categories: portraiture; landscape and flora (nature); and advertising. Created for the advertising platforms posters in the SkyTrain stations. The work of 20 Canadian artists extends 24 km along the SkyTrain route from Vancouver to Surrey. Four to seven works are installed randomly amongst the advertising at the following seven stations: Waterfront, Burrard, Grandville, Broadway, Metrotown, New Westminster and Scott Road.

Event: Transpositions: A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. Commissioners: Don S. And Todd A. Murray Davis.

April 2-May 31, 1990

Event date(s):

1990

Dimensions

Height:

1.82m

Width:

1.21m

Other information

Note(s):

Exhibition posters provided by Colorific Photo Labs Ltd.

Exhibition space donated by Trans Ad

All images were worked either from original negatives or transparencies, enlarged and mounted on styrene board.

Artist's biography:

Gurney, Janice

Document(s):

Transpositions : A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography

Hewers of Wood

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:25:41 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Dikeakos, Christos

Artwork creator(s):

Dikeakos, Christos

Text author(s):

Dikeakos, Christos

Text author(s):

Dikeakos, Christos

Installation year:

1990

Artwork description

Source: Balkind, A. (1990), Transpositions : A Public Exhibition […],Vancouver : Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. p. 51

Description:

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

HEWERS OF WOOD
---
HEWERS OF WOOD

Text theme:

Exploitation of natural resources (wood)

Artwork theme:

One of three themes of the exhibition: the landscape and flora (the nature); human responsibility towards the environment in an economy dependent on natural resources

History

History:

The Transpositions exhibition was created over a 3-year period. Works are divided into 3 categories: portraiture; landscape and flora (nature); and advertising. Created for the advertising platforms posters in the SkyTrain stations. The work of 20 Canadian artists extends 24 km along the SkyTrain route from Vancouver to Surrey. Four to seven works are installed randomly amongst the advertising at the following seven stations: Waterfront, Burrard, Grandville, Broadway, Metrotown, New Westminster and Scott Road.

Event: Transpositions: A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. Commissioners: Don S. And Todd A. Murray Davis.

April 2-May 31, 1990

Event date(s):

1990

Dimensions

Height:

1.82m

Width:

1.21m

Other information

Note(s):

Exhibition posters provided by Colorific Photo Labs Ltd

Exhibition space donated by Trans Ad

All images were worked either from original negatives or transparencies, enlarged and mounted on styrene board.

Artist's biography:

Dikeakos, Christos

Document(s):

Transpositions : A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography

Censor

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:52:21 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Campbell, Kati

Artwork creator(s):

Campbell, Kati

Text author(s):

Campbell, Kati

Text author(s):

Campbell, Kati

Installation year:

1990

Artwork description

Source: Balkind, A. (1990), Transpositions : A Public Exhibition […],Vancouver : Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. p 51

Description:

Photography placed in a billboard

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

feminist.
He said they were.
She said they weren’t.

Text theme:

Feminism

Artwork theme:

One of three exhibition themes: advertising; feminism

History

History:

The Transpositions exhibition was created over a 3-year period. Works are divided into 3 categories: portraiture; landscape and flora (nature); and advertising. Created for the advertising platforms posters in the SkyTrain stations. The work of 20 Canadian artists extends 24 km along the SkyTrain route from Vancouver to Surrey. Four to seven works are installed randomly amongst the advertising at the following seven stations: Waterfront, Burrard, Grandville, Broadway, Metrotown, New Westminster and Scott Road. Event: Transpositions: A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. Commissioners: Don S. And Todd A. Murray Davis. April 2-May 31, 1990

Event date(s):

1990

Dimensions

Height:

1.82m

Width:

1.21m

Other information

Note(s):

Exhibition posters provided by Colorific Photo Labs Ltd.

Exhibition Space donated by Trans Ad

All images were worked either from original negatives or transparencies, enlarged and mounted on styrene board.

Artist's biography:

Campbell, Kati

Document(s):

Transpositions : A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Billboard

Happy is the country that has no history

Graymatter

Depressed

Anonymous Gay and Lesbian Portraits

Love Stories

Insurgent Messages

Squid the most intelligent of invertebrates

Mask of Culture

Tree Group: Metaphors

Untitled

Untitled

[text in Japanese]

Untitled

Home Is Here

[text in Japanese] [text in Chinese] [Korean text] HOME IS HERE [signature]

Southern Boy

Untitled

Call Home

Untitled

RECOGNITION

Hewers of Wood

Censor

[text in Japanese]
[text in Chinese]
[Korean text]
HOME IS HERE
[signature]