Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Wood

La forêt

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:29:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Atelier Pierre Thibault

Artwork creator(s):

Atelier Pierre Thibault

Text author(s):

Dorion, Hélène

Text author(s):

Dorion, Hélène

Collaborator(s):

Pelletier, Guillaume; Février, Virginie

Installation year:

2010

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

Group of five wooden beams with glass panels. Inside the toppled beams, text is written on the glass panels.

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Text of the artwork:

L’arbre, à l’insu de mon
corps, qui respire.
J’écris à travers ses
feintes, au milieu d’un
vent qui protège de
soi-même. De l’arbre,
je te dirai la vie qui s’y
abrite, ce point fragile
entre la force et
l’abandon.

Il n’y a pas de commencement.
L’amour, le silence, la lumière
sont là depuis toujours.
Le commencement est en nous
depuis toujours.

Text theme:

The environment

Artwork theme:

Working in association with the Teknograv glass workshop, Atelier Pierre Thibault presents La forêt, an installation that takes a sensitive and poetic approach to the environment and its exploitation. Here, wood is presented as an element for architectural construction, while glass is used as a medium to capture light and reconstruct words.

Text reference:

D’argile et de souffle

History

History:

From May 18 to October 31, 2010, in the entrance hall of the Grande Bibliothèque, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) will be hosting the exhibition Architectures en vers, which consists in five architectural installations inspired by poetry. These installations were created by collectives of well-known and up-and-coming architects working with glass artists. The exhibition is presented as part of the “Montréal, 2010 City of Glass” program, under the direction of the Board of Montreal Museum Directors.

Event date(s):

2010

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Note(s):

The chosen verses are from author Hélène Dorion, from the collection D’argile et de souffle, published by Éditions Typo (2002).

Artist's biography:

Atelier Pierre Thibault

Author's biography:

Hélène Dorion

Document(s):

Architecture en vers exhibition at Montreal's Grande Bibliothèque

Architectures en vers, présentée dans le cadre de Montréal, ville de verre 2010

Table-ronde - Exposition “Architectures en vers” à la Grande Bibliothèque

A Thousand Kisses Deep

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:23:35 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Pelletier, Éric

Artwork creator(s):

Pelletier, Éric

Text author(s):

Cohen, Leonard

Text author(s):

Cohen, Leonard

Collaborator(s):

Bourgeois, Olivier; Martineau, Annie; Turgeon, Amélie

Installation year:

2010

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

The installation consists of a gigantic glass prism with a rectangular base, which is split in the middle to disclose a silky texture that longs to be touched. The rectangle is covered with letters through which we distinguish the excerpt of a text.

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Text of the artwork:

You the live I’m
Turning you tricks
Odds your ditch are
I’m getting it fixed
Lefethereas toifallit’s
To real stay beat alive

Text theme:

Poetry, Sensual

Artwork theme:

The team from Éric Pelletier, architectes has designed a work of art that is masculine, strong, dark and subtly sensual, a reflection of the poet who inspired it. Leonard Cohen's A Thousand Kisses Deep / Dans les profondeurs de mille baisers evokes thoughts about the man and his poetry, but especially on the depth and mystery of rich artistic production.

History

History:

From May 18 to October 31, 2010, in the entrance hall of the Grande Bibliothèque, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) will be hosting the exhibition Architectures en vers, which consists of five architectural installations inspired by poetry. These installations were created by collectives of well-known and up-and-coming architects working with glass artists. The exhibition is presented as part of the “Montréal, 2010 City of Glass” program, under the direction of the Board of Montreal Museum Directors.

Event date(s):

2010

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Note(s):

A Thousand Kisses Deep
The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it’s done –
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it’s real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece.
And maybe I had miles to drive,
And promises to keep:
You ditch it all to stay alive,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
I made it to the forward deck.
I blessed our remnant fleet –
And then consented to be wrecked,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep.
And quiet is the thought of you,
The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat…

Artist's biography:

Éric Pelletier

Author's biography:

Leonard Cohen

Document(s):

Architecture en vers exhibition at Montreal's Grande Bibliothèque

Architectures en vers, présentée dans le cadre de Montréal, ville de verre 2010

Table-ronde - Exposition “Architectures en vers” à la Grande Bibliothèque

Rencontre au confluent

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:06:30 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bergeron, Suzanne

Artwork creator(s):

Bergeron, Suzanne

Text author(s):

Laferrière, Dany

Text author(s):

Laferrière, Dany

Installation year:

2010

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

Group of glass panels with a concrete block. On the vertical panel, we can see the text and a path created with 1 ¢ coins. On the horizontal panel, the artist has inlaid wooden wafers and a recycled cardboard lattice.

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Text of the artwork:

J’ai toujours pensé que c’était le livre qui franchissait les siècles pour parvenir jusqu’à nous.
Jusqu’à ce que je comprenne en voyant cet homme que c’est le lecteur qui fait le déplacement.

Text theme:

Litérature

Artwork theme:

Rencontre au confluent is a glass book that opens onto the world and artistic creation – both architectural and literary. Here, the designer is not inspired by the poet, but rather pays tribute to him. The viewer is invited to make a connection with Dany Laferrière’s novel L’énigme du retour (2009 Médicis prize), published by Éditions du Boréal.

Text reference:

L'énigme du retour

History

History:

From May 18 to October 31, 2010, in the entrance hall of the Grande Bibliothèque, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) will be hosting the exhibition Architectures en vers, which consists of five architectural installations inspired by poetry. These installations were created by collectives of well-known and up-and-coming architects working with glass artists. The exhibition is presented as part of the “Montréal, 2010 City of Glass” program, under the direction of the Board of Montreal Museum Directors.

Event date(s):

2010

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Note(s):

Suzanne Bergeron of Amiot Bergeron architectes reveals her deepest thoughts in a work of shadow and glass that is highly moving in its simplicity.

Author's biography:

Dany Laferrière

Document(s):

Architecture en vers exhibition at Montreal's Grande Bibliothèque

Architectures en vers, présentée dans le cadre de Montréal, ville de verre 2010

Table-ronde - Exposition “Architectures en vers” à la Grande Bibliothèque

Murmures dans la main du temps

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:50:04 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Collectif C-M-R

Artwork creator(s):

Collectif C-M-R

Text author(s):

Vigneault, Gilles

Text author(s):

Vigneault, Gilles

Collaborator(s):

Cousineau, Florent; Montero, Alejandro; Rheault, Cindy Diane

Installation year:

2010

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

Murmures dans la main du temps is a spiral sculpture. Its labyrinthine structure of woven raw material evokes movement, inviting the viewer to stroll along, carried by the words of the poet from Natashquan. All words are stained yellow, except for the word "rouge" (red), which is red.

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Text of the artwork:

Un jour je ferai mon grand cerf-volant
Un côté rouge, un côté blanc
Un jour je ferai mon grand cerf-volant
Un côté rouge, un côté blanc
Un côté tendre
Un jour je ferai mon grand cerf-volant
J’y ferai monter vos cent mille enfants
Ils vont m’entendre
Je les vois venir du soleil levant

Puis j’attellerai les chevaux du vent
Un cheval rouge, un cheval blanc
Puis j’attellerai les chevaux du vent
Un cheval rouge, un cheval blanc
Un cheval pie
Puis j’attellerai les chevaux du vent
Puis nous irons voir tous les océans
S’ils sont en vie
Si les océans sont toujours vivants

Par-dessus les bois, par-dessus les champs
Un oiseau rouge, un oiseau blanc
Par-dessus les bois, par-dessus les champs
Un oiseau rouge, un oiseau blanc
Un oiseau-lyre
Par-dessus les bois, par-dessus les champs
Qui nous mènera chez le Mal méchant
Pour le détruire
Bombe de silence et couteau d’argent

Nous mettrons le mal à feu et à sang
Un soleil rouge, un soleil blanc
Nous mettrons le mal à feu et à sang
Un soleil rouge, un soleil blanc
Un soleil sombre
Nous mettrons le mal à feu et à sang
Un nuage monte, un autre descend
Un jour sans ombre
Puis nous raserons la ville en passant

Quand nous reviendrons, le coeur triomphant
Un côté rouge, un côté blanc
Quand nous reviendrons, le coeur triomphant
Un côté rouge, un côté blanc
Un côté homme
Quand nous reviendrons, le coeur triomphant
Alors vous direz ; ce sont nos enfants
Quel est cet homme
Qui les a menés loin de leurs parents ?

Je remonterai sur mon cerf-volant
Un matin rouge, un matin blanc
Je remonterai sur mon cerf-volant
Un matin rouge, un matin blanc
Un matin blême
Je remonterai sur mon cerf-volant
Et vous laisserez vos cent mille enfants
Chargés d’eux-mêmes
Pour jeter les dés dans la main du temps

Pour jeter les dés dans la main du temps

Text theme:

Evokes childhood, idealism, the willingness to go higher

Artwork theme:

Evokes childhood, Earth and hopes for a better world.

Text reference:

Le grand cerf-volant

History

History:

From May 18 to October 31, 2010, in the entrance hall of the Grande Bibliothèque, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) will be hosting the exhibition Architectures en vers, which consists of five architectural installations inspired by poetry. These installations were created by collectives of well-known and up-and-coming architects working with glass artists. The exhibition is presented as part of the “Montréal, 2010 City of Glass” program, under the direction of the Board of Montreal Museum Directors.

Event date(s):

2010

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The C-M-R collective, which brings together a multidisciplinary artist (Florent Cousineau), a graduate architect (Alejandro Montero, Tergos ecological architecture and building) and a photographer (Cindy Diane Rheault, images ECOterre), was inspired by Le Grand cerf-volant (Éditions le vent qui vire, 1982) by Gilles Vigneault, to design a sculpture that evokes childhood, Earth, and hopes for a better world.

Author's biography:

Gilles Vigneault

Document(s):

Architecture en vers exhibition at Montreal's Grande Bibliothèque

Architectures en vers, présentée dans le cadre de Montréal, ville de verre 2010

Table-ronde - Exposition “Architectures en vers” à la Grande Bibliothèque

Sous l'aile, le vent...

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:00:27 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Doux (12) essai sur le vent

Artwork creator(s):

Forget, Normand

Artwork creator(s):

Forget, Normand

Text author(s):

Forget, Normand

Text author(s):

Forget, Normand

Installation year:

1997

Remarks on location:

The installation is located on the second floor of the establishment, in the corridors of the administrative section.

Artwork description

Source: Centre d'Exposition Lanaudière (1998). L’autobus du 1%. Charlemagne: Centre d'Exposition Lanaudière

Description:

Pictorial and sculptural installation consisting in three elements: a sculpture in the form of a stylized angel wing, a "wing" made up of ten panels of painted aluminium and a painting on a sheet of aluminium.

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Text of the artwork:

Chinook, mistral, sirocco, alizé, simoun, bourrasque, cyclone
Miroir
N E
Souffle
Liberté

Text theme:

The wind, an imaginary world

Artwork theme:

A journey; offers a cognitive space

Dimensions

Other information

Owner(s):

Elementary school aux Quatre-Vents

Document(s):

Les œuvres du 1%. Les écoles (2e partie)

L’autobus du 1%

Silence-sieste-sommeil-songe-renaissance

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:50:47 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre

Artwork creator(s):

Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre

Text author(s):

Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre

Text author(s):

Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre

Installation year:

1994

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Marie-Lou Pelletier

Description:

The work consists of a modular painting on glass. The central element of the composition is the bed. Three orange beds are shown against a blue sky: the first is near a crescent moon, while the other two are less sharp and separated by a sun. In the top part of the composition, a series of bed fragments are painted in white on a black background. The set is divided by a wooden construction.

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Text of the artwork:

Silence Sieste Sommeil Songe Renaissance

Text theme:

Passing time

Artwork theme:

Birth and death

Dimensions

Height:

2.4m

Width:

3.4m

Other information

Note(s):

On the plate:

Le lit fait partie du mobilier de base d'un hôpital.
Mais aussi et surtout il est intimement lié
à notre existance toute entière.
Il est témoin de notre naissance et de notre mort :
il communique et absorbe la vie. Il est symbole
de "regénérescence" dans le sommeil et dans l'amour.
Au rythme des jours et nuits il nous accompagne
dans nos rêves.

Owner(s):

Centre hospitalier régional de la Mauricie

Arboreus, after Rodchenko

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:21:22 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Metz, Jacqueline; Chew, Nancy

Artwork creator(s):

Metz, Jacqueline

Chew, Nancy

Text author(s):

Luis Borges, Jorge

Text author(s):

Luis Borges, Jorge

Installation year:

2008

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew

Description:

A 43’ high glass and glulam installation marks a public plaza and is visible from the library and all approaches. The glass has an abstracted, lifesize image of a cedar tree. Framed by this sculpture, and set on the concrete wall behind, is a text installation which interprets the meaning of the imagery - the two are read together.

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

The original is unfaithful to the translation.
Jorge Luis Borges

Text theme:

Expression of the idea that culture and language evolve, always in reference to an earlier version, always becoming something else.

Artwork theme:

Arboreus is informed by the imagery of a giant cedar - a reference to the tree of knowledge, the historic logging industry of Lynn Valley, and the local forested landscape.

Dimensions

Height:

13.1m

Other information

Note(s):

Although the image appears to be a magnificent old grown cedar, lifesize, it is an abstraction, transformed in various ways (including scale, digital manipulation, media, transparency, sitting within an urban context) of an iconic historical photo: Pine Tree, Alexander Rodchenko, 1925.

A further use of text is the latin phrase layered over the image: the scientific name for the Western Red Cedar, Cupressaceae Thuja plicata - a mislabelling.

Artist's biography:

Metz & Chew

Author's biography:

Jorge Luis Borges

Document(s):

Art for art's sake

Des rivières bercent le ciel

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:56:15 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Artwork creator(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Text author(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Text author(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Installation year:

2009

Remarks on location:

In the waiting room, on the 3rd floor of the hospital.

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Agnès Riverin

Description:

Three paintings on the same theme. An engraved, coloured text appears at the bottom of each piece, calling for contemplation and silence.

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Text of the artwork:

Des rivières bercent le ciel

Des aurores traversent la nuit allument l’ondée des lumières émergent

Des étoiles glissent sur l’eau animent le jour des nuées brillent

Text theme:

Dreaming on the banks of the Chaudière River

Artwork theme:

The artist was inspired by the geographical context of the city of Saint-Georges. Its urban development follows the curves of the Chaudière River which defines the landscape and punctuates the passage of time.

Dimensions

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Note(s):

The artist favours a restrained colour palette to avoid overloading the environment. Water movements were painted in oil directly onto the wooden canvas in one sweeping gesture, creating an atmosphere that inspires calm and relaxation.

Artist's biography:

Agnès Riverin

Owner(s):

Hôpital Saint-Georges de Beauce

Espace René-Richard

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:43:26 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Forand, Annie

Artwork creator(s):

Forand, Annie

Text author(s):

Richard, René

Text author(s):

Richard, René

Installation year:

1998

Remarks on location:

In the centre of the Royal Bank of Canada Lobby, in the J.-A-DeSève pavillion.

Artwork description

Source: U. Laval (2008) L'art public sur le campus de l'Université Laval. Québec: Université Laval. (http://www.art.ulaval.ca/)

Description:

The structure is a reinterpretation of painter René Richard's boat. Quotes from the artist are engraved on the rear of the structure, in the upper part. Five paintings by the artist are also on display in glass panels hung on the bottom front of the structure.

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Text of the artwork:

Inscription 1:

Il arrivait que je ne pouvais plus tenir en place; alors je saisissais mon canot et je suivais les bords des eaux pour ne revenir que quelques jours plus tard.

Inscription 2:

Dans ce décor d'une féérie indescriptible se dressaient des grands troncs d'arbres jaunes comme de l'or, parmi des violets et des rouges.

R. Richard, Ma vie passée.

Text theme:

Tribute to René Richard

Artwork theme:

This artwork represents what was at the heart of the artist's life and work: the forest, water, freedom, travel and the Great Northern Quebec landscape.

Dimensions

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Note(s):

Competition (launched 1996) for students attending the École d'architecture (Faculté d'architecture et d'aménagement, Université Laval) who were registered with the studio of architectural composition.

Artist's biography:

René Richard

Owner(s):

University Laval

Document(s):

L'art public sur le campus de l'Université Laval.

La Réserve

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:58:51 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gaulejac, Clément de

Artwork creator(s):

Gaulejac, Clément de

Text author(s):

Gaulejac, Clément de

Text author(s):

Gaulejac, Clément de

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

In a wasteland

Artwork description

Source : Clément de Gaulejac (2009). Calcul Mental. (http://www.calculmental.org/)

Description:

La Réserve is an installation inspired by the specific history of a park that the city of Montreal left without any designation. At the park's entrance, a structure evokes the two squares - one red, the other, grey - usually used by the city of Montreal to announce the park's equipment.

A mobile and transparent suitcase completes the installation. A neon sign shines within the suitcase, stating that a journey has come to an end: "Nous y voilà" ("Here we are").

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Text of the artwork:

Nous y voilà

Text theme:

Place without a name, determines its own context.

Artwork theme:

Absence, emptiness, projection onto oneself

History

History:

La Réserve is an installation by Clément de Gaulejac who was inspired by the specific history of a park that had been left without designation or assignment by the city of Montreal. Not knowing what to do with the space, the city decided... not to make any decision about it. And so, the park was left as it was, a white space on the map of the city. A fence prohibiting access to the park insured that the default decision would not be countermanded by use of the space. DARE-DARE moved into the park in 2006, opening the fence, and printed business cards with the intriguing mention "located in a park with no name". Clément de Gaulejac decided to leave his own mark on the story of this park by imagining an installation by which this unnamed park became The Park With No Name.

Date: July 7 to August 5, 2007

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

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Artist's biography:

Calcul mental

Document(s):

Vérité de la démocratie: appelez Nietzsche 68-08

Dare-Dare Clément de Gaulejac

Au fil de ta promenade

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:16:41 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Artwork creator(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Text author(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Text author(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Installation year:

2003

Remarks on location:

The city of Port-Cartier, in the MRC des Sept-Rivières, is located along the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River and is characterized mainly by the immensity of the land and shores and by its abundance of natural resources. The Centre de santé des Sept Rivières includes a CLSC and a small medical centre that houses a long-term care facility.

The Work:

The coastal horizon stretches along the entire North Shore. Agnès Riverin chose to illustrate it in four ways, which can be found in the Centre de santé’s Place Publique (lobby) and its dining room.

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Agnès Riverin

Description:

The Wreck:

Fascinated by the mysterious wreck of the Lady Era, which washed up on the shores of Port-Cartier over 20 years ago, the artist made it the focal point of this work. Thus, a steel silhouette of the wreck floats on the wall of the Place publique (lobby). Jutting out slightly, it hugs the curve of the wall. Corten steel, used in this project, has been oxidized without affecting its resistance. Its rich colours will intensify with time, just like those of the Lady Era.

The Boxes:

Facing the wall featuring the wreck, the small wall of the Place publique provided another opportunity to explore dreams and memories. A horizontal line made up of six cherry wood boxes with glass panels (40 x 40 x 15cm) separates the Place publique from the nurses’ station. Each box, featuring a glass panel on both sides, features a porthole printed in transparency on the interior panels, revealing its contents.

Three of these boxes contain historic elements referring to forestry (pulp and paper, lumber), the mining industry (iron minerals) and fisheries. The three others integrate old photos of three of the centre’s first residents, commemorating their passage in the institution. These men and women, seen in transparency, symbolize the process of Alzheimer’s disease: long-term memory, first seen as a ghostly presence, slowly overtakes short-term memory. A poetic text written by the artist can be read on both sides, linking the boxes together. The poem takes viewer-readers on a morning stroll by the sea to watch the sunrise.

Dining Room:

In the dining room, two series of portholes are hung across from each other; diners are seated aboard a virtual ship.

Six Pictorial Works:

On the first wall, measuring 9.75m, there are six paintings, each measuring 60cm in width. They represent six different views of the sea-river: from the beach, the harbour, the sea and the road. Painted in oil with large strokes, the chiaroscuro contrast highlights the play of light upon the water or the close-up of a wave.

Six Sculptural Works:

On the 7.75m wall near the windows, six sculpted wood pieces measuring 60cm each cast their shadows. The maritime theme is maintained. Close-ups of waves and the movement of the water are sculpted in linden wood and call to mind the forestry industry in Port-Cartier. They are the same size as the oil paintings and are hung at the same height on the wall; they evoke both the horizon and a series of portholes on the hull of a ship.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

L’horizon pour seul voyage

tu distends de mille coudées

les rumeurs lointaines

Baigné dans cette lumière

à dissoudre toute forme

le silence t’habite

chargé d’azur et de vent

Au fil de ta promenade

un journal délavé

fouillis d’eau et de mots

suspend brièvement l’errance matinale

ton regard s’interrompt

quelque chose d’autre appelle le présent

Conquis tu t’inclines

devant le plus beau des coquillages

et tes mains déposent un sourire sur le sable

où tu cueilles encore des ailleurs coutumiers

Derrière les bruits familiers

qui s’installent lentement

le mystère répété au jour le jour

une fois de plus te surprend

De retour chez toi

tu t’assieds près de la fenêtre

Il te reste un peu de café

la douceur du vent sur ta peau

et la sagesse des vagues

pour régler le sort de l’humanité

Souriant aux lueurs maritimes

témoins de tes rêveries

tu connais ce que peu de gens connaissent

dans les mille gestes quotidiens

la durée se loge au coeur de l’instant

Text theme:

The pronoun "Tu" is used to include the viewer in this stroll. It speaks of a stroll along the river to see the sunrise and more.

Artwork theme:

The artist’s mandate was to create a calming work of art aimed at older people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease while including elements of the region’s three main economic areas, i.e. the former pulp and paper mill, the iron mine and fishing.

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Note(s):

La communication, la rencontre sont au coeur de ma recherche visuelle et tous les projets d’art public que j’ai réalisé furent de merveilleux cadeaux pour établir des ponts entre ma création et les spectateurs. Ils m'ont aussi donné l'opportunité de créer des oeuvres ouvertes à l'autre et ce, dans un langage visuel poétique à plusieurs niveaux de lecture. Chaque projet a été créé afin d'interpellet le spectateur et par l'effet multiplié des approches artistiques (peinture, sculpture, poésie), de lui offir la possibilité de s'identifier à une partie ou à l'ensemble de l'oeuvre de manière toute personnelle. - Agnès Riverin, conservation avec l'artiste juillet 2009

Artist's biography:

Agnès Riverin

Owner(s):

CLSC- Centre de santé des Sept-Rivières

Ayarak

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:42:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bourgault, Pierre

Artwork creator(s):

Bourgault, Pierre

Text author(s):

Bourgault, Pierre

Text author(s):

Bourgault, Pierre

Collaborator(s):

Bourgault, Maxime; Bourgault, Che; Riopelle, Jean-Paul

Installation year:

1999

Remarks on location:

The first sculpture is located in the lobby of the building, the second is located near the elevators.

Artwork description

Source: Saint-Jérôme (2009).Circuit d'art public de Saint-Jérôme. (http://www.d4m.com/soluss/musee/web/document/Circuit_web.pdf)

Source: Pierre Bourgault (2008). Pierre Bourgault artiste. (http://pierrebourgault.org/index.php)

Description:

Sculpture consisting of two elements reproducing on a large scale the specific motifs of an Inuit string game and of a brass inlay work installed in the floor's surface. In the Inuit language, the word "Ayarak" means string. Its two ends are tied together and used to make different figures.

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Le Renard l'emporte, le suit à la trace

Ce qui ressemble à un nuage

Artwork theme:

The artwork expresses socialization, opposition, complementarity, diversity and all that binds us together.

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Note(s):

The didactic panels in the waiting room aim to familiarize people passing through this location with the tradition of these string games.

Artist's biography:

Pierre Bourgault

Owner(s):

Palais de justice de Saint-Jérôme

Architect(s):

Birtz, Côté, St-Gelais, Maillé (Architects)

Belonging

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:07:04 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Under the bridge

Artwork description

Source: Nicole Dextras (2007). Belonging.(http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/sets/72157600099932419/?page=2)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: Literary Component # 1 ( "CLAIM"). Image 2: Literary Component # 2 ( "abandoned"). Day 1, the work intact. Image 3: Book Component # 2 ( "abandoned"). Day 4, the work destroyed. Image 4: Literary Component # 3 ( "Belong"). Installation view with the homeless. Image 5: Literary Component # 4 ( "Photo").

Text of the artwork:

[literary component #1 («Belong»)]

Belong

[literary component #2 («abandon»)]

abandon

[literary component #3 («CLAIM»)]

CLAIM

[literary component #4 («Photomontage») ]

Indian Reserve (Snauq)]

Photograph shows Mary (Yam-schloot),

Jericho Charlie (Chin-nal-set), William Green,

Peelass George, Jimmy Jimmy and Jack (Tow-hu-quam-kee)

Vancouver Archives. Old photo #: In P28N11
TITLE: [Group near Jericho Charlie's home on Kitsilano Indian Reserve (Snauq)]

DATE: Aug. 15, 1891 FONDS: Major Matthews' collection

Text theme:

Possession; local Native history

Artwork theme:

Squamish First Nation land claim; history of the site

History

History:

This project took place in the late spring of 2007. The site is located under a bridge in Vancouver which has a complex history. This land was once a Native fishing village and was later appropriated by the railroad. The area is often a shelter for homeless people who camp in the vicinity in the undergrowth. It is also used by commuters as a shortcut to transit and it is popular with cyclists and dog walkers. The area is still a contentious issue with the Squamish First Nation who controls some of the land and is planning to erect billboards along the bridge. This project began with the idea of creating structures made out of Blackberry branches that grow profusely on the West Coast and now includes many other ephemeral works that speak to the history of the place.

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Note(s):

Other components (non-ephemeral literary installations) of the project: Shelter (blackberry branches, willow, sedge grass, unknown tropical plant stock and cuttings, seeds, mountain ash berries, Douglas fir branches and cones, yarrow plants); Shade Garden (flower garden [coleus, impatiens, fern], red velvet sofa, photomontage [family portrait negative, photocopy, text, colour pencil], blackberry crown of thorns); Small Shelter (blackberry branches, willow branches); Spiral (seed pods); Amphitheatre (willow branches, hydrangea flowers, harvested cattails and cattail leaves [from the pond in False Creek], yellow tansy, fir branches); Weather Vane (gunnera leaves, willow branches, ivy); Four Moons Path (gunnera leaves, magnolia leaves, cottonwood tree fruit/ seeds, thorns); Fluff on theTrax (magnolia leaves, cottonwood tree seeds, thorns); Crown of Thorns (blackberry branches); Camellia Shelter (camellias, willow branches); Ladder to Nowhere (blackberry stems)

Artist's biography:

Nicole Dextras

Document(s):

Belonging, sous le pont

Stream of Consciousness

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:25:23 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Collaborator(s):

Vaughan Landscape Planning and Design

Installation year:

2001

Artwork description

Source: Katherine Kerr (2005). Stream of Consciousness. (http://www.katherinekerrpublicart.com/)

Description:

A bridge spans a small pond and stream, becoming a metaphor for connections with the past and future and reflecting on the life cycle of the salmon and the remarkable journey they endure. Inspired by and incorporating railway tracks and ties, the bridge floor has multiple bronze phrases relating to salmon, fishing and hatcheries inlaid into the wooden floor.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: details. The text, wooden deck. Image 2: View of the site .

Text of the artwork:

(text incomplete)

coho crisis

an impulse

rehabilitate renew

over fishing

restore

race way fish ladder

decay all around me how the

how they swim together

spawned

Text theme:

Salmon, fishing and hatcheries

Artwork theme:

The lifespan of the salmon

Dimensions

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Note(s):

Program: Civic Public Art Sponsor: City of North Vancouver

Artist's biography:

Katherine Kerr

Owner(s):

City of North Vancouver

Document(s):

Portfolio. Public Art Projects

Public Art. North Vancouver Public Art Inventory. Stream of Consciousness

Urban Forest

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:32:03 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Anholt, Jill

Artwork creator(s):

Anholt, Jill

Text author(s):

Anholt, Jill

Text author(s):

Anholt, Jill

Installation year:

2007

Artwork description

Source: Jill Anholt Studio (2008). Urban Forest. (http://www.jillanholt.ca/projects/urban-forest)

Description:

A cantilevered seating element, composed of multiple layers of laminated wood varieties, floats above a grid of embedded LED lighting and related arboreal text elements.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: A day on the site. Image 2: Night view of the site. Picture 3: detailed. Night view.

Text of the artwork:

CYPRESS

YEW

Artwork theme:

Layering of the site’s natural arboreal history with the later imposition of the City’s street system

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Note(s):

Art Budget: $50,000

Artist's biography:

Jill Anholt

Document(s):

Projects : Urban Forest

Night is for Sleeping, Day is for Resting.

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:12:46 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Baden, Mowry

Artwork creator(s):

Baden, Mowry

Text author(s):

Baden, Mowry

Text author(s):

Baden, Mowry

Installation year:

1997

Artwork description

Source: Mowry Baden (2009). Night is for Sleeping, Day is for Resting by Mowry Baden.(http://www.mowrybaden.com/)

Description:

Two benches with mattress tuft patterns, steel sign.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

NIGHT IS FOR

SLEEPING

DAY IS FOR

RESTING

Text theme:

Rest

Dimensions

Height:

26.8m

Width:

10.97m

Depth:

5.33 m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Mowry Baden

Owner(s):

Private Collection

Document(s):

Baden, Mowry : Joy Rides

Night is for Sleeping, Day is for Resting by Mowry Baden

Myodesopsies

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:40:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Myodesopsies 04 (Probable Song)

Artwork creator(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Artwork creator(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Text author(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Text author(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Collaborator(s):

Commission from Niel Minuk, Commissioner of Architecture II gallery.

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

Around Russell Building courtyard; the text is placed inside the upper window

Artwork description

Source: Edith Dekyndt (2008). Selected Works. Myodesopsies. (http://www.edithdekyndt.be/)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

IT IS THERE - IT IS NOWHERE - YOU SEE IT - OFTEN - ALMOST - EVERYTIME - IN FRONT OF YOU - BUT YOU ARE - ALONE - WITH THAT VISION - THERE IS SOMETHING - THERE IS NOTHING - IT COMES FROM - YOUR MOST - PROFOUND PAST - IT REMAINS - IN YOUR EYES - FROM - THE LIQUID STATE - OF YOUR - EMBRYONIC - EVOLUTION - WHEN YOUR BODY - WAS - 100% LIQUID - SOME CALL IT - MYODESOPSIES - BUT THERE ARE - OTHER WORDS - OTHER EXPRESSIONS - LIKE - FLYING DUST - IF YOU TRY - TO FIX IT - IT DISAPPEARS - YOU LOSE IT - INSIDE YOU - IT IS YOUR HISTORY - IT IS - THE ULTIMATE - THING - IN THE FIRST PLACE - OF ANYTHING - AROUND YOU

Artwork theme:

Myodesopsies

History

History:

The work has been exhibited since 2001 (various exhibitions). The original installation took the form of a white on white projection from which the text emerged gradually
Date: 2001 --
Event: Boondael Chapel, Elsene, Belgium. Commissioner: Philippe Perraux.
Date: 2003
Event: Exhibition Any Resemblance, 22 BPS Center for Contemporary Creation, Charleroi, Belgium. Curator: Pierre-Olivier Rollin.
Date: 2004
The work takes a new form in 2005, a sound installation.
Event: Hospice de Havré, Maison-folie de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France. Curator: Véronique Barbezat.
Date: 2005
The work takes a new form in 2005, a sound installation.
Event: Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium.
Date: 2005
Still in the form of a sound installation (created in 2005).
Event: Exhibition Two Pieces White, Arch 2 Gallery, University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Curator: Richard Perron & Neil Minuk.
Date: September 12, 2006-February 14, 2007

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Artist's biography:

Edith Dekyndt

Inheritance

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:32:09 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Artwork creator(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Text author(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Text author(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Collaborator(s):

Local historians and cultural groups participated in the research; students at the Whitecalf Residential School assisted with production as a collective effort.

Installation year:

1996

Artwork description

Source: Ellen Moffat (2008). Public Art&Surveys. Inheritance. (http://www.ellenmoffat.ca/?cat=9)

Description:

A sculptural installation and site marker, INHERITANCE fuses text, materials and symbolic forms.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

CREE

CORPUS CRISTI

DAKOTA

FR PICHE

PARISIEN

ART OBEY

TREATY FOUR

KELLY

BLONDEAU

Q I S 1884

LEGION

PAQUIN

BOUFFARD

ASSINIBOINE

Text theme:

Names reflecting cultural groups, families, institutions and historic moments

Artwork theme:

Lebret’s local history

Dimensions

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Note(s):

Created during an artist residency program (1995-1997), Prairie Trails Arts Council, Fort Qu’Appelle and area

Artist's biography:

Ellen Moffat

Document(s):

Public Art: Inheritance

Green Words, growing the language

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:58:17 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Green Words Project; Green Words

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Installation year:

2008

Remarks on location:

Several installations throughout the garden

Artwork description

Source: Nicole Dextras (2008). Collection: Eco-Art: Organic Installations. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

CULTURE

POEM

PAS DE ROSES SANS ÉPINES

TRUTHS AND ROSES HAVE THORNS ABOUT THEM

SOURCE

JARDIN

Text theme:

Culture, nature

Artwork theme:

Duality of culture/nature; the garden as symbol of high culture; domination of culture over nature

History

History:

This project includes many works produced as part of an artist residency in the summer of 2008.
Event: Green Words: Growing the Language, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver.
Date: July 1-September 15, 2008

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Artist's biography:

Nicole Dextras

Document(s):

Eco-artist creates installations from nature

Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:22:35 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Un passage vers le ciel

Artwork creator(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Artwork creator(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Text author(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Text author(s):

Riverin, Agnès

Installation year:

2006

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Agnès Riverin

Description:

The artwork is divided into four distinct parts: two pictorial sections, a sculpted section and an engraved and oxidized steel section. In the first two sections, a bright and colorful sky greets the visitor. The third section is set below the paintings in the waiting room. The last section is housed under the sculptural section, completing the set.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

@ Agnès Riverin

Text of the artwork:

Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel

Artwork theme:

The history and geography of the MRC de Lotbinière. Natural cycles that punctuate agriculture, the forest and recreational activities.

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Note(s):

In developing her proposal, which combines poetic, pictorial, sculptural and graphic modes, the artist endorsed the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) recommendations first adopted by the architect - the purchase of local materials, a regional production and manufacturing techniques that meet environmental standards.

Artist's biography:

Agnès Riverin

Author's biography:

Agnès Riverin

Owner(s):

Poste de la Sûreté du Québec, Laurier-Station

Architect(s):

Dufour, Éric, architect