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Any of a large group of materials of high molecular weight that usually contain as the essential ingredient a synthetic or semisynthetic organic substance made by polymerization or condensation (as polystyrene or a phenol-formaldehyde resin) or derived from a natural material by chemical treatment (as nitrocellulose from cellulose), that are molded, cast, extruded, drawn, or laminated under various conditions into objects of all sizes and shapes including films and filaments.

Take the Poetry Route

Take the Poetry Route, 1999Take the Poetry Route, 1999Take the Poetry Route, 1999
Poems selected for publication on interior advertising panels on ETS buses and LRT [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Various
Installation year: 
1999

Collection

Mark Lewis, Collection, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteMark Lewis, Collection, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteMark Lewis, Collection, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteMark Lewis, Collection, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
Six wedges on pedestals sit on the street. Three are enclosed time capsules with listed contents and the other three are open containers intended for refuse. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lewis, Mark
Installation year: 
1994

La ligne de front : sentier aux valeurs divergentes

Zoe Lambert, La ligne de front : sentier aux valeurs divergentes, 1996
Inscription of words in the bark of trees [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lambert, Zoe
Installation year: 
1996

Défilé

Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Défilé, 1993. © Rose-Marie E. Goulet Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Défilé, 1993. © Rose-Marie E. Goulet
Located in the alley that children take to enter the schoolyard, this installation draws its formal elements from basic components of knowledge - letters and numbers. Children cross disordered rows of [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Installation year: 
1993

Emotional Labour

Robin Collyer, Emotional Labour, 2000Robin Collyer, Emotional Labour, 2000
Exterior sign with plastic letters [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Collyer, Robin
Installation year: 
2000

The Five Word Phrase Calendar

Micah Lexier, The Five Word Phrase Calendar, 2001
This work changes daily according to the corresponding calendar of five-word phrases created by the artist. For example, rather than identifying the first day of the month with a number, it would alwa [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lexier, Micah
Installation year: 
2001

Les pieds dans la boue

Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999
Text written on a fence in a field [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Belcourt Salem, Jocelyne
Installation year: 
1999

Used cars

Corinne Carlson, Used cars, 1995Corinne Carlson, Used cars, 1995Corinne Carlson, Used cars, 1995Corinne Carlson, Used cars, 1995
Bright orange words spell out love song lyrics and are suspended above car lots [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Carlson, Corinne
Installation year: 
1995
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