Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Stainless Steel

Circuit littéraire de Gabrielle Roy

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:02:03 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gaboury, Étienne

Artwork creator(s):

Gaboury, Étienne

Text author(s):

Roy, Gabrielle

Text author(s):

Roy, Gabrielle

Installation year:

2008

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by par Marc André Brouillette

Source : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette

Description:

The installation consists of stations featuring plates engraved with quotes from Gabrielle Roy. Each monument is installed at the exact location described in the quote. Some sites also feature five chairs resembling the human body, all reminiscent of a classroom or theatrical composition, two fields that were very close to Gabrielle Roy's heart.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

The other baby class was open to all
non-French-speaking children, who were
considered English-speaking though they
weren't really any of English origin, but
rather Russian, Polish, Italian, Spanish,
Irish, Czech, Dutch...

I became very attached to it and very
close to those children, and they taught
me a great deal about the folklore, songs
and dances of their people...

So much so that when Brother Joseph
suggested I move
up to a third or
fourth-year class a few years later, I
begged him to leave me with my little
immigrants.
- Enchantment and Sorrow

At the convent, the nuns fostered feelings
of heroic defence in us. Defying the law,
spending what little free time they had to
give us additional instruction, they
continued to teach us in French...

In my last years at school, spurred on,
steered by the sisters, I snagged all of
the prizes awarded by l'Association des
Canadiens français du Manitoba to the
students who came in first in the French
exams.
- Ma petite rue qui m'a menée
autour du monde

Text theme:

Autobiographical stories, self-discovery, quest for identity

Artwork theme:

Discovery of the author's identity, of a place of significance in her life. Houses inhabited by the author, or sometimes by members of her family, and places that inspired her work.

Text reference:

Ma petite rue qui m'a menée autour du monde

La Détresse et l'enchantement

History

History:

The Gabrielle Roy Literary Circuit is a project initiated by Friends of Gabrielle Roy, produced in association with several partners. It was launched in fall 2008 to commemorate the centenary of Gabrielle Roy's birth, in March 2009.

Event date(s):

2008

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The Gabrielle Roy Literary Circuit is a multidisciplinary project that aims to spread the work of Gabrielle Roy, making it more accessible in places that have influenced her literary work.

Artist's biography:

Étienne Gaboury

Author's biography:

Gabrielle Roy

Document(s):

Le Circuit littéraire

Sur les traces de Gabrielle Roy

Naissance, envol et vie... un cycle

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:17:13 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Pour la suite du monde

Artwork creator(s):

Leblanc, Pierre

Artwork creator(s):

Leblanc, Pierre

Text author(s):

Einstein, Albert

Text author(s):

Einstein, Albert

Installation year:

2009

Artwork description

Source: Page Facebook of Pierre Leblanc

Description:

The artwork is divided into two locations. The outdoor site consists of rectangular shapes displaying various signs (tree, samara, quote). The indoor site consists of representations of trees and roots on the walls. The phrase Pour la suite du monde appears on these representations.

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Text of the artwork:

La connaissance est limitée, tandis que l'imagination englobe le monde entier, stimule le progrès, suscite l'évolution.

Pour la suite du monde

Text theme:

Imagination is more important than knowledge

Artwork theme:

Life, Birth

The outdoor site is based on the Carnac stone alignments (Brittany) and on megaliths.

Dimensions

Height:

5.6m

Width:

15.2m

Depth:

12.1 m

Other information

Note(s):

"Comment parler de médecine et de santé, sans aborder au préalable la notion de naissance, car cet état premier est ici intimement lié au lieu. C'est donc en abordant cette facette propre à la vie que mon projet prend place." – Pierre Leblanc

Artist's biography:

Pierre Leblanc

Author's biography:

Albert Einstein

Owner(s):

Université Laval

Rosace, feuille d’acanthe, colonnes, tête d’enfant, une histoire, un lieu

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:24:10 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Leblanc, Pierre

Artwork creator(s):

Leblanc, Pierre

Text author(s):

Lelièvre, Sylvain

Text author(s):

Lelièvre, Sylvain

Installation year:

2009

Artwork description

Source: Page Facebook of Pierre Leblanc

Description:

Sculptural grouping of columns and benches. An acanthus leaf, a church façade and a child's head appear on the columns. The text is written on the benches.

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

J'habite au cœur des cordes à linge où les oiseaux viennent quand même chanter.

Artwork theme:

Light, architectural elements: the façade of the Limoilou church and the child's head echo the Art Deco architecture of the Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus located just across the street.

Dimensions

Height:

4.35m

Width:

8.55m

Depth:

6.4 m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Pierre Leblanc

Author's biography:

Sylvain Lelièvre

Owner(s):

CHSLD / CLSC de Saint-Charles de Limoilou

Time Cones

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:40:25 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Golden, Brad; Eichenberg, Lynne

Artwork creator(s):

Golden, Brad

Eichenberg, Lynne

Text author(s):

Dewdney, Christopher

Text author(s):

Dewdney, Christopher

Installation year:

1996

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette

Description:

Time Cones mark the entrance plaza of this office tower. Incised into the spiral ribbon of the large cone and the top ring of the planter cones, a text by poet Christopher Dewdney describes the geological strata of the site.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

PRECAMBRIAN ERA

PHANEROZOIC ERA

PALAEOZOIC ERA

CENOZOIC ERA

QUATERNARY EPOCH

HOLOCENE AGE

SCARBOROUGH TILL
POTTERY ROAD TILL
SUNNYBROOK TILL
THORNCLIFFE TILL
SEMINARY TILL
MEADOWCLIFFE TILL
HALTON TILL
LAKE IROQUOIS SAND

PLEISTOCENE AGE
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE ILLINOIAN GLACIATION

YORK TILL
DON

1.8 BILLION YEARS BC HELIKIAN SEA

440 MILLION YEARS BC IAPETUS OCEAN (Ordovician Period)

100 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE COLEMAN

70 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE SCARBOROUGH

30 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE THORNCLIFFE

11 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE PEEL

Text theme:

Describes the geological strata of the site and lists the glacial lakes which once covered the local landscape.

Artwork theme:

Suggesting the upward movement of time.

Time Cones act as both urban landmark and garden element, participating in the relationship between landscape, art, and architecture.

Dimensions

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Artist's biography:

Brad Golden; Lynne Eichenberg

Author's biography:

Christopher Dewdney

Owner(s):

Direct Energy

Lying on top of a building...nearer

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:18:17 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gillick, Liam

Artwork creator(s):

Gillick, Liam

Text author(s):

Gillick, Liam

Text author(s):

Gillick, Liam

Installation year:

2009

Remarks on location:

The text sites on an extension of the floor plate, from floors 5 to 22.

Artwork description

Source: Griffin, Kevin (2009). Public art in Vancouver: What's in a name?. The Vancouver Sun, (December 4)

Description:

Text on the perimeter of the hotel windows. The phrase is repeated several times.

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Lying on top of a building the clouds looked no nearer than when I was lying on the street.

Text theme:

Double edged statement that could potentially bring you back to a person lying down on a dock or in a yard in that area in the fairly recent past and looking up at the sky and how that relates to the new development.

Dimensions

Height:

0.63m

Other information

Note(s):

The $1-million public art work was commissioned by Westbank and Peterson Investment Group through the city of Vancouver's public art guidelines for new developments.

Artist's biography:

Liam Gillick

Architect(s):

Cheng, James

Document(s):

Public art in Vancouver: What's in a name? A heck of a lot, actually

Public Art or Hotel? Vancouver Fairmont Pacific Rim

Echoes

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:59:54 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Michel

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Michel

Text author(s):

LaRochelle, Luc

Text author(s):

LaRochelle, Luc

Installation year:

2002

Remarks on location:

Twelve chairs installed two by two along a pedestrian walk; by the concession

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Michel Goulet

Description:

A dozen chairs are installed two by two along a walkway at Sunset Beach, Vancouver: the poetic writing engraved on the seats and the distinctly unique backs engage passers-by in a dialogue that echoes his or her thoughts and activities, an unexpected reconciliation.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1-2-3 : Detail Image 4: View Site

Text of the artwork:

Une question
de temps
jamais posée
à temps

An ivory tower
echoes from before

Géographie
de l'usure
grandeur
nature

Toujours faire semblant de

Pretenses False True Story

Je me sauve
Salvation
you said

Minor dreams
weaved tight

Pousser un cri
plus loin
dans la gorge

a common story
of love and sorrow
come to an end
HERE

History

History:

Event: Open Spaces, Vancouver International Sculpture Project (now the Vancouver Sculpture Biennale), Vancouver, BC

Date: October 2002-October 2003

Event date(s):

2003

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Michel Goulet

Source:

1. Michel Goulet courrier@michelgoulet.ca

Elsewhere

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:09:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Michel

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Michel

Text author(s):

LaRochelle, Luc

Text author(s):

LaRochelle, Luc

Installation year:

2002

Remarks on location:

On the beach

Artwork description

Source: Michel Goulet. (2008). Œuvres publiques.Elsewhere. (http://www.michelgoulet.ca/fr/oeuvrespub/index.htm)

Description:

Installed on the beach at English Bay in Vancouver, a closely-knit group of twelve chairs makes up a unit in which a simple dream or interest is shared. Facing West toward the open sea, one is reconciled with the old and the new worlds, the past and the future, memories and hopes. Contemplated from a distance, the sculpture installation may provoke a feeling of melancholy and abandonment. However, if the viewer agrees to play a role and interact with others in this intricate artwork, he or she becomes an actor and a significant part of the work. A poetic text in French or English by Luc LaRochelle is engraved on the seat of each chair.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: detail Image 2: View Site

Artwork theme:

Human and community exchanges

History

History:

Event: Open Spaces, Vancouver International Sculpture Project (now the Vancouver Sculpture Biennale), Vancouver, BC

Date: October 2002-October 2003

Event date(s):

2003

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Michel Goulet

Source:

1. Michel Goulet courrier@michelgoulet.ca

Document(s):

Open Spaces : Vancouver International Sculpture Project, Third Biennale

Œuvres publiques.Elsewhere

Time Keepers

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:29:54 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Roy, Elizabeth

Artwork creator(s):

Roy, Elizabeth

Text author(s):

Local residents

Text author(s):

Public

Installation year:

2001

Remarks on location:

Various points on the grand staircase leading into the courtyard.

Artwork description

Source: North Vancouver (2008). Public Art Inventory. […] (http://www.artsalivenorthshore.ca/PA_artwork_home.cfm?PublicArtID=37)

Description:

Seven figures representing local residents occupy various points on the grand staircase leading into the courtyard. Each figure includes specific quotes taken directly from the individual that the silhouette represents.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[figure 1/7]

Issues of bullying and violence were there when I was a kid. What’s the big deal. Right. Well the big deal is that we are starting to see the long term effects of these kinds of behaviours. But you know we try to make it as safe as possible.

Text theme:

Thoughts of local residents

Artwork theme:

Local residents

Dimensions

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Note(s):

Program: Civic Public Art Sponsor: City of North Vancouver

Artist's biography:

Elizabeth Roy

Owner(s):

City of North Vancouver

Document(s):

Public Art. North Vancouver Public Art Inventory. Time Keepers

Witness

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:54:33 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Witness ( 5 covers)

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Installation year:

2000

Remarks on location:

Neighbourhood: Central Lonsdale

Artwork description

Source: Urban Art Management (2008). Portfolio. (http://www.urbanartmanagement.com/portfolio.html)

Description:

Five water-cut stainless steel manhole covers with electrocut centers and sandblasted outer rings, The images and text on these covers represent the following themes: salmon, forests, railway and shipping industries, and consciousness.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[plaque 1/5]

Crossing • Streetcar • Trestle • Spurline

[plaque 2/5]

Wardog • Shift • Frenzy • Rivet

[plaque 3/5]

Ghost runs • Celesial cues • Sinking tips • Mad dashes

Text theme:

Salmon, forests, railway and shipping industries, consciousness (raising of)

Artwork theme:

History and future of the city of North Vancouver

Dimensions

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Note(s):

North Shore Arts Commission for the City of North Vancouver.

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

Portfolio. Public Art Projects

Wordlink

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:43:26 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Kazmer, Karen

Artwork creator(s):

Kazmer, Karen

Text author(s):

Kazmer, Karen

Text author(s):

Kazmer, Karen

Installation year:

2001

Remarks on location:

Mahon neighbourhood; redesigned fieldhouse, now the washroom building.

Artwork description

Source: North Vancouver (2006). Public Art. North Vancouver Public Art Inventory. Wordlink. (http://www.artsalivenorthshore.ca/)

Description:

Kinsmen Park New Washroom Building: The redesigned fieldhouse with washrooms incorporated sculptural chain link fence panels, stainless steel discs with sports action words bouncing around on them, polished stainless steel mirrors etched with words and a concrete floor cast with action words. The building's interior and exterior were painted deep orange and red.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: detail. Image 2: detail Image 3: View of the site

Text of the artwork:

slice

swift

fly

slider

toss

Dimensions

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Note(s):

Artist Statement: My intention with this project was to create a curvilinear visual poetry with materials that would normally be found on a baseball or soccer field.

- North Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs (2006). Public Art. North Vancouver Public Art Inventory. Wordlink. <http://www.artsalivenorthshore.ca/PA_artwork_home.cfm?PublicArtID=39>

Budget: Art Design, Fabrication and Installation $32,000

Artist's biography:

Kazmer, Karen

Owner(s):

City of Vancouver Nord (North Vancouver)

Document(s):

Portfolio. Public Art

Public Art. North Vancouver Public Art Inventory. Wordlink

Sliding Edge

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:54:59 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Metz, Jacqueline; Chew, Nancy

Artwork creator(s):

Chew, Nancy

Metz, Jacqueline

Text author(s):

Birney, Earle

Text author(s):

Birney, Earle

Installation year:

2003

Remarks on location:

Two locations: one along the seawall and one along West Hastings Street

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette
Source: Photo provided by Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew
Source: Price, Gordon (2005),  A Walk with Barbara Cole. Art public, Price Tags Magazine, no. 77, (9 october), p. 28
Source: Photo provided by Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew
Source: Photo provided by Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew
Source: Urban Art Management (2008). Portfolio.Sliding Edge. (http://www.urbanartmanagement.com/portfolio.html)
Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette

Description:

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 waterfall is an iconic, enigmatic human figure - Man in the landscape, poised between Earth and Sky. The text is an excerpt from a poem by Earle Birney, November Walk Near False Creek Mouth. There is another waterfall along Hastings Street, along with black stone benches that are scattered along the pool edge. Cast iron tree grates are shaped like saw blades to remind viewers of the historic use of the area.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

on the sliding edge of the beating sea

Text theme:

Poem: Earle Birney, November Walk Near False Creek Mouth. Dusk, the tide

Artwork theme:

This work involves two streetscapes and refers to the site’s natural and industrial context: a waterfall of stacked stone, an abstraction of the coal cliffs of Coal Harbour, both organic and ordered; sawblade treegrates; long narrow custom concrete pavers and inset wild grasses echo the slip and slide of a waterfront edge. At the waterfall along the seawall is a figure looking North to the wilderness. Text is carved into the stone face, revealed through a moving film of water. At the urban street, an empty stone plinth projects into the pool, while steel text hovers in front of falling water. The text and the figure, both present and absent, revealed and concealed, reflect on a past landscape, or one that can still be found farther along the coast, and at the intersection of nature and culture.

Dimensions

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Note(s):

Budget: Art Design, Fabrication and Installation $200,000

Artist's biography:

Muse Atelier

Author's biography:

Earle Birney

Owner(s):

City of Vancouver

Source:

Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, 106-1956 Haro St, Vancouver V6G 1H6 T604.685.6184 museatelier@shaw.ca

Document(s):

A Walk with Barbara Cole. Art public

Community Services. Cultural Services. Public Art Registry. Artwork : Sliding Edge

Portfolio. Public Art

Sphere of Social Consensus and Influence

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:18:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Granzow, Carl

Artwork creator(s):

Granzow, Carl

Text author(s):

Granzow, Carl

Text author(s):

Granzow, Carl

Collaborator(s):

Charlton and Hill

Installation year:

2008

Remarks on location:

Between 3^rd and 4^th Avenues

Artwork description

Source: City of Lethbridge (2008). Welcome to Dowtown. (http://www.downtownlethbridge.com/photogallery_detail.asp?PhotoID=41)

Description:

Kinetic sculpture. The object, a 65" steel sphere, is banded by plates of stainless steel. The steel bands are engraved with the names of the original 16 member organizations of the AAC. Over time and with ongoing exposure to the elements, the sculpture will darken in color.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

The steel bands are engraved with the names of the original 16 member organizations of the AAC

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

Lethbridge Public Library

Color Camera Club

Alberta Association of Architects

Artwork theme:

50-year history of the Allied Arts Council's role in Lethbridge

Dimensions

Diameter:

19.81m

Other information

Note(s):

"The sphere's assertive presence reiterates the determination of the numerous creative organizations that banded together to promote the value of the arts in society. This banding formed a 'sphere of influence' that motivated creative human beings to advance qualitative transformations to life in our community." Carl Granzow

- Lethbridge Downtown (2008). Welcome to Downtown Lethbridge,
http://www.downtownlethbridge.com/whatshappening.asp?offset=3

The artwork moves.

Artist's biography:

Lethbridge sculptor, Carl Granzow

Owner(s):

City of Lethbridge

Document(s):

Welcome to Downtown Lethbridge

AIDS

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:49:46 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

AIDS Project; AIDS Poster Project

Artwork creator(s):

General Idea (Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson)

Artwork creator(s):

General Idea

Text author(s):

General Idea (Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson)

Text author(s):

General Idea

Installation year:

1988

Remarks on location:

Posters pasted at various locations in downtown Toronto: arts district (Queen Street West), the gay district (Church Street), in a showcase box at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Power Plant Gallery, posters covering a wall, overlooking the street, YYZ Gallery, a frieze of posters along a balcony in the lobby of the Macdonald Block (main government building) and on the façade of a building opposite.

Artwork description

Source: A A Bronson (2008). Works. The AIDS era. (http://www.aabronson.com/art/gi.org/works/89imagevirus1.htm)

Description:

The original image posted on the AA Bronson Web site was part of the Imagevirus series, a project that was published in various art publications. A photograph representing the international poster campaign about AIDS is clearly featured in this image of the series.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

AIDS

Artwork theme:

AIDS

History

History:

1. Posters in the streets of New York City, San Francisco, Hartford and Atlanta (USA), Toronto (Canada), Tourcoing (France) and Berlin (Germany).

2. Project (posters installed in public places), launched in New York City in 1987. Hundreds of posters were installed in the streets of New York City, in November 1987, and San Francisco, in January 1988. Poster published by the Koury Wingate Gallery, New York, 1987. Printed signature (with copyright date of 1987). Silkscreen on paper: 684 x 685mm. 1,000 unnumbered copies, some signed.
Event: AIDS (poster project), New York, USA
Date: 1987

3. Background: AIDS. Poster published by the Koury Wingate Gallery, New York, 1987. Printed signature (with copyright date of 1987). Silkscreen on paper: 762 x 762mm. 80 numbered and signed copies (produced in 1987, sgned in 1988).

Event: AIDS (silkscreen prints), Koury Wingate Gallery), New York, USA
Date: 1987

4. Posters in two formats published by YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto. (A method of offset printing on paper, in two formats: 870 x 628mm and 593 x 596mm. Unknown number of copies, unnumbered, some signed). In 593 x 596mm format: printed signature (with copyright date of 1987). Thousands of posters installed in the streets of Toronto, May-June 1988 and subsequently in Berlin the same year.
Event: AIDS, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto
Date: May 25 - June 18, 1988

5. Carton, 560 x 533cm. A Public Art Fund Inc. project. 4,900 copies, including 200 signed and numbered. Published by the Public Art Fund Inc., New York. Posters installed in cars of the New York subway, 1989. Event: AIDS, Project for the New York Subway System, New York
Date: 1989

6. The poster, created to raise money, was the first in a series of posters, pamphlets, lottery tickets and stickers. Published by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche AIDS-STIFTUNGEN (German foundation against AIDS), Germany. Offset printing process: 592 x 420mm. Unnumbered copies, some signed.
Event: Fundraising from the Gewinnen und helfen lottery, Germany.
Date: 1989

7. Background: A method of offset printing on adhesive paper: 160 x 160 mm. Unknown number of copies, some signed and dated (1990), unnumbered. Published by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche AIDS-STIFTUNGEN (German foundation against AIDS), Germany. General Idea designed the logo (red, black and yellow) of the foundation. This logo was used in the production of posters, leaflets, draft lottery tickets and stickers.

Date: 1989

8. Event: General Idea, Hillman Holland Fine Arts, Atlanta, USA
Date: 1989

9. Event: AIDS Project for Spectacolor Board, Times Square, New York, USA
Date: 1989

10. Event: AIDS (project for Stampa Gallery), Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
Date: 1989

11. Poster designed for the German Foundation for AIDS. Published by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche AIDS-STIFTUNGEN (German foundation against AIDS), Germany (offset printing procedure: 840 x 590mm. Number of copies unknown, unsigned and unnumbered.
Date: 1990

12. History: Poster with text, designed to raise money. Published by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche AIDS-STIFTUNGEN (German foundation against AIDS), Germany (offset printing procedure: 840 x 590mm. Number of copies unknown, unsigned and unnumbered.
Event: Fundraising Art Against AIDS (art against AIDS), national action involving more than 100 galleries, Cologne, Germany.
Date: November 1 - December 1, 1990

13. Project for the Amsterdam tramway, sponsored by the Fodor Museum, Amsterdam. Published by Fodor Museum, Amsterdam (silkscreen on vinyl adhesive: 621 x 629mm. 60 signed and numbered copies). For tramways: unknown number of copies, unsigned, unnumbered.
Event: AIDS (Project for Trams Amsterdam) 1990
Date: 1990

14. Background: Order from the Seattle Arts Commission. Produced for the streetcar in Seattle as part of a public art project. Published by the Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle (silkscreen on vinyl adhesive: 610 x 2,235mm). About 100 copies, unsigned and unnumbered.
Event: In Public: Seattle, public art project, Seattle, USA
Date: 1991

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Note(s):

As part of the AIDS project, General Idea produced a myriad of events in a dozen North-American and European cities, both in galleries and museums as well as in public places. This project took on very diversified forms, including posters (silkscreen prints and offset prints) installed in public places and elsewhere, but also various paper media (stickers, stamps, flyers, cardboards, wallpaper, lottery tickets and even the cover of The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 268, no. 4, 22-29, July 1992), jewelry (rings), clothes (scarves and t-shirts), paintings and sculptures. Prints were produced from many of these objects.

Pseudonyms and names of General Idea artists: o Pseudonym: AA Bronson. Name: Michael Tims, born in Vancouver, British-Columbia, Canada (1946-). o Pseudonym: Felix Partz. Name: Ronald Gabe, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, (1945-1994). o Pseudonym: Jorge Zontal. Name: Slobodan Saia-Levy, born in Parma, Italy, (1944-1994).

Artist's biography:

General Idea

Source:

1. AA Bronson aa@aabronson.com 2. YYZ Artist’s Outlet 140 - 401 Richmond Street W Toronto, ON M5V 3A8 T: 416.598.4546 F: 416.598.2282 E: yyz@yyzartistsoutlet.org

Document(s):

General Idea : Multiples. Catalogue Raisonné. Multiples and Prints 1967-1993

General Idea. The AIDS Project

General Idea editions 1967-1995

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A Portrait of My Grandfather

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:51:27 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Lexier, Micah

Artwork creator(s):

Lexier, Micah

Text author(s):

Lexier, Micah

Text author(s):

Lexier, Micah

Installation year:

1994

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Micah Lexier

ource: Photo provided by Micah Lexier

Description:

The massive sculpture, which hangs from the atrium ceiling of the University of Calgary's Scurfield Hall, is made from 29,064 laser-cut letters "x" in stainless steel. The total number of metallic "x"s represents the number of days that the artist's 79-year-old grandfather was alive.

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Text of the artwork:

Text theme:

Life

Artwork theme:

Life, death

Dimensions

Height:

6.7m

Diameter:

5.2m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Micah Lexier

Owner(s):

University of Calgary

Document(s):

The story behind Scurfield Hall’s hanging sculpture

Stroll

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:56:43 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Harold's Plus 15 Run, Walk and Stroll

Artwork creator(s):

Besant, Derek

Artwork creator(s):

Besant, Derek

Text author(s):

Round, Stuart

Text author(s):

Round, Stuart

Installation year:

2005

Remarks on location:

On the South side of 7th Avenue and pedestrian walkways

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Derek Besant

Description:

Text fragments in stainless steel are wrapped around poles at eye level. Each describes an ordinary moment, such as waiting for a train.

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Text of the artwork:

Mind Images

Artwork theme:

Time, Communication

Dimensions

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Note(s):

"I designed this to mimic the patterns bees have when they return to the hive, communicating information to the rest by way of circular repeated dance-like patterns. If you, as a pedestrian, wanted to read the texts, you would have to circle each of the ten poles to read the artwork."

- Conversation with the artist, September 4, 2009

Artist's biography:

Derek Besant

Owner(s):

City of Calgary

Turning

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:03:17 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Garnet, Eldon

Artwork creator(s):

Garnet, Eldon

Text author(s):

Garnet, Eldon

Text author(s):

Garnet, Eldon

Installation year:

2004

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Eldon Garnet

Description:

TURNING is a tower which appears to be slightly out of balance, slightly askew, leaning. Text flows around three poles, gracefully spiraling upward as the tower ascends from the ground in three directions. It is symmetrical and asymmetrical.

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Text of the artwork:

MOMENT TO MOMENT TO MOMENT --- ONE MORE MARK IN AN ACCUMULATION OF MARKS --- INHALE TO EXHALE --- CONSUMED IN A FLASH --- TURNING

Artwork theme:

Experience of living, passage of time

Dimensions

Height:

5.79m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Garnet, Eldon

Source:

1. Eldon Garnet 16 Skey Lane. Toronto, Ontario. M6J 3S4 p - 416.588.5235 | e - info@eldongarnet.com 2. Sandra Lougheed Conservator Outdoor Public Art City of Toronto Culture Division 55 John Street 24th floor, Metro Hall Toronto, Ontario M5V 3C6 t -416-392-4218 f- 416- 392-3355

The Hall Of Names

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:50:53 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Lexier, Micah

Artwork creator(s):

Lexier, Micah

Text author(s):

Lexier, Micah

Text author(s):

Lexier, Micah

Installation year:

1997

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette

Description:

The Hall of Names - 1,000 first names submitted by people across the country, laser-cut from sheets of stainless steel and suspended from the arched roof of the 245-meter-long Galleria space.

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Text of the artwork:

Examples:

Karoline

Cornelius

Benedict

Beatrice

Daniel

Kim

Elia

Stella

Marc

Marietta

Charlene

Debby

Pasty

Colette

Chris

Dimensions

Width:

243.8m

Other information

Note(s):

Commissioned for the National Trade Centre, Toronto.

Budget: $390,000.00

This commission consists of a 1,000 laser-cut stainless steel names that hang in a series of chains in the 800-foot-long Grand Concourse of the National Trade Centre in Toronto.

"During the month of June 1996, I put out a call for names through the local media. From the thousands of names submitted, I randomly drew 1,000 names to be included in the work. The names were then typeset, laser-cut from 1/8" stainless steel and joined together in chains of up to 6 names long."

Source: Deirdre Hanna (1997), "Lexier scores with monumental Hall of Names," Now Magazine, Toronto, (April 10-16)

Artist's biography:

Micah Lexier

Document(s):

The Beholder’s Eye. Micah Lexier’s Token Art

The Art of Brick and Mortar

Micah Lexier. Life Expectancy

Artists chosen for trade centre. Their works will decorate $180 million building

Sculptor wants to use your name

Your name is steel

Artist wants your name

In the name of art work

Lexier scores with monumental Hall of Names

Recherche

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:30:52 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Rose-Marie E.

Artwork creator(s):

Goulet, Rose-Marie E.

Text author(s):

Goulet, Rose-Marie E.

Text author(s):

Goulet, Rose-Marie E.

Collaborator(s):

Boucher, Jean-Guy, Compagnie Preico Ltd (cooking glass)

Installation year:

1993

Artwork description

Source: Goulet, Rose-Marie E. (2005). Projets, archives et documents. Montréal: Centre de diffusion 3D

Description:

The artwork consists of three parts: a stained-glass window, a sculptural element and projectors. Natural light is filtered through three spaced-out blocks of primary colours (cyan, magenta and yellow). Their superimposition produces secondary colours. Letters of the alphabet and various symbols are scattered about, like particles in the galaxy. In the center of the room, a spiral steel tube, shaped like a human figure, carries a text written in liquid crystals. Depending on the intensity of the heat, the colour varies from blue to brown. Three primary colour projectors are installed in a niche, producing shadow play images.

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Artwork theme:

The universe

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Rose-Marie E. Goulet

Document(s):

Projets, archives et documents

Rose-Marie Goulet: Deux oeuvres d’art public / Rose-Marie Goulet: Two Public Art Works

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Stainless Steel

Circuit littéraire de Gabrielle Roy

Naissance, envol et vie... un cycle

Rosace, feuille d’acanthe, colonnes, tête d’enfant, une histoire, un lieu

Time Cones

Lying on top of a building...nearer

Echoes

Elsewhere

Time Keepers

[figure 1/7]

Witness

[plaque 1/5]

[plaque 2/5]

[plaque 3/5]

Wordlink

Sliding Edge

(Site 1: Under the waterfall)

Sphere of Social Consensus and Influence

The steel bands are engraved with the names of the original 16 member organizations of the AAC

AIDS

A Portrait of My Grandfather

Stroll

Turning

The Hall Of Names

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