Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Circulation

Je me souviens

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:04:58 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Jaar, Alfredo

Artwork creator(s):

Jaar, Alfredo

Text author(s):

Jaar, Alfredo

Text author(s):

Jaar, Alfredo

Installation year:

1992

Artwork description

Jaar, Alfredo (205). Alfredo Jaar: the fire this time. Public interventions 1979-2005. Milano: Charta, p. 150

Description:

The photographic installation refers to the plight of the Vietnamese Boat People who were locked up in detention centres in Hong Kong while they were seeking asylum. Installed in three Montreal Vietnamese restaurants, the artwork consists of four framed photographs representing the Whitehead Detention Centre, another photograph of the Hong Kong Sea presented in a light box, a videotape that shows, among others, images of a body of water and of a closed door. Visitors can get postcard reproductions of the artwork for a dollar. On the back of the cards, a text appears describing the scene. On the tables of the restaurants, table mats representing blue waves describes the situation of the Boat People and offer a definition of the term "refugee".

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Definition of the word "refugee".
Information about Vietnamese Boat People.

Text theme:

Emigration, Asylum Policies

Artwork theme:

Asylum, Detention

History

History:

Event: Pour la suite du monde, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The table mats and postcards also included, in addition to information about Vietnamese refugees and the exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, the following information: "Alfredo Jaar, Je me souviens, 1992, Pour la suite du monde, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 26 mai au 11 octobre 1992" and details about the Vietnamese Community in Canada, Montreal region (6338 Victoria Street, Suite 16, Montreal (QC) H3W 2S5, Tel.: 340-9630).

Artist's biography:

Alfredo Jaar

Document(s):

Alfredo Jaar: the fire this time. Public interventions 1979-2005

Pour la Suite du monde

Pour la suite du monde

Pour la Suite du monde : Histoire à suivre

Paix, Justice et Liberté

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:39:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Vaillancourt, Armand

Artwork creator(s):

Vaillancourt, Armand

Text author(s):

Vaillancourt, Armand

Text author(s):

Vaillancourt, Armand

Installation year:

1989

Remarks on location:

The work occupied five parking spaces.

Artwork description

Source: Grande, John K. (2001). Jouer avec le feu. Armand Vaillancourt: sculpteur engagé. Outremont: Lanctôt éditeur

Description:

Steel sheets were covered with anti-war messages. They also featured a list of 32 companies in the Montreal area that may be involved in the arms trade, according to the artist.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Excerp,:

En deux jours, les dépenses consacrées à l'armement mondial représentent 4.8 milliards de dollars, de quoi permettre à la Société des Nations d'enrayer la désertification des sols de la planète en moins de vingt ans.

2 jours des dépenses militaires des armées du monde soit environ 4 milliards 800 millions de dollars permettraientà l'ONU de stopper la désertification du tiers-monde pendant 20 ans

Text theme:

War

Artwork theme:

War, Peace

History

History:

Event: Carnaval du Soleil

Event date(s):

1989

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Three other sculptors participated in the Carnaval du Soleil: Yvanhoë Fortier, Don Darby and Serge Beaumont.

Artist's biography:

Armand Vaillancourt

Document(s):

Armand Vaillancourt a trois jours pour démonter une oeuvre dont personne ne veut

Armand Vaillancourt’s Social Sculpture

Jouer avec le feu. Armand Vaillancourt: sculpteur engagé

Promenade de la poésie

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:40:24 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bellarmare, Gaston

Artwork creator(s):

Bellemare, Gaston

Text author(s):

Various

Text author(s):

Various

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Plates are attached to the exterior walls of buildings.

Artwork description

Source: photo provided by Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

292 plates are scattered throughout the city of Trois-Rivières. These plates are fixed to the exterior walls of buildings. A verse taken from a love poem by a Québec writer is written on each plate.

Text of the artwork:

Excerpt

Tant que j'étais là , près de toi/
dans cet habitacle
Je tenais l'éternel

Seyhmur Dagtekin

Gardez votre secret enclos dans votre coeur
Et ne déchirez pas la page du bonheur
Que je cueille plutôt sur vos deux lèvres closes
Le parfum des baisers comme on cueille des roses

Paul Godin

Mais le chagrin est éphémère,
Que dis-je! il est délicieux,
Quand on y met la lèvre à deux!

Apollinaire Gingras

Artwork theme:

Poetry

History

History:

Event: Festival international de la poésie de Trois-Rivières

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Promenade de la poésie de Trois-Rivières

Source:

Marie-Andrée Levasseur, Maison de la culture de Trois-Rivières

Document(s):

Festival international de la poésie

Tour de Ville et Promenade

Repères

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:04:13 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Laquerre, Dominique

Artwork creator(s):

Laquerre, Dominique

Text author(s):

Varied

Text author(s):

Various

Collaborator(s):

Raymond Champagne (mason); John LaHaye (geologist); Virginia Madena (intern); all those who have provided documents, photos, stories, memories or other information on the Nicolet River: Rosario Bégin, Isabelle Massey , Jean Chatillon, Marthe Dubé, Guy Hudon, Jeanne Allie, George Laquerre, Martine Desloges, Colombe Sweeney, Pierre Lacerte, Paul-Émile Pellerin, Monique Duguay, David Aucoin, Marie-Aimée Côté, Pierre Morin, Rita Dolan-Caron, Réjean Houle, Marie-France Beaudoin, Jean-Luc Lavigne (participants)

Installation year:

2002

Artwork description

Source: Laquerre, Dominique (2007). Le projet Repères. (http://24.122.15.27/~repere/reper.pgs/projet.html)

Description:

Four sculptures, designated as "repères" ("markers"), were permanently inserted along the Nicolet River. Each "marker" is made of granite and features engraved text.

The Nicolet "marker" consists of half a pebble featuring a short engraved text. This "marker" is installed on a metal pedestal, on the site of the old center of Nicolet, which was destroyed by a mud slide in 1955. The artwork also includes a CD with works by Rodolphe Duguay and Jeanne L’Archevêque, as well as a testimony by their daughter Monique. It also contains poems and music by Jean Chatillon, Marthe Dubé, Jean-Luc Lavigne, Rosario Bégin and Ambroise Houle, as well as appearances by Jeanne Allie, Georges Laquerre and Rota Dolan-Caron.

The Notre-Dame-de-Ham "marker" includes a CD inserted into a waterproof granite box, which was put in a cylindrical nest dug into the rock at the bottom of the river, into the shale layer. This CD features testimonies by Isabelle Massey, Jean-Luc Lavigne, Rosario Bégin and Guy Hudon. This "marker" also includes stones from the river's potholes. Two words based on the theme of "internal work" are engraved on these stones. The four stones were then put back into natural potholes.

The Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens "marker" is based on the theme of "purity and origins". It consists of half a pebble with an engraved poem and a CD insert. The CD contains testimonies by Martine Desloges, Réjean Houle and Marie-France Beaudoin, as well as an analysis of the lake water, conducted in summer 2002.

The Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton "marker" consists of two parts: a steel wheel and an engraved block of granite with a CD insert. The theme of this "marker" is "the many uses of water, at the heart of the development of the region's villages." The CD features testimonies by Colombe Sweeney and Pierre Lacerte, David Aucoin, Paul-Émile Pellerin, Marie-Aimée Côté and Guy Hudon.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Nicolet "marker":

LA RUMEUR PERSISTE DES POÈTES ET DES ARTISTES PASSÉS TELS DES CITÉS ENGLOUTIES

Notre-Dame-de-Ham "marker":

SURFACE PROFONDEUR TROUBLE CLAIR RÉFLÉCHIR ABSORBER ÉMERGER PLONGER

Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens "marker":

SAIT-ON OÙ NAÎT LA RIVIÈRE QUI COULE PRÈS DE CHEZ SOI ?
COMMENT EST-ELLE À SA SOURCE À TRAVERS QUOI PASSE-T-ELLE POUR ÊTRE AINSI TRANSFORMÉE ?

Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton "marker":

L'EAU GARDE MÉMOIRE D'AVOIR ABREUVÉ, LAVÉ D'AVOIR PORTÉ LA BARQUE ET FAIT TOURNER LA ROUE

Text theme:

Water, poetic visions, environmental concerns, happy memories, tragedies, legends, music, photographs, artifacts

Artwork theme:

Time capsule containing testimonies of what we are and our concerns.

History

History:

The launch of the Nicolet "marker" took place as part of the Journées québécoises de la culture, on September 28, 2002. The launch of the Notre-Dame-de-Ham "marker" took place on October 6, 2002. The launch of the Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens "marker" took place on October 13, 2002. The launch of the Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton "marker" took place on October 20, 2002.

Dimensions

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Note(s):

At the request of the artist, people living near Nicolet River were asked to provide various information (experience, ecological concerns, memories, designs associated with the river). Two meetings were held on the banks of Nicolet River to inform the public about the project and collect testimonies. During these meetings, 20 texts on the theme of water had been plastified and scattered to float in the water of the blue basins along the path. Other texts were hung to dry on a clothesline stretched between trees. The "Repères" project was made possible by the support of the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec and the société Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Centre-du-Québec. Each "marker" was the subject of a written contractual agreement between the artist (who donated the work) and the owner of the site (who agreed not to destroy or move the work and to provide access to visitors). Three markers are located on private land.

Artist's biography:

Dominique Laquerre- biography

Document(s):

Le projet Repères

À paraître

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:07:58 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Installation year:

1991

Artwork description

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Description:

Two projectors simultaneously projected images of book covers. The installation was accessible to viewers after the shop's opening hours.

Text of the artwork:

Gilbert Boyer
Vues de loin
Récits
l’ère nouvelle
XYZ

Du monde entier
Alain Fleischer
L’exposition des projets d’idées
récits
traduit du hongrois
par l’auteur
NRF
Gallimard

Artwork theme:

Literature

History

History:

À paraître was linked to the exhibition Artistes en miroir presented at Galerie Optica, which featured the table of contents of two fictitious books .

Event date(s):

1991

Dimensions

Other information

Document(s):

Artistes en miroir

Gilbert Boyer/Alain Fleischer

Comme un poisson dans la ville

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:04:11 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Installation year:

1988

Remarks on location:

- Around the corner from Des Seigneurs Street and Notre-Dame Street East (Little Burgundy)

- Corner of Saint-Hubert and Cherrier Streets

- Around the corner from Saint-André and Cherrier Streets

- Corner of Napoleon Street and Avenue du Parc Lafontaine

- Corner of Saint-Hubert Street and Mont-Royal Avenue

- Corner of Saint-Denis and Villeneuve Streets

- Corner of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Laurier Avenue

- On Hutchison Avenue, North of Prince-Arthur Street

- Corner of Duluth and Saint-Urbain Streets

- Formerly located around the corner from Laurier and Jeanne-Mance Streets

- Formerly on the corner of Richardson and Shearer Streets

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Gilbert Boyer

Description:

The artwork consists of 12 plates affixed to different buildings in a given neighborhood. The 12th plate is hidden in the 10th plate, which is divided in two.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Around the corner from Des Seigneurs Street and the Notre-Dame Street East (Little Burgundy):

C’EST ICI. VIENS. PLUS LOIN REGARDE LA-HAUT. TU LES VOIS EH BIEN ! PARFOIS, AU LIEU DE SCRUTER L’ETENDUE DE LA VILLE, L’HORIZON ELLES TOURNENT LES YEUX VERS MOI SOMBRES, OUBLIEES, PERCHEES AU-DESSUS DES LIONS, LES GARGOUILLES SE SONT FIGEES LA MONTAGNE SE CACHE SOUS LES NUAGES

Corner of Saint-Hubert and Cherrier Streets:

J’AI HESITE LONGTEMPS AVANT DE ME DECIDER (J’AI PEUT-ETRE TROP ATTENDU) MAIS AUJOURD’HUI C’EST FAIT. J’AI GLISSE MA LETTRE DANS LA BOITE ROUGE

Corner of Saint-André and Cherrier Streets:

CES MOTS ENCORE CHAUDS QUE J’AI A PEINE OUBLIES. SOUDAIN JE LES ENTENDS DERRIERE MOI. UNE VOIX INCERTAINE ARTICULE CHAQUE SYLLABE J’OUBLIE LE VENT, LA NEIGE, LES PLAQUES DE GLACE VIVE. JE RELEVE LA TETE. SURPRIS QU’ON LISE AINSI DANS MES PENSEES. UNE PETITE FILLE EMMITOUFLEE RELIT UNE PHRASE GELEE SUR LE MUR.

Corner of Napoleon Street and Avenue du Parc Lafontaine:

UN POINT LUMINEUX SE DEPLACE EN SILENCE. DERRIERE, UNE CICATRICE BLANCHE S’ALLONGE ET S’EVANOUIT PEU A PEU DANS LE CIEL. ON DEVINE BIEN QUE C’EST UN AVION. IL FAIT FRAIS. LES JOURNEES COMMENCENT A RACCOURCIR. JE VAIS ME PROMENER AU PARC.

Corner of Saint-Hubert Street and Mont-Royal Avenue:

MONTREAL S’EST INSTALLE ENTRE LES 45E ET 46E DEGRES DE LATITUDE NORD SUR LE FLEUVE. AUTOUR DE LA MONTAGNE. D’UN SOLSTICE A L’AUTRE, A CHAQUE JOUR, LE SOLEIL PASSE PAR ICI. L’ETE, SA FIGURE CULMINE, 15 HEURES 42 DE LUMIERE DEBORDANTE. L’HIVER, IL RAMPE ET S’ETEINT APRES 8 HEURES 42 DE CLARTE. ANNEE APRES ANNEE, DEPUIS SI LONGTEMPS.

Corner of Saint-Denis and Villeneuve Streets:

IL FALLAIT BIEN UN JOUR FLOU POUR QUE JE PRENNE LE TEMPS DE REGARDER AUTOUR DE MOI

Corner of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Laurier Avenue:

QUELLE CHALEUR ! J’EN VIENS PRESQUE A REVER DE L’HIVER. JE ME SUIS ARRETE PRES D’ICI. UNE POUSSIERE DANS L’ŒIL. À LA POINTE DE L’ANCIEN HOTEL DE VILLE SE TIENT EN EQUILIBRE UN OISEAU NOIR. IL S’EVENTE LENTEMENT POUR SE RAFRAICHIR

Formerly located around the corner from Laurier Avenue and Jeanne-Mance Street:

C’ETAIT DIFFICILE DE REFUSER JE NE POUVAIS PAS ALLER PLUS LOIN. J’AVAIS PERDU. IL REGARDE DERRIERE LUI. TOUT CE TRAJET PARCOURU L’ETONNE DISTRAIT, SON PIED DEVIE SUR UNE VIELLE BALLE RONGEE PAR L’USURE

On Hutchison Avenue, North of Prince-Arthur Street:

IL PENCHE LA TETE VERS SON EPAULE / IL LUI MURMURE QUELQUES MOTS A L’OREILLE ELLE SOURIT. ELLE EST PLUS GRANDE QUE LUI.

IL NE S’EST PRESQUE RIEN PASSE ILS MARCHENT ENSEMBLE DE L’AUTRE COTE DE LA RUE

Corner of Duluth and Saint-Urbain Streets:

LA PLUIE M’A LAISSE UN GRAND MIROIR D’ASPHALTE. AUJOURD’HUI J’AI LE TEMPS. UN BOUT DE PAPIER TOMBE DU CIEL, SE BALANCE A GAUCHE, A DROITE, CHUTE AU RALENTI. J’AI VOULU LE PRENDRE. PIQUE DE DEUX GOUTTES NOIRES, UN PAPILLON BLANC SE POSE SUR MA MAIN SA DERNIERE JOURNEE. PEUT-ETRE.

Formerly at the corner of Richardson and Shearer Streets:

ICI FUT LE FORT ST-GABRIEL ET PRES D’ICI LE PERE LEMAISTRE FUT MASSACRE PAR LES IROQUOIS EN EMBUSCADE 26 AOUT

Text theme:

The text evokes excerpts from conversations overheard by the artist or his poetic reflections on everyday life as well as the historical aspect of a building. The text often transposes observations that belong to the private world into public space.

Artwork theme:

The artwork's sentences relate to a more personal, intimate world and to everyday life, rather than to historical events and issues of public interest. They recount trivial stories, evoke fugitive thoughts as well as bits of conversations heard by accident, which were then reorganized into seemingly illogical series. Visitors create their own links between the images that these fragments can trigger, resulting in an exchange, a mutual confidence. These works pay tribute to the ordinary, familiar experience that connects people.

History

History:

Three plates no longer exist. The plate located at the corner of Laurier and Jeanne-Mance was destroyed during renovations. The plate located at the corner of Richardson and Shearer Streets has been destroyed by employees of the City of Montreal who did not know it was a work of art.The other plate that is missing is the one that stood at the corner of Cherrier and Saint-Hubert streets
The exhibition Promenades, l'art dans la ville aims to bring the public to discover works that occupy public space, outside, works that the public has an opportunity to pass by regularly without really knowing who is hiding behind.

Event date(s):

2006

Dimensions

Depth:

0.02 m

Other information

Owner(s):

Gilbert Boyer

Document(s):

Promenades les arts dans la ville.

Collets de survie

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:40:27 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Installation year:

1997

Remarks on location:

The art work is installed on lamp posts.

Artwork description

Debat, Michelle (2005). Gilbert Boyer The Language of Art: For a Language in Migration. Parachute, no 120 (nov-dec)

Description:

Installation consisting of 140 stainless steel bands stamped with text and attached to lamp posts at the Faubourg des Récollets.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Pris au piège de la routine

Pris au piège de la complaisance

Pris au piège des dogmes

In the grip of conformity

Pris au piège des conventions

Pris au piège des mots

(Other text unknown)

Artwork theme:

History, Heritage

History

History:

PANIQUE AU FAUBOURG is part of the reflection about industrial land sites being transformed into new cultural areas. Because they are short lived, the artists’ interventions tried to inspire the public to "appropriate" history and the site of the Faubourg des Récollets or Old Griffintown. The proposed idea for the artists was to question and interpret these sites and their history,architecture and problematic urban location through their artwork. Young up-and-coming stars or established renown artists, the artists who were selected for this project were approached for their sensibility and their ability to adapt their work to this type of artistic action. They were from Montreal, the rest of Canada or France.

Event date(s):

1997

Dimensions

Other information

Document(s):

Panique au faubourg

Gilbert Boyer: le langage de l’art : pour une langue en migration/The Language of Art - For a Language in Migration

Panique au faubourg. Un coup de foudre à l’usine

Monument pour L

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:24:59 +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.

Installation year:

1992

Artwork description

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

Description:

Three words are carved anchored near the river. The words are blue and arched shape.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

PARTIRENT

DÉRIVÈRENT

HORIZON

Text theme:

The sea, river, travel

Artwork theme:

The sea, river, travel

History

History:

During installation, there were no traces of 350 around the sculpture. In 2000, these traces have been replaced by two trails. The cedars that had initially taken place between the words were replaced by groves of grass and dogwood. These changes are designed to adapt the work to climatic conditions and ensure conservation. The artwork was carried out for the first International Exhibition of outdoor sculpture of Montreal (SISEM), which took place from July 9 to Sept. 7, whose theme was "For the four winds" in the celebrations of the 350^th anniversary of the Foundation of Montreal. At his installation in Lachine, this sculpture had three hundred and fifty footsteps of made no concrete colorful suggesting the movement of passengers. They were replaced in 2000 by two trails.

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Height:

1.14m

Width:

14.15m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Rose-Marie E. Goulet

Document(s):

Projets, archives et documents

La Montagne des jours

Natalie Clairoux — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:18:32 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Installation year:

1991

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Gilbert Boyer

Description:

These five discs lying on the ground along the trails of Mount-Royal. These discs are hardly visible from afar, they are based sometimes with soil and leaves. In winter, they are imperceptible as covered with snow. It is difficult to detect, since there is no evidence to indicate the presence of the work. Text etched sandblasted on the surface. Most of the text is placed in concentric circles. Sometimes the text from the center of the circle and sometimes from the outside. Words or short forms are not in concentric circles but diagonals other sentences.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Disc on the coast placid (behind the statue):

Deux trois étoiles, une boule de brume autour de la lune / Ça va on a au moins un quart d’heure avant qu’il arrive. Il va nous rejoindre au vieux peuplier / Dimanche Lundi Mardi Mercredi Jeudi Vendredi Samedi/ Avant promet de ne rien dire à personne, c’est un secret. Tu es au courant de ces histoires qu’il raconte tout le temps à tout le monde, et bien...

Disc near the stairs under the observatory:

Je ne me rappelle même plus pourquoi ? / Pas loin d’ici, Charles et moi, on s’était chicané / Moi, j’aime toujours ça venir sur la montagne, ça me fait du bien / Toute la vie / Le rocher /Ah ! Une percée de soleil. Je te l’avais dit, non ? On fait le grand tour / Une pluie fine

Disc near beaver Lake :

Veux-tu aller te balancer ? Le premier arrivé moi je peux monter plus haut que le ciel / Des poissons rouges ! Il y en a plein ! / Mais… l’hiver, où ils vont ? / Hé ! T’as une coccinelle sur l’épaule / Non enlève la pas ça porte chance

Disc near the shelter:

Tu vas m’écrire souvent ? / À tous les jours / des fois je ferme les yeux, j’imagine que je suis là-bas. tu souris. Tu sais, ça me manque beaucoup / Oui. Moi aussi ça fait longtemps que je ne suis pas retourné. Bientôt… tu aurais dû m’amener ici avant / Le vent dans les feuilles / Appuyées à un arbre / Des tâches de lumière

Disc near the turn of Radio-Canada (on top of the mountain):

On va passer par le chemin de la dame, je vais te montrer quelque chose / Écoute… faudrait y aller, c’est à la veille de tomber / Tonnerre / De temps en temps. je lève les yeux, il y a le paysage. Comme ça, je fais durer le plaisir / C’est beau non ? Quand je veux lire les dernières pages d’un bon livre, je m’installe ici / loin / Loin / Loin / Voler au-dessus de la montagne jusqu’à s’endormir

History

Event date(s):

1991

Dimensions

Depth:

0.08 m

Diameter:

1.25m

Other information

Note(s):

Inscription on each disk: G. BOYER 1991

Document(s):

100 Days of Contemporary Art

Trust: An Interview with Bruno Dupont

Two Current Shows Ask Some Basic Questions About Public Art

Gilbert Boyer

Gilbert Boyer: le langage de l’art : pour une langue en migration/The Language of Art - For a Language in Migration

Cent Jours, Visions 91: Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal

When the whole is less than the sum of its art ART REVIEW. The work is generally of high quality in Montreal's 1991 Cent Jours, but the exhibition ultimately fails to fulfil its theme

Tango de Montréal

Natalie Clairoux — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:04:11 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Les industries perdues (Hébert, François; Purdy, Richard)

Artwork creator(s):

Les industries perdues

Purdy, Richard

Hébert, François

Text author(s):

Godin, Gérald

Text author(s):

Godin, Gérald

Collaborator(s):

Marcotte, Denis (brickmaker)

Installation year:

2000

Artwork description

Source: Richard Purdy (2009). Art public 2000-2009. (http://richardpurdy.ca/)

Description:

This bas-relief reproduced the poem Tango de Montreal by Gérald Godin. The work is integrated into the north side of a house. The bricks are colored terracotta pink. The letters are carved into the bricks. A row of lights is at the bottom of the work. Each letter is covered with a black mortar which facilitates remote play.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Sept heures et demie du matin métro de Montréal

c’est plein d'immigrants

ça se lève de bonne heure

ce monde-là

le vieux cœur de la ville

battrait-il donc encore

grâce à eux

ce vieux cœur usé de la ville

avec ses spasmes

ses embolies

ses souffles au cœur

et tous ses défauts

et toutes les raisons du monde qu’il aurait

de s’arrêter

de renoncer.

Artwork theme:

According to the artists, " […] our philosophy of integration is that the artwork must fit with the environment […] the integration challenge does not consist in installing the artist's work in the engineer's, the architect's or the urbanist's work, but to establish links between the location and those who live in it; these links will enrich our world "

(cited by Robert Myrand in « Tango de Montréal », Espace, N^o 53 [fall 2000]: 12).

History

History:

The work was done during the creation of the Place Gérald-Godin, as part of the redevelopment of the area surrounding the shrine of the metro station Mont-Royal.

Dimensions

Height:

7.23m

Width:

7.23m

Other information

Note(s):

The poem's title, the artist's name and the text reference are inscribed on the left side of the artwork. Gérald Godin was born in 1938 and died in 1994. He was a poet and Mercier county's MP between 1981 and 1985. A commitee approved the poem selection, which caused some controversy.

Artist's biography:

Richard Purdy

Author's biography:

L'ÎLE, le Centre de documentation virtuel sur la littérature québécoise

Owner(s):

City of Montréal

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Circulation

Je me souviens

Definition of the word "refugee".Information about Vietnamese Boat People.

Paix, Justice et Liberté

Excerp,:

Promenade de la poésie

Repères

Nicolet "marker":

Notre-Dame-de-Ham "marker":

Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens "marker":

Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton "marker":

À paraître

Comme un poisson dans la ville

Around the corner from Des Seigneurs Street and the Notre-Dame Street East (Little Burgundy):

Corner of Saint-Hubert and Cherrier Streets:

Corner of Saint-André and Cherrier Streets:

Corner of Napoleon Street and Avenue du Parc Lafontaine:

Corner of Saint-Hubert Street and Mont-Royal Avenue:

Corner of Saint-Denis and Villeneuve Streets:

Corner of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Laurier Avenue:

Formerly located around the corner from Laurier Avenue and Jeanne-Mance Street:

On Hutchison Avenue, North of Prince-Arthur Street:

Corner of Duluth and Saint-Urbain Streets:

Formerly at the corner of Richardson and Shearer Streets:

Collets de survie

(Other text unknown)

Monument pour L

La Montagne des jours

Disc on the coast placid (behind the statue):

Disc near the stairs under the observatory:

Disc near beaver Lake :

Disc near the shelter:

Disc near the turn of Radio-Canada (on top of the mountain):

Tango de Montréal

Definition of the word "refugee".
Information about Vietnamese Boat People.