Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Excerpt

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.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

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

Dimensions

Other information

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.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

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

Dimensions

Other information

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.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

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

Dimensions

Other information

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

Vers tissés serré

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:38:15 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

The Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Team

Artwork creator(s):

L'équipe Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux / The Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Team

Text author(s):

Beaulieu, Michel; Beausoleil, Claude; Brault, Jacques; Melançon, Robert; Brossard, Jacques; Caccia, Fulvio; Chamberland, Paul; D'amour, Stéphane; Miron, Gaston; Monette, Hélène; Nepveu, Pierre; Plourde, Danny; Théoret, France

Text author(s):

Beaulieu, Michel

Beausoleil, Claude

Brault, Jacques

Melançon, Robert

Brossard, Jacques

Caccia, Fulvio

Chamberland, Paul

D'amour, Stéphane

Miron, Gaston

Monette, Hélène

Nepveu, Pierre

Plourde, Danny

Théoret, France

Collaborator(s):

Campeau, Sylvain; La Maison de la poésie de Montréal

Installation year:

2010

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

Created by assembling hundreds of glass jars, the installation Vers tissés serré sends visitors on a poetic journey through Montreal, with help from words by Gaston Miron, Pierre Nepveu, Jacques Brault, Claude Beausoleil, Hélène Monette, Stéphane D’Amours, Paul Chamberland, Fulvio Caccia, Michel Beaulieu, Nicole Brossard, France Théoret and Danny Plourde. Each element distinguishes itself through the poetry it displays.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Excerpt:

Montréal tu me perds Montréal c'est bien toi

dans ces rues dénudées dans des blocs de verre

ces images et des livres te contant des histoires

les faux sans fond d'une ruelle où nul ne va

plus loin c'est encore toi plus avant dans le vide

tu bâtis pauvre ville pauvre enfance infinie

Text theme:

Poetic Montreal journey, city

Artwork theme:

Urban density. The city.

Text reference:

Variables

Sans fin Montréal

Montréal, tu t'en vas

Il n'y a plus de chemin

Au petit matin

Montréal

Vue du mont

Dans l'abstraction proliférance urbaine

Le mal du pays

Temps linéaire

Mi-juillet

Villeray

Monologue de l'aliénation délirante

La femme qui dort dans le métro

Vers quelque (sommes nombreux à être seul)

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 Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Team (architects) is concerned with the issue of urban density. The city, when it shows true density, is a viable alternative to urban sprawl and can be perceived from the perspective of sustainable development.

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

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.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

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

Tree of Knowledge, fragments

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:02:52 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Chew, Nancy; Metz, Jacqueline

Artwork creator(s):

Chew, Nancy

Metz, Jacqueline

Text author(s):

Various: Salinger, Jerome David; Aristotle

Text author(s):

Salinger, Jerome David

Aristotle

Installation year:

2008

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Nancy Chew & Jacqueline Metz

Description:

Engraved images carved into bluestone suggest fragments of a magnificent tree, shadows of the Tree of Knowledge. Dappled amongst the imagery are literary quotes personally selected by library donors. Each piece contributes to the whole, while remaining individual.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Incomplete

The woman I am
Is not what you see
Move over love
Make room for me

The energy of the mind is the essence of life
Aristotle (selected by Sophie, Tony, Sienna Salcito)

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot
J.D. Salinger (selected by Michael Mok)

Text theme:

Literature

Artwork theme:

The imprint of the community on the plaza

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Metz & Chew

Owner(s):

North Vancouver City Library

Convergence

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:58:49 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Leblanc, Pierre

Artwork creator(s):

Leblanc, Pierre

Text author(s):

Einstein, Albert

Text author(s):

Einstein, Albert

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Near the entrance and the student parking lot

Artwork description

Source: MCCCQ (2010). Fiches d'inventaire. Québec: MCCCQ

Description:

The artwork consists of two bas-reliefs and a sculpture mounted directly onto a concrete wall. On the narrow side of the wall, the literal bas-relief appears vertically, offering an Einstein quote. The other bas-relief consists of a spiral, displayed on the wide side of the wall. The sculpture, which represents a sun, a moon and a metal structure, is installed above that bas-relief, on top of the wall.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

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

Text theme:

Imagination is more important than knowledge

Artwork theme:

The convergence of signs and, consequently, of the three components of the CFP des Moulins, i.e. the place, its teachings and its students.

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The oven represents both the place (i.e. the center) as the crucible and its teachings, as illustrated by the fire and flames.

An ancient sign borrowed from prehistory, the spiral extends into an arrow. The ascending movement of this arrow highlights the impact of the encounter with the other elements, thus examplifying the convergence.

Artist's biography:

Pierre Leblanc

Author's biography:

Albert Einstein

Owner(s):

Centre de formation professionnelle des Moulins

Source:

MCCCQ

Ce toit tranquille où marchent des petits oiseaux

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:23:23 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Purdy, Richard

Artwork creator(s):

Purdy, Richard

Text author(s):

Savard, Félix-Antoine

Text author(s):

Savard, Félix-Antoine

Collaborator(s):

Atelier Silex

Installation year:

2004

Artwork description

Source: Richard Purdy (2010). Richard Purdy oeuvres. (http://www.richardpurdy.ca/index2.php?lang=en)

Description:

A sculpture in the shape of roofs with little bronze birds. Text is written on the glass of the dormer windows, as if someone had scribbled something with their finger on the frosty glass.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Inscription 1:

Ville des soirs anciens

Ville des soirs anciens, paisible ville,
Décente, recueillie, causant à demi voix,
À l'heure où dans la nef et l'or des soirs tranquilles
Semblaient se replier sur eux-mêmes les toits!

Ayant tinté le glas d'un autre jour enfui,
Quelques cloches, au deuil entremêlant l'espoir,
Parlaient alors à l'âme apeurée par la nuit
De choses par delà l'or brunissant du soir

Inscription 2:

Et bientôt tout entrait dans un calme pareil
À quelque consolante et lointaine harmonie
Tandis que, sans troubler le rythme du sommeil,
De beaux songes passaient sur ma ville endormie,
Ville de mon enfance, aux si douces musiques,
Vers ce même or des soirs paisibles d'autrefois,
On entend de partout monter des chants lubriques.

Inscription 3:

Si calme, ce lac!

si pures, ces eaux!

si neufs, ces bords!

où, durant mon sommeil,

Dieu

a purifié, restauré

toute chose.

Inscription 4:

Ce
toit
tranquille
où marchent des
petits oiseaux

Text theme:

Birds, roofs, stillness and tranquillity

Artwork theme:

The project is invested with a memory of the original houses. The installation forms a dialogue with the inhabited houses surrounding the retirement home, allowing the residents to truly feel at home. Making optimal use of the numerous viewpoints onto the neighbourhood, the sculpture creates a link between the environment of the retirement home (interior) and that of its neighbourhood (exterior), in ways that are at once metaphorical, symbolic, spiritual and emotional.

Dimensions

Height:

2.74m

Width:

2.75m

Depth:

1.27 m

Other information

Note(s):

The artist found a handwritten copy of the poem and it was reproduced as is in the artwork, a perfect imitation of Félix-Antoine Savard's handwriting.

Text from Le choix de Félix-Antoine Savard, Aux marges du silence

Artist's biography:

Richard Purdy

Author's biography:

Félix-Antoine Savard

Owner(s):

Foyer du Clermont

Document(s):

Richard Purdy- art public 2000-2009

Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:28:56 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Faubert, Julie

Artwork creator(s):

Faubert, Julie

Text author(s):

Faubert, Julie

Text author(s):

Faubert, Julie

Installation year:

2009

Artwork description

SOURCE : Centre Dare-Dare (2009). Dare-Dare.Apparaître/disparaître : les mots. (http://www.dare-dare.org/faubert)

Description:

Art intervention with light. Words with the dates on which they appeared or disappeared from the dictionary are mounted onto people. Words in red have been lost; words in blue were new additions to the dictionary.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Biophilie (1919)

Assurance-vie (2001)

Suralimenté (1990)

Aérivore (1948)

Inuktitut (1994)

Désaveugler (1959)

Cash (1959) Fric (1952) Pognon (1952)

Bancocratie (1919)

Orgasme (1959)

Culpabiliser (1972)

Conformisme (1959)

Esthétiser (1990)

Text theme:

A critical look at words that allow us to think (or not), words that we do not mistreat quite enough as well as words that, to be truly accurate, should also be constantly invented.

Artwork theme:

The project uses city space as a space for collective thinking about words we use.

History

History:

This artistic intervention had two components:

Intervention #1: December 3, 2009

Intervention #2: May 2010

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Julie Faubert

Document(s):

Entre les murs des galeries

Les Mots

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.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

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

Other information

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.

A mari usque ad mare

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:56:11 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Parent, Omer

Artwork creator(s):

Parent, Omer

Text author(s):

Canada's motto

Text author(s):

Devise du Canada / Canada's motto

Installation year:

1952

Remarks on location:

On the upper South wall of the #1 entrance hall to the Palasis-Prince 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 painting represents various commercial activities in Canada, from coast to coast: the fisheries of the Pacific, fruit crops, forestry, Native American art, hunting and the fur trade, the oil industry, livestock, agriculture, aviation, chemistry, mining, hydroelectricity, engineering and architecture, textiles and crafts, the maple syrup industry, vegetable crops, and the fisheries of the Atlantic. A maple leaf, the emblem of Canada, appears in the middle. It is overlayed with a scroll featuring the motto of Canada, and the winged helmet of Hermes, the Greek god of commerce and a symbol of invisibility, invulnerability and power.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

A mari usque ad mare

Text theme:

Motto of Canada

Artwork theme:

Canada

Dimensions

Height:

1.5m

Width:

Other information

Owner(s):

University Laval

Document(s):

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

Feminists ought to get a good whipping

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:42:43 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Knowles, Rachelle Viader

Artwork creator(s):

Knowles, Rachelle Viader

Text author(s):

Queen Victoria

Text author(s):

Queen Victoria

Installation year:

2000

Remarks on location:

Between the statue of Queen Victoria and the clock tower

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Rachelle Viader-Knowles

Description:

Work consists of text cut into grass on a sloping hillside in a park. The text selected for this public artwork, refers to a quote by Queen Victoria where she expresses her disdain for the fledgling Women's Rights Movement.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: detail. Image 2: Installation

Text of the artwork:

Feminists ought to get a good whipping

Text theme:

Anti-feminism

Artwork theme:

Histories and memories of places

History

History:

Following the original 2000 installation, «Feminists ought to get a good whipping» was re-sodded.

Dimensions

Height:

40m

Width:

Other information

Note(s):

Positioned in Victoria Park, Kitchener, between the statue of Queen Victoria and the clock tower, the text revealed itself from under the grass to suggest an excavation of sentiments prevalent in the past, that remain pervasive today. The original quote is from 1870, the year the town of Berlin (now Kitchener) was first incorporated.

Artist's biography:

Knowles, Rachelle Viader

Author's biography:

Victoria (1819–1901)

Source:

Rachelle Viader Knowles Home (306) 522-4749 Work (306) 585-5554 Fax (306) 585-5526 Cell: (306) 501 8040 Email: rachelle.viader.knowles@uregina.ca Web: http://uregina.ca/rvk Department of Visual Arts,University of Regina 3737 Wascana Parkway Regina, SK S2S 0A2

De Marc-Aurèle à Vaillancourt en passant par Miron

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:00:04 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Leblanc, Pierre

Artwork creator(s):

Leblanc, Pierre

Text author(s):

Miron, Gaston

Text author(s):

Miron, Gaston

Installation year:

2008

Remarks on location:

On the doors of the Ministry

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin

Source: Jocelyne Connoly (2010). L'oeuvre intégrée à l'architecture, itération et dérivation. Espace. no. 91 (spring)

Description:

On the doors of the Department, installation in the form of a tree (elm).

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Une idée ça vrille et pousse

l'idée du champ dans l'épi de blé

Au coeur des feuilles l'idée de l'arbre

qui va faire une forêt

et même, même

forcenée, l'idée du chiendent

Text theme:

Inspired by Gaston Miron's poem "Tête de caboche"

Artwork theme:

Tribute, Poetry

History

History:

Installed on August 30, 2008

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

For me, Miron's poetry evokes forms. So I thought of the elm, this tree which had almost disappeared at the beginning of last century but which has regained artistic significance thanks to Marc-Aurèle Fortin and Armand Vaillancourt. My work also pays tribute to them.

Philippe Beauchemin. 2008. "Pierre Leblanc. Tête de caboche". Nouvelles Hochela-Maisonneuve, December 12.

Artist's biography:

Pierre Leblanc

Owner(s):

Ministère de la Culture du Québec

Document(s):

Pierre Leblanc ''Tête de caboche''

Pierre Leblanc. L'oeuvre intégrée à l'architecture, itération et dérivation

All Intertwining

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:11:03 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Williams, Blake

Artwork creator(s):

Williams, Blake

Text author(s):

Allende, Isabel; Dalai Lama; Roddick, Anita; Peres, Shimon; Mitchell, Joni; Guerin, John; Anonymous

Text author(s):

Allende, Isabel

Dalai Lama

Roddick, Anita

Peres, Shimon

Mitchell, Joni

Guerin, John

Installation year:

2002

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Blake Williams

Description:

The Waterwise Demonstration Garden was designed to be sustained by natural rainfall. A large ceramic sign identifies the garden, and three smaller signs communicate the philosophy behind this water-conservation project, encouraging visitors to view water as a limited and valuable resource.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[large sign that identifies the garden]

Waterwise

Garden

All intertwining

Water our source

Water our future

H20

[smaller signs describing the concepts and elements of the garden 1/3]

The hissing of

summer lawns

Joni Mitchell

John Guerin

---

agua preciosa

l’eau

vita

Sto lo

wasser

l’acqua

all intertwining

water the source

water our future

two hydrogens and one oxygen

---

from less and less

land, and less and less

water we can have

more and more

products, more and more

results

Shimon Peres

It’s those types of rituals

that I think are the sort of myths and legends of life

that I think we’ve lost in our

society. We don’t know how

to ritualize water. We just

turn on the tap and there it comes, but we don’t have

the sense of benediction

for water.

Anita Roddick

All intertwining cont.

people in the villages all

over the world know how

precious water is. The

women who go every day, sometimes twice a

day,

walking miles

with a jar on their head to

collect the water for the

family, ...They know how

precious it is, how much

every drop counts.

Isabel Allende

“The world is not ours. It’s a treasure we hold in

trust for future generations.”

African proverb

clouds

advance,

a river

descends

“If you run out of water you run out of life”

Uzbeki’s

“...our whole life depends on it so we have the

responsibility to take care of water “

Dalai Lama

river

polished stones,

a creek

turned

to dust

“If you want to symbolize life, it’s a bowl of

water. It has to do

with everything that is spiritual to humankind.

Isabel Allende

“we’re going to be having lots of conflict

between states where one of the major issues

would be water and who controls the source”

Kofi Annan

Text theme:

Water

Artwork theme:

Water conservation, sustainable gardens, environmental responsibility

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Blake Williams

Owner(s):

City of Surrey Public and Community Art Collection

Source:

1. Blake Williams Blake Williams Tile Graphics 1318 Grant St Vancouver, BC V5L 2X5 (604) 688-6265 blakewill@shaw.ca 2. Public & Community Art Coordinator Surrey Arts Centre 13750 - 88 Avenue Surrey, BC V3W 3L1 604-501-5561 arts@surrey.ca

Document(s):

Public Art : All Intertwining

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

Other information

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

Quelques pages d'histoire...

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:13:14 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Mathieu, Élisabeth

Artwork creator(s):

Mathieu, Élisabeth

Text author(s):

Godin, Gérald

Text author(s):

Godin, Gérald

Installation year:

2009

Remarks on location:

In front of the Centre culturel Pauline-Julien

Artwork description

Source: Élisabeth Mathieu (2009). Elisabeth Mathieu. (http://sites.rapidus.net/elmathieu/)

Description:

The artwork represents a large, open book about nature and art. It marks the importance of remembering artists and offers an overview of different types of art. An excerpt of a poem by Gérald Godin, Cantos, appears on the cover page. It evokes memorable moments of city life and speaks of the passage of time. It also illustrates human beings' attachment for dogs. Two dogs appear in the work. A strip of color made of colored glass also pierces the pages of the book like a film or photographic negative. This refers to the colourful elements that arts bring to the city.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Excerpt from a poem by Gérald Godin, Cantos

Text theme:

Evokes some lovely moments of city life and speaks of the passage of time. It also illustrates human beings' attachment for dogs.

Artwork theme:

The artwork evokes the colourful elements that arts bring to the city, while acknowledging the contribution of artists to the cultural richness of the city.

History

History:

The work was commissioned to commemorate the title of Cultural Capital of Canada that was given to the city of Trois-Rivières in 2009.

Dimensions

Height:

3.65m

Other information

Note(s):

The sculpture is the first monumental work carried out under the Policy for public art at the city of Trois-Rivières.

Artist's biography:

Élisabeth Mathieu

Les Noms

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:42:51 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Les Noms (à coucher dehors)

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Installation year:

2009

Remarks on location:

In front of the museum

Artwork description

Source: Nicole Dextras (2008). Flickr: mamzellenix's Photostream. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/)

Description:

Names made of ice were installed in front of the Dawson City Museum in the Yukon.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

Image 1: details. First name "Aurore" in nature. Image 2-3: details. Baby Names to the Dawson City Museum.

Text of the artwork:

AURORE

XAVIER FRANCOIS

JEAN BAPTIS

DESIRE

CYRELL

MARGERITE

OVID

COME

VIVIAN

Text theme:

Québécois first names that have fallen out of favour, taken from the 1901 Census, Dawson City Museum Archives.

Artwork theme:

Québécois first names that have fallen out of favour, assimilation

History

History:

During the residency, Nicole Dextras created 3 major projects: Les Noms, Legacy and The River's Bride.

Event: Artist residency, Klondike Institute of Art, Dawson City, Yukon.

Date: November 10, 2008 to February 4, 2009

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Nicole Dextras

Love Stories

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

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Tsang, Henry

Artwork creator(s):

Tsang, Henry

Text author(s):

Tsang, Henry

Text author(s):

Tsang, Henry

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

On one of the sides of Burrard Inlet

Artwork description

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

Description:

Billboard poster installed at the seabus terminal.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarks on image:

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

Text of the artwork:

She doesn’t desire White Boys

over anyone else. But they keep

gravitating towards her.

Other men just can’t

Turn Her On

in the same way.

Her skin was Silky Smooth

to the touch. So is yours, she said :

From then on, I began looking

at Asian women,

something I never

before could do.

Text theme:

Anecdotes of interacial desire

Artwork theme:

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

History

History:

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

Also presented in Toronto in 1992

Event date(s):

2001

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

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

I commented on how difficult it

seemed for some men of

Chinese ancestry to

consider Chinese

women as

beautiful,

or if

beautiful,

then as desirable.

Martin, whose wife is

of German descent, admitted

that he still had that problem.

Cornelio was surprised. In Hawaii,

where he grew up, Asians were

always thought of as

more beautiful.

He said

this with a

certain sadness,

for although he was a

good-looking guy, it was never

Asians who found him attractive.

The very

thought disgusted her.

Why would she ever want to

do anything like that, she demanded.

Kissing one would be like kissing her

brother. And going out with

a Chinese guy would

feel, simply put,

incestuous.

I caught her

staring at me. She

looked so Chinese to me, too.

I was surprised by the touch of her

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

was mine, she said. And after awhile I

began to look at Asian women,

something that I never before

could bring myself

to do.

I asked her about her preferences.

She said that although she didn’t

exactly prefer white men over

anybody else, they seemed

to gravitate towards her.

Besides, she couldn’t

find any other men

who could turn

her on in the

same way.

He was relatively open-minded, he

said, for someone who grew up in

Winnipeg 50 years ago. For

instance, he didn’t mind

his daughter going out

with anyone non-

Chinese, as

long as he

wasn’t

white.

Artist's biography:

Henry Tsang

Document(s):

Facing History. Portraits from Vancouver

Henry Tsang : Love Stories

ReCALL

Laboratoire NT2 — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:09:00 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Artwork creator(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Text author(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Text author(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Installation year:

2005

Remarks on location:

In a storefront window

Artwork description

Source: Moffat, Ellen (2005). ReCALL. (http://www.ellenmoffat.ca/?p=327)

Description:

ReCALL is a video projection of image and text in a window. We can hear noises from the street ambience as soundtrack.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

The texts speak of smells, rhythms, folklore.

Text theme:

The “invisible residue” of a place

Artwork theme:

A reflection of local traditions, collective knowledge and personal mementos

History

History:

Created as an artist residency project at the Arts Center of the Confederation.

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

The data bank of images and texts reflect local traditions, collective knowledge and personal memories as a poetics of place.

Artist's biography:

Ellen Moffat

Document(s):

ReCALL

Jardins aux racines d'argent

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:53:42 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Vincent, Bill (William)

Artwork creator(s):

Vincent, Bill (William)

Text author(s):

Vincent, Bill (William)

Text author(s):

Vincent, Bill (William)

Installation year:

2003

Artwork description

Source: Bill Vincent (2009). Art public. (http://www.pagede.com/artistes/vincent_bill/artpublic_BillVincent.htm)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Texts taken from the archives of the city of Charlesbourg (birth certificates, baptismal records, wedding certificates).

Text theme:

Life cycle, the passage of time

Artwork theme:

Life cycle

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Bill Vincent

Source:

vincbill@sympatico.ca

Document(s):

Chair et mues