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Installation and intervention , Permanent, Interior, Thoroughfare, Contest, Random

Hand Signals

Derek Besant, Hand Signals, 2003
Five hand gestures point out towards the street from the wall, spelling the word DREAM in sign language. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Besant, Derek
Installation year: 
2003
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Exterior, Thoroughfare, Event, Random, Indices fragmentés, Stone, Paper, Granite

Indices fragmentés

The work consists of posters and tombstones. 3,500 posters were put up by a company specializing in indoor and outdoor billposting. The posters feature text on the left and, on the right, a detail fro [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Neumark, Devora
Installation year: 
1992
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Exterior, Thoroughfare, Event, Linear, Public Art for the Americas, Billboard

Insurgent Messages

Edgar Heap of Birds, Insurgent Messages for Canada, 2007
Artwork creator(s): 
Heap of Birds, Edgar
Installation year: 
2007
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Exterior, Thoroughfare, Event, Random, Paint

Les Mots (volet 2)

Julie Faubert, Les Mots (volet 2), 2010. © Julie FaubertJulie Faubert, Les Mots (volet 2), 2010. © Julie FaubertJulie Faubert, Les Mots (volet 2), 2010. © Julie FaubertJulie Faubert, Les Mots (volet 2), 2010. © Julie Faubert
An urban intervention project which comprises some 125 words* written in an ephemeral manner on the sidewalk, along with dates - lost  words (1900-2000), new words (1900-2000) and invented words [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Faubert, Julie
Installation year: 
2010
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Exterior, Thoroughfare, Event, Random, The Post-Colonial Landscape: a Billboard Exhibition , Billboard, Photograph

Linkage

Jamelie Hassan, Linkage, 1993
Photography placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hassan, Jamelie
Installation year: 
1993
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Thoroughfare, Transportation, Event, Linear, The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition , Billboard

Mask of Culture

Dianne Cacchioni, Mask of Culture, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Cacchioni, Dianne
Installation year: 
1992
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Exterior, Thoroughfare, Linear, Commemoration, Missing, Paint

Mémoire X99-04.25

Raphaëlle de Groot, Mémoire X99-04.25, 1999Raphaëlle de Groot, Mémoire X99-04.25, 1999Raphaëlle de Groot, Mémoire X99-04.25, 1999
Markings on the ground to commemorate the forgotten history of the site of United Canada’s first parliament [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Groot, Raphaëlle de
Installation year: 
1999
Installation and intervention , Sculpture , Temporary, Exterior, Thoroughfare, Contest, Linear, Neon

Monument for East Vancouver

Vancouver (2009). Monument for East Vancouver. © City of VancouverVancouver (2009). Monument for East Vancouver. © City of VancouverVancouver (2009). Monument for East Vancouver. © City of Vancouver
Neon cross. It contains the words "East" and "Van" intersecting at the letter "A", in the manner of a crossword puzzle. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lum, Ken
Installation year: 
2009
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Exterior, Leisure, sport and entertainment, Public services, Thoroughfare, Event, Linear, Out of Place, Textile

Moving

Margot Leigh Butler, Moving, 1993
Flyers placed in various displays [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Leigh Butler, Margot
Installation year: 
1992
Installation and intervention , Sculpture , Permanent, Exterior, Thoroughfare, Gift , Linear, Stone, Concrete, Water, Bronze

New Currents, An Ancient Stream

Gwen Boyle, New Currents, An Ancient Stream, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteGwen Boyle, New Currents, An Ancient Stream, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
A series of connecting high and low pools, with a waterfall made of overlapping black slate. A large glacial boulder sits in the upper pool and an identical cast bronze replica sits in the lower pool. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Boyle, Gwen
Installation year: 
1994
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Exterior, Interior, Culture, Thoroughfare, Event, Linear, Paper, Videotape, Vinyl

One potato, two potato...it's your life...

Michael Fernandes, One potato, two potato...it's your life..., 2007Michael Fernandes, One potato, two potato...it's your life..., 2007Michael Fernandes, One potato, two potato...it's your life..., 2007Michael Fernandes, One potato, two potato...it's your life..., 2007
The artist offered an itinerary in the gallery and outside.The MAI's eight windows were blocked up to present text fragments in fluorescent lettering.Posters announcing lost cats were distributed on w [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Fernandes, Michael
Installation year: 
2007