Research in artworks: Installation and intervention

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

Chris Curreri, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, 2006
Neon writing placed in windows of houses or shops. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Curreri, Chris
Installation year: 
2006

(un)coverings

Devora Neumark, Uncoverings, 1995Devora Neumark, Uncoverings, 1995
Photographic installation placed on the grass [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Neumark, Devora
Installation year: 
1995

100 days towards a house of thanks

Pam Hall, 100 days towards a house of thanks, 2008Pam Hall, 100 days towards a house of thanks, 2008
Pieces of cloth hanging from the branches of trees. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hall, Pam
Installation year: 
2008

12 écriteaux au cou des arbres

Monique Bertrand, 12 écriteaux au cou des arbres, 2004
Twelve steel plates were suspended to trees. These plates were painted black with white markings. The inscriptions appeared sometimes as icons (star, crescent moon), sometimes as two dates on a tombst [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bertrand, Monique
Installation year: 
2004

1885

Edward Poitras, 1885, 1993
Photography placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Poitras, Edward
Installation year: 
1993

32 Days Towards a House of Prayer

Pam Hall, 32 Days Towards a House of Prayer, 2007Pam Hall, 32 Days Towards a House of Prayer, 2007
Pieces of cloth hanging from the branches of trees. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hall, Pam
Installation year: 
2007

À demi-mot

Diane Gougeon, À demi-mot, 1997Diane Gougeon, À demi-mot, 1997Diane Gougeon, À demi-mot, 1997
Ten taxis roamed the streets of downtown Montreal for ten days with a light box attached to the roof. The boxes represented the "X" and the "O" of the popular tic tac toe game. "Bruit blanc" was inscr [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gougeon, Diane
Installation year: 
1997

À l'étude, tome II

Rose-Marie E. Goulet,  À l'étude, tome II, 2000. © Rose-Marie E. GouletRose-Marie E. Goulet,  À l'étude, tome II, 2000. © Rose-Marie E. Goulet
Located on either side of the main entrance to the college, the installation is unified by a background painted in intense shades of blue. Toward the cafeteria, two large wood veneer panels fan out, a [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Installation year: 
2000

A Monument To a Lost Opportunity

Justin Wonnacott,  A Monument To a Lost Opportunity
Slab with an inscription in the sidewalk. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Wonnacott, Justin
Installation year: 
1992

À paraître

Two projectors simultaneously projected images of book covers. The installation was accessible to viewers after the shop's opening hours. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Boyer, Gilbert
Installation year: 
1991

À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut bien voir

Annie Pelletier, À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut Annie Pelletier, À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut Annie Pelletier, À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut Annie Pelletier, À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut
Five sentences, seemingly handwritten, cross the wall, cling to it, lift away and then fly off. The sentences are repeated several times. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Pelletier, Annie
Installation year: 
2007

A Portrait of My Grandfather

Micah Lexier, A Portrait of My Grandfather, 1994Micah Lexier, A Portrait of My Grandfather, 1994
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" [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lexier, Micah
Installation year: 
1994

A Tale of Two Children: A Work for Strathcona

Ken Lum, A Tale of Two Children: A Work for Strathcona, 2005Ken Lum, A Tale of Two Children: A Work for Strathcona, 2005Ken Lum, A Tale of Two Children: A Work for Strathcona, 2005
Two large aluminum panels. On one side, an image; on the other, text. One shows an unhappy Caucasian boy. The other, a smiling young Asian girl and an adult woman. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lum, Ken
Installation year: 
2005

A Thousand Kisses Deep

Éric Pelletier, A Thousand Kisses Deep, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinÉric Pelletier, A Thousand Kisses Deep, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinÉric Pelletier, A Thousand Kisses Deep, 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
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 th [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Pelletier, Éric
Installation year: 
2010