Research in artworks: Installation and intervention

Thanksgiving

Germaine Koh,Thanksgiving, 1999
Detachable coupon in the newspaper [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Koh, Germaine
Installation year: 
1999

The Book

Ilan Sandler,The Book, 2006Ilan Sandler,The Book, 2006Ilan Sandler,The Book, 2006
The Book is a steel sculpture representing a book with two pages torn away from its spine. The spine is perpendicular to the ground, the covers are open, and the pages appear to blow in the wind. Fr [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Sandler, Ilan
Installation year: 
2006

The Boreal Poetry Garden

Marlene Creates, The Boreal Poetry Garden, 2005Marlene Creates, The Boreal Poetry Garden, 2005Marlene Creates, The Boreal Poetry Garden, 2005Marlene Creates, The Boreal Poetry Garden, 2005
Site-specific poems hand-written on card and installed temporarily for photographing. The Boreal Poetry Garden is also presented as live-art events with walks and on-site readings, including longer [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Creates, Marlene
Installation year: 
2005

The Feel of the Past

Susan Schelle, The Feel of the Past, 1987Susan Schelle, The Feel of the Past, 1987
The structure is a table with two benches. Quotations appear on the benches. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Schelle, Susan
Installation year: 
1987

The Five Word Phrase Calendar

Micah Lexier, The Five Word Phrase Calendar, 2001
This work changes daily according to the corresponding calendar of five-word phrases created by the artist. For example, rather than identifying the first day of the month with a number, it would alwa [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lexier, Micah
Installation year: 
2001

The Hall Of Names

Micah Lexier, The Hall Of Names,1997. © Marc André BrouilletteMicah Lexier, The Hall Of Names,1997. © Marc André BrouilletteMicah Lexier, The Hall Of Names,1997. © Marc André BrouilletteMicah Lexier, The Hall Of Names,1997. © Marc André Brouillette
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. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lexier, Micah
Installation year: 
1997

The Looking for Cognition

Michael Robison, The looking for cognition, 1993
Cement slabs were arranged around a central excavation surrounded by a rope and flanking the mound of earth removed to this end. Two gravel arches framed this "garden". Fragmented words were written o [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Robinson, Michael
Installation year: 
1993

The Metal Drummer and the Walldog

Hadley & Maxwell, The Metal Drummer and the Walldog, 2009
Artwork creator(s): 
Howes, Hadley; Stevens, Maxwell (Hadley+Maxwell)
Installation year: 
2009

The Name of the Tree

The Name of the Tree is a story written directly onto the leaves of a tree. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Frank, Simon
Installation year: 
2004

The People’s Plan

Adrian Göllner,The People’s Plan, 2001Adrian Göllner,The People’s Plan, 2001Adrian Göllner,The People’s Plan, 2001
The light box images at Carleton U. are designed to recall the government mega-projects of the 1970s. Symmetrical and non-monumental, the logos echo the egalitarian sensibility inherent to the modern- [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Göllner, Adrian
Installation year: 
2001

The Promise

Christopher McNamara, The Promise, 1991Christopher McNamara, The Promise, 1991
Photographic image on a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
McNamara, Christopher
Installation year: 
1991

The Spence Community Compass: Finding Home

Leah Decter, The Spence Community Compass: Finding Home, 2008. ©Leah Decter, The Spence Community Compass: Finding Home, 2008. © Marc André BrouLeah Decter, The Spence Community Compass: Finding Home, 2008. © Marc André BrouLeah Decter, The Spence Community Compass: Finding Home, 2008
The entire piece is composed of radiating circles. The inner circle of the compass consists of a planter component, which was devised by talking to Elders, botanists and local community members to sel [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Decter, Leah
Installation year: 
2008

THE WORDS DON'T FIT THE PICTURE

Ron Terada, THE WORDS DON'T FIT THE PICTURE, 2010Ron Terada, THE WORDS DON'T FIT THE PICTURE, 2010
The work takes the form of a large freestanding sign that sits in front of the library, just off the southern entrance of the building, by heavy pedestrian traffic. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Terada, Ron
Installation year: 
2010

The You Are Here Garden

Taco Iwashima & Christopher Bruce Mathews, You Are Here Garden, 2002
At the entrance to the trail, a huge curtain features the phrase "You Are Here" in white letters. In the wooded area, white ribbons are hanging on which the phrase "you are here" is repeated. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Iwashima, Taco; Mathews, Christopher Bruce
Installation year: 
2002

Them Us Now

Deeter Hastenteufel, Them Us Now, 2000
This artwork consists of three parts: a pile of stones, a pyramid and a boat made of wooden sticks. The words "Us" is located inside the pyramid, "Now" appears on a bed of rocks at the bottom of the [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hastenteufel, Deeter
Installation year: 
2000