Research in artworks: Park, square and garden

(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

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

Aids Memorial

 Bruce Wilson, Aids Memorial, 2004.© Marc André Brouillette Bruce Wilson, Aids Memorial, 2004.© Marc André Brouillette Bruce Wilson, Aids Memorial, 2004.© Marc André Brouillette Bruce Wilson, Aids Memorial, 2004.© Marc André Brouillette
Curved wall, like a ribbon. On it, the names of thousands of BC AIDS victims have been cut out in the steel. A poem is written above. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Wilson, Bruce
Installation year: 
2004

All Intertwining

Blake Williams, All Intertwining, 2002Blake Williams, All Intertwining, 2002Blake Williams, All Intertwining, 2002Blake Williams, All Intertwining, 2002
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-co [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Williams, Blake
Installation year: 
2002

Anniversaire

Dan S Hanganu, Anniversaire, 1992Dan S Hanganu, Anniversaire, 1992Dan S Hanganu, Anniversaire, 1992Dan S Hanganu, Anniversaire, 1992
Behind the old Customs House, a bouquet of 35 copper pipes of various sizes is planted in the ground, looking like birthday candles. Each represents one decade. In front of this bouquet, three large r [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hanganu, Dan S.
Installation year: 
1992

Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS

Julie Faubert, Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS, 2009Julie Faubert, Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS, 2009Julie Faubert, Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS, 2009Julie Faubert, Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS, 2009
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& [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Faubert, Julie
Installation year: 
2009

Archway – Olympic Plaza

Gibbs Gage Architects, Archway – Olympic Plaza, 1988Gibbs Gage Architects, Archway – Olympic Plaza, 1988Gibbs Gage Architects, Archway – Olympic Plaza, 1988Gibbs Gage Architects, Archway – Olympic Plaza, 1988
Olympic Plaza is the site of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games medals presentation and comes complete with a wading pool, which becomes a skating rink in the winter months. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gibbs Gage Architects
Installation year: 
1988

Artifact

Peter G. Dykhuis, Artifact, 1993
Eight small painted and framed panels, suspended from the branches of a cherry tree. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dykhuis, Peter G.
Installation year: 
1993

Asphalt Garden

Michèle Adrian & Paula Meijerink, Asphalt Garden, 2003
Flooded paved courtyard. The artist played with the black opacity of asphalt vs the clear transparency of water, with their capacity to absorb or reflect light, with the constant immobility of the fir [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Adrian, Michèle; Meijerink, Paula (SE BUSCA)
Installation year: 
2003

Autres lieux de passage et lieux d'arrêt

Caroline Gagné, Autres lieux de passage et lieux d'arrêt, 2003Caroline Gagné, Autres lieux de passage et lieux d'arrêt, 2003Caroline Gagné, Autres lieux de passage et lieux d'arrêt, 2003Caroline Gagné, Autres lieux de passage et lieux d'arrêt, 2003
24 plates have been moulded into the gullies that are created by ground erosion (through the movements of pedestrians). The sentences on the plates are taken from conversations with the pedestrians. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gagné, Caroline
Installation year: 
2003

Babylon (and the Tower of Babel)

John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991
A series of seven rusted metal pedestals in which the letters of the word “Babylon” are formed as interior voids. Mounted atop one pedestal is a large urn set at a tilt, and atop another is one of McE [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
McEwen, John
Installation year: 
2003

Book Tower

 Byron Johnston, Book Tower, 2003
Column made of books [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Johnston, Byron
Installation year: 
2003

By Water Breathe

Katherine Kerr, By Water Breathe, 2004Katherine Kerr, By Water Breathe, 2004
Series of 7 bridges with 4 art panels installed on each one to create a contemplative poem about the act of taking a walk. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kerr, Katherine
Installation year: 
2004