Research in artworks: Thoroughfare

Password

Alan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteAlan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteAlan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
Four sets of four letters rotate to form random words. The stainless letters are installed on the three exhaust vents from the underground parkade and spin with the air flow coming out of the exhaust [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Storey, Alan
Installation year: 
1994

Perhaps She Was So Wicked...

Jill P. Weaving,  Perhaps She Was So Wicked…, 1988
Photography installed in a bus shelter [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Weaving, Jill P.
Installation year: 
1988

Poubelles du Quartier Latin et du Village

Maryo Thomas,  PoubellesMaryo Thomas,  Poubelles
Green and orange posters (in the Quartier Latin et the Village, respectively) were installed on both sides of public garbage bins. The posters were installed at random. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Thomas, Maryo
Installation year: 
2006

Presence and Resistance, 2006

Edgar Heap of Birds, Presence and Resistance, 2006Edgar Heap of Birds, Presence and Resistance, 2006
Public art installation/billboards and public signage texts [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Heap of Birds, Edgar
Installation year: 
2006

See Other Side of Sign

Ron Terada, See Other Side of Sign, 2006
In situ intervention on abandoned billboard. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Terada, Ron
Installation year: 
2006

Sliding Edge

Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003
Along the seawall, a rough yet elegant waterfall made of black rundle stone is installed; the stacked, linear, irregular stone edges are abstractions of geological layers. Standing on top of the water [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Metz, Jacqueline; Chew, Nancy
Installation year: 
2003

Southern Boy

Kiki Yee, Southern Boy, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Yee, Kiki
Installation year: 
1992

Sphere of Social Consensus and Influence

Carl Granzow,  Sphere of Social Consensus and Influence, 2008Carl Granzow,  Sphere of Social Consensus and Influence, 2008Carl Granzow,  Sphere of Social Consensus and Influence, 2008
Kinetic sculpture. The object, a 65" steel sphere, is banded by plates of stainless steel. The steel bands are engraved with the names of the original 16 member organizations of the AAC. Over time and [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Granzow, Carl
Installation year: 
2008

Star Power Series

Adrian Göllner, Star Power Series, 2002
Poster featuring a red star and a propaganda message [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Göllner, Adrian
Installation year: 
2002

Still Life

Carl Skelton, Still Life, 2006Carl Skelton, Still Life, 2006
Artwork creator(s): 
Skelton, Carl
Installation year: 
2006

Street Light

Bernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André Brouillette
Each of six twelve-meter high, bronze I-beam towers hold an image cut into a metal plate that illustrate the history of the area. The plates cast the shadow of the image onto the street. Texts etched [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Miller, Bernie; Tregebov, Alan
Installation year: 
1997

Survival

Jenny Holzer, Survival, 1986
Projection of text on a building [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Holzer, Jenny
Installation year: 
1985

Templates for Walking Theatre

Luis Jacob, Templates for Walking Theatre, 2003Luis Jacob, Templates for Walking Theatre, 2003
Similar both to public signage and graffiti, Templates for Walking Theatre link language to municipal authority –and to our personal capacities as citizens for creating new meaning. These graphic and [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jacob, Luis
Installation year: 
2000