Œuvre d'art public

Underground

Katherine Govier, Underground, 2009. @ Katherine Govier
Katherine Govier, Underground, 2009. @ Katherine Govier
Katherine Govier, Underground, 2009. @ Katherine Govier
Location:
La rue, 709 10th Street, Canmore , AB, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Govier, Katherine
Text author(s): 
Govier, Katherine
Installation year: 
2009
Description: 

Trois plaques en acier incrustées dans le trottoir  

Text of the artwork: 

That mirror world is dark know

The men laid down their tools

And took the mantrip

To the surface, home

In the quiet,

Hear the mountain sigh.

 

Once it shook with blasting

Screech of train and whistles

The coal was iridescent blue

Headlights on a curved track 

Burst like shooting stars 

Out the deep.  

 

Look down,

There’s a world below,

Dug out and timber-framed,

Mapped and named.

Its tunnels stretch for miles

Under the mountain. 

Text theme: 
Mines de charbon, Les travailleurs dans les mines.
Artwork theme: 

La Ville, La poésie

Dimensions:

Height: 
0.92m
Width: 
1.22m
Note(s): 

Katherine Govier’s prose, Underground, asks us to look down instead of up, to consider what is under the ground, --coal, water, tunnels, tracks. It will remind everyone, whether they are new to Canmore or have a long history here, of what has gone on before, what is under the surface, and what is invisible.

Architect(s): 
Les plaques sont fabriquées par le sculpteur Torontois William Roddy
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