Œuvre d'art public
Underground
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.
Artist's biography:
Katherine Govier
Author's biography:
Katherine Govier
Architect(s):
Les plaques sont fabriquées par le sculpteur Torontois William Roddy Document(s):
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