Œuvre d'art public

Duet

Eva Brandl, Duet, 1987
Eva Brandl, Duet, 1987
Eva Brandl, Duet, 1987
Location:
10 East Street, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 3C3, Canada
Alternate title: 
duet choosing the water’s edge
Artwork creator(s): 
Brandl, Eva
Text author(s): 
Brandl, Eva
Installation year: 
1987
Description: 

The billboard is set against the Art Gallery of Algoma façade and faces the meadow where 16 panels are installed by St. Mary River.

Text of the artwork: 

Element II: 10/16 inscriptions on banners displayed in a field beside St. Mary River:

eaux fugitives
nocturnal waters
ophélia
eaux dormantes
eaux de sang
eaux mortes
eaux d'artifice
silent waters
eaux mouvantes

fire of illumination
fire of fate
fire of exaltation
fire of eternity

[Element III: Poem. Available only in the catalog]

The work begins with the choice of a place…

 

     a wild growing meadow

                                               the water’s edge

 

off shore

up river

Lake freighter passage

daily

down river

The Middletown

The Burns Harbour                                                        with empty holds

 

The Belle River                                                  with full holds

 

The Falkön                                                                                           carrying                                                 grain

      fuel

      coal

                   and various ores

…as to the destination of the cargo

 

coastal towns and other ports of entry

 

Is there anything that is not about moving

      Something from one place to another?

 

water’s uninterrupted flow

fire’s endless consumption

   during night

 

   overture on our own endless changes

    or day

to the west

six oil reservoirs painted stark white covered by the shade of trees at 7 pm

 

in between

sixteen markers painted while speaking of water and related tales

 

to the east

a night picture speaking of fire and its guardians

 

Text theme: 
The elements (water and fire); industry, nature threatened, fuel, marine transport, cargo and consumption of natural resources
Artwork theme: 

The elements (water and fire); industry, nature threatened, fuel, marine transport, cargo and consumption of natural resources

History: 

Exhibition: Sans Démarcation, a cultural exchange project between Ontario and Quebec.

Event date(s): 
1987
Note(s): 

Elementa Naturae, MACM, 1987 - Installations/Fictions, 1986 - Water’s Stones, 1986


Dark rooms, artists space, New York, 1985 ; text by Valerie Smith et John G Hanharat


Shore, Off Shore, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, 1985 - Montréal, Alberta College Of Art Gallery, texte by Diana Nemiroff - 20 x 20 Italia-Canada, text by Diana Nemiroff and Renée Van Halm

Document(s): 

Reactions to Artwork Range Wide

Kulig, Paula (1987).  Reactions to Artwork Range Wide. The Sault Star .

Outdoor artworks displayed

Bentley Mays, John (1987).  Outdoor artworks displayed. The Globe & Mail . (August 15), p. C11

Art in the Soo: Sans Demarcation

McGrath, Jerry (1988).  Art in the Soo: Sans Demarcation. Vanguard. vol. 17, no. 1, p. 10-13

Outdoor artworks displayed

Bentley Mays, John (1987).  Outdoor artworks displayed. The Globe & Mail . (August 15), p. C11