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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 18:40): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/untitled-11

Untitled

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Untitled [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Jenny Holzer (2009) Jenny Holzer-Toronto. (http://www.jennyholzer.com/Projections/site/Toronto2007/) [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Jenny Holzer (2009) Jenny Holzer-Toronto. (http://www.jennyholzer.com/Projections/site/Toronto2007/) [3]
Location:
Parliament Street Silos, Toronto, ON, Canada

Artwork identification

Alternate title: 
Projections
Artwork creator(s): 
Holzer, Jenny
Text author(s): 
Szymborska, Wislawa
Installation year: 
2008
Description: 

Video projections of words on a building

Text of the artwork: 

[…]I KNOW THAT I KNOW HOW TO KILL, THAT MAKES ME AN ADULT. AND MY SON PLAYS WITH A TOY GUN THAT KNOWS HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE ITS EYES AND SAY MAMA […]

Artwork theme: 

4 projections

Some people from Poems New and Collected by Wislawa Szymborska

The Joy of Writing  from View with a Gain of Sad by Wislawa Szymborska

The Joy of Writing  from View with a Gain of Sad by Wislawa Szymborska

Tortures from View with a Gain of Sad by Wislawa Szymborska

History: 
Event: Luminato Festival, Toronto (organized by Luminato and the Art Gallery of Ontario)
Event date(s): 
2008
Artist's biography: 
Jenny Holzer [4]
Author's biography: 
Wisława Szymborska [5]
Source: 
For media inquiries regarding Luminato, please contact: Laura Erika Barron Public Relations Coordinator lbarron@luminato.com (416) 368-3100 ext. 242 Bill Bobek Director, Communication & Media Relations wbobek@luminato.com (416) 368-3100 ext. 246
Document(s): 
Jenny Holzer
Demkiw, Janis (2008).  Jenny Holzer. C : International Contemporary Art. vol. 97, no. 1, p. 47
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Projections
Holzer, Jenny (2008).  Projections. <http://www.jennyholzer.com/list.php> : Jenny Holzer webpage
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/untitled-11
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/01-large_0.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Jenny Holzer_Projection_0.jpg
[4] http://www.jennyholzer.com
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wis%C5%82awa_Szymborska
[6] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[7] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1274
[8] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/sans-titre-12