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

Vertige

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image/jpeg iconSource: Josée Dubeau (2008). Vestige. (http://www.joseedubeau.com/2009/) [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Josée Dubeau (2008). Vestige. (http://www.joseedubeau.com/2009/) [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: Josée Dubeau (2008). Vestige. (http://www.joseedubeau.com/2009/) [4]
image/jpeg iconSource: Josée Dubeau (2008). Vestige. (http://www.joseedubeau.com/2009/) [5]
Location:
Bibliothèque de Chelsea, 100 chemin Old Chelsea , Chelsea, QC, J9B 1C1 , Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Dubeau, Josée
Text author(s): 
Various
Installation year: 
2006
Description: 

A single, twisted column of used books occupies the main stairwell of the Chelsea municipal library. Six meters in height, this column reaches from the ground floor to the ceiling of the second floor. The illusion of balance is achieved by threading 400 books onto a steel pipe.

Artwork theme: 
The inventive meaning of thought and the initiative role of knowledge and of learning as it is passed on from books through the power of words on the imagination. As a whole, the artwork evokes the Tower of Babel and the Tree of Knowledge.

Dimensions:

Height: 
6m
Note(s): 

The balance of the artwork is achieved by anchoring the books onto an invisible metal rod that has been fixed to the ground and the ceiling

Artist's biography: 
Josee Dubeau [6]
Architect(s): 
Fortin, Corriveau, Salvail (architecture + design SENC)
Source: 
<p> 1-51, Belleau, Gatineau (Québec)<br /> Canada J9A 1G9 </p> <p> telephone : (819) 776 2556 studio (819) 770-5445 ext. 503<br /> e-mail :<a href="mailto:josee_dubeau@hotmail.com">josee_dubeau@hotmail.com</a><br /> <br /> site :<a href="http://www.sawvideo.com/" target="_blank">www.sawvideo.com</a> </p>
Document(s): 
Intégration des arts à l'architecture et à l'environnement. Bilan 2004-2007
MCCCQ (2008).  Intégration des arts à l'architecture et à l'environnement. Bilan 2004-2007. : Gouvernement du Québec
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MCCCQ (2011).  50 ans d'intégration à l'architecture . <http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/documents/publications/Livre50ansWeb.pdf> : Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/vertige
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/1_vertige.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/4_vertige.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/2_vertige.jpg
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/6_vertige.jpg
[6] http://www.joseedubeau.com/
[7] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[8] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1581
[9] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/vertige