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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 16:41): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/green-words-growing-the-language

Green Words, growing the language

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Green Words, growing the language [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Collection: Eco-Art: Organic Installations. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Collection: Eco-Art: Organic Installations. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Collection: Eco-Art: Organic Installations. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [4]
image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Collection: Eco-Art: Organic Installations. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [5]
image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Collection: Eco-Art: Organic Installations. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [6]
image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Collection: Eco-Art: Organic Installations. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [7]
Location:
VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak Street (37th & Oak St.), Vancouver, BC, V6M 4H1, Canada

Artwork identification

Alternate title: 
Green Words Project; Green Words
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Text author(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2008
Remarks on location: 

Several installations throughout the garden

Text of the artwork: 

CULTURE

POEM

PAS DE ROSES SANS ÉPINES

TRUTHS AND ROSES HAVE THORNS ABOUT THEM

SOURCE

JARDIN

Text theme: 
Culture, nature
Artwork theme: 

Duality of culture/nature; the garden as symbol of high culture; domination of culture over nature

History: 

This project includes many works produced as part of an artist residency in the summer of 2008.
Event: Green Words: Growing the Language, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver.
Date: July 1-September 15, 2008

Artist's biography: 
Nicole Dextras [8]
Document(s): 
Eco-artist creates installations from nature
Whysall, Steve (2008).  Eco-artist creates installations from nature. <http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=609af208-4464-4513-88a8-800f276ca218>The Vancouver Sun. (August 20) : Vancouver Sun
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/green-words-growing-the-language
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/green words.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/green words2.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/green words3_0.jpg
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/green words4.jpg
[6] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/green words6.jpg
[7] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/green words5.jpg
[8] http://www.nicoledextras.com/about/index.html
[9] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[10] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1682
[11] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/green-words-growing-the-language