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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 16:16): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/la-chute-de-mots

La Chute de mots

La Chute de mots [1]

image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin [2]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin [3]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin [4]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marie-Claude Langevin [5]
Location:
Groupe CMI inc, 305 rue Victor-Revillon, Québec, QC, G1K 3M8, Canada

Artwork identification

Alternate title: 
La Chute des mots
Artwork creator(s): 
Cousineau, Florent
Text author(s): 
Nadeau, Lisanne
Installation year: 
2001
Remarks on location: 

On the façade of the old Le Soleil newspaper building.

Description: 

Aluminum strips featuring words.

Text of the artwork: 

Un jour

Une rumeur

Au large   Les embruns

Le silence  Vaste

Là    Oui, le vent

Hier  Le croire

Penser  Un passage   Aussi

Le temps  Dérive

Créer  Du désir

Désordre

Au-delà   De nos gestes

Un torrent    Déferle

Fluide

Chemin  Épars

La Nuit

Rêver

La ville

Text theme: 
The text talks of the urban landscape, the river and a city to dream up.
Artwork theme: 

Tribute to the great Quebec City daily newspaper Le Soleil, which has owned its offices and printing presses for nearly three quarters of a century.

Dimensions:

Height: 
21.34m
Note(s): 

The poem is signed Lisanne Nadeau, art historian.

Artist's biography: 
Florent Cousineau [6]
Owner(s): 
Groupe CMI inc.
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/la-chute-de-mots
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Florent Cousineau_La chute des mots5.JPG
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Florent Cousineau_La chute des mots4.JPG
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Florent Cousineau_La chute des mots1_0.JPG
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Florent Cousineau_La chute des mots.JPG
[6] http://www.florentcousineau.com/iiix/content/?id=cv
[7] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[8] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1978
[9] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/la-chute-de-mots