Artwork identification
The work is located in the schoolyard
Six sculptures sit atop long stems. The sculptures represent a canoe, a horse, an armchair, a leaf, a house and a plane. Fragments from Gaston Miron's L’Homme rapaillé are engraved in stone at the foot of each stem. A word excerpt from a poem is written on each bench.
At the foot of the house:
Les maisons voyagent chacune pour soi
At the foot of the canoe:
Je sais, c’est la Nord de mon enfance
At the foot of the horse:
J’avance en poésie comme un cheval de trait
At the foot of the plane:
Il s’avance en moi avec le goût du fils et des outils
At the foot of the leaf:
Au cœur des feuilles l’idée de l’arbre
At the foot of the chair:
Je commence à ressembler aux meubles