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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 16:47): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/m-moire-ardente

Mémoire ardente

Mémoire ardente [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Debat, Michelle (2005). Gilbert Boyer The Language of Art: For a Language in Migration. Parachute, no 120 ( nov-dec) [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Boyer, Gilbert (1998). Un monument errant, banni de son foyer (sur un air connu). ETC, no.42, p. 38-39 [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: Boyer Gilbert (2012). Mémoire ardente. (http://gilbertboyer.com/2012/presentation-2012/) [4]
image/jpeg iconSource: Boyer Gilbert (2012). Mémoire ardente. (http://gilbertboyer.com/2012/presentation-2012/) [5]
Location:
Pedestrian walk, 353 de la Commune Street East, Montréal, QC, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Boyer, Gilbert
Text author(s): 
Boyer, Gilbert
Installation year: 
1994
Description: 

A granite cube dotted with holes. When viewers approach and look inside the holes, they can read names and sentences. The artwork was developed around the idea of opposites: visibility/invisibility, indoor/outdoor, public/intimate. A small stainless steel column stands next to the cube. It is a testimony to "what has happened" and features a commemorative text and a list of sponsors.

Text of the artwork: 

Incomplete

ils étaient recueillis nous avons joué ils se sont aimés vous avez chanté il a applaudi tu t’es amusé tu regardais you were visiting ils ont rêvé

Text theme: 
The text evokes the city's history, its topography and celebrations
Artwork theme: 
Tribute to the 350th anniversary of the City of Montreal.
History: 
  • The artwork was produced as part of a public art competition on the theme of "invitation", during the celebrations of the 350th anniversary of Montreal.
  • The work was removed in 1997

Dimensions:

Height: 
1.73m
Width: 
1.98m
Depth: 
1.98 m
Artist's biography: 
Gilbert Boyer [6]
Owner(s): 
City of Montreal; Corporation des célébrations du 350e anniversaire de la fondation de Montréal
Document(s): 
Mémoire ardente by Gilbert Boyer, or When Politics Penetrates Contemporary Art
Rodriguez, Véronique (2009).  Mémoire ardente by Gilbert Boyer, or When Politics Penetrates Contemporary Art. Public Art In Canada: critical perspectives. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, p. 125-144
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Quelques éléments sur l'insituabilité de Mémoire ardente à la place Jacques-Cartier
Rodriguez, Véronique (1998).  Quelques éléments sur l'insituabilité de Mémoire ardente à la place Jacques-Cartier. Etc.. no. 42 (Juillet - Août) , p. 36-37
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La sculpture en quête d’un public
Grande, John K. (1994).  La sculpture en quête d’un public. Espace. no. 29 (Automne-Fall) , p. 6-11
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La sculpture publique en l'air
Lamarche, Bernard (1998).  La sculpture publique en l'air. ETC. no. 42 (Juillet - Août) , p. 35
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Gilbert Boyer
Hixson, Kathryn (1991).  Gilbert Boyer. Arts Magazine. vol. 66, no. 3, p. 87
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Mise en valeur de Mémoire ardente à la Promenade piétonne du Marché Bonsecours
Ville, Montréal (2012).  Mise en valeur de Mémoire ardente à la Promenade piétonne du Marché Bonsecours. <http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=678,76529615&amp;_dad=portal&amp;_schema=PORTAL&amp;id=3989&amp;ret=/pls/portal/url/page/art_public_fr/rep_actualites_dyn/coll_actualites> (17 mai)
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/m-moire-ardente
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Gilbert Boyer_Mémoire ardente.JPG
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Gilbert Boyer_0.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/16_ima2721_0.jpg
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/16_ma2805_0.jpg
[6] http://gilbertboyer.com/
[7] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[8] http://plepuc.org/en/print/249
[9] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/m-moire-ardente