Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Multimédia, film et vidéo

Berlin Project

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:58:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Knowles, Rachelle Viader

Artwork creator(s):

Knowles, Rachelle Viader

Text author(s):

Knowles, Rachelle Viader

Text author(s):

Knowles, Rachelle Viader

Collaborator(s):

•Kitchener, ON, Canada : Andrew Wright, Ian Newton, Mary Catherine Newcomb • Berlin, Germany : Laura Bruce, Irma-Kinga Stelmach, Lena Zeise • Produced with the assistance of: Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener, ON, Canada; Ed Video, Guelph, ON,Canada; Nathan Saliwonchyk (editor), Kathrin Becker, Vanessa Ohlraun (Cultural Officer, Canadian Embassy in Berlin).

Installation year:

2001

Remarks on location:

Une vidéo pour la salle du conseil, simultanément projetée sur un grand écran et trente moniteurs intégrés dans l'architecture de l'espace.

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Rachelle Viader-Knowles

Description:

Le projet fait la médiation du dialogue entre trois artistes de Kitchener en Ontario et trois artistes de Berlin, en Allemagne. Avant 1916, la Ville de Kitchener portait l'appellation de Berlin. Dans les deux villes, les artistes agissent comme des « guides », ils choisissent un site d'une importance particulière pour eux raconter une histoire dans leur langue maternelle. Les artistes ont aussi agir comme des « interprètes » en répondant à des vidéos dans leur langue.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Image 1 : détail. Texte en allemand. Image 2 : détail. Texte en anglais. Image 3 : vue d’installation.

Artwork theme:

Ce projet vise a positionner les relations entre les gens et les lieux, comme un fluide en cours de traduction, d'interprétation et de médiation.

History

History:

Événement : Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area, Kitchener, ON.

Date : 15 - 23 Sept. 2001

Event date(s):

2001

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Knowles, Rachelle Viader

Source:

Rachelle Viader Knowles Home (306) 522-4749 Work (306) 585-5554 Fax (306) 585-5526 Cell: (306) 501 8040 Email: rachelle.viader.knowles@uregina.ca Web: http://uregina.ca/rvk Department of Visual Arts,University of Regina 3737 Wascana Parkway Regina, SK S2S 0A2 Tel: 306 585 5554 Fax: 306 585 5526

Myodesopsies

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:34:08 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Myodesopsies 04 (Probable Song)

Artwork creator(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Artwork creator(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Text author(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Text author(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Collaborator(s):

Commande de la part de Niel Minuk, commisaire d’Architecture II gallery.

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

Autour de la cour de l’édifice Russell; le texte est situé dans la fenêtre supérieure

Artwork description

Source: Edith Dekyndt (2008). Selected Works. Myodesopsies. (http://www.edithdekyndt.be/)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

IT IS THERE - IT IS NOWHERE - YOU SEE IT - OFTEN - ALMOST - EVERYTIME - IN FRONT OF YOU - BUT YOU ARE - ALONE - WITH THAT VISION - THERE IS SOMETHING - THERE IS NOTHING - IT COMES FROM - YOUR MOST - PROFOUND PAST - IT REMAINS - IN YOUR EYES - FROM - THE LIQUID STATE - OF YOUR - EMBRYONIC - EVOLUTION - WHEN YOUR BODY - WAS - 100% LIQUID - SOME CALL IT - MYODESOPSIES' - BUT THERE ARE - OTHER WORDS - OTHER EXPRESSIONS - LIKE - FLYING DUST' - IF YOU TRY - TO FIX IT - IT DISAPPEARS - YOU LOSE IT - INSIDE YOU - IT IS YOUR HISTORY - IT IS - THE ULTIMATE - THING - IN THE FIRST PLACE - OF ANYTHING - AROUND YOU

Artwork theme:

Myodesopsies

History

History:

L’œuvre est en cours depuis 2001 (expositions variées). A l’origine, l’installation prenait la forme d’une projection de blanc sur blanc dans laquelle le texte émergeait graduellement
Date: 2001

Événement : Chapelle de Boondael, Elsene, Belgique. Commissaire : Philippe Perraux.
Date: 2003

Événement : Exposition «Any Ressemblance», BPS 22 Center for Contemporary Creation, Charleroi, Belgique. Commissaire : Pierre-Olivier Rollin.
Date: 2004

L’œuvre prend une nouvelle forme en 2005; une installation sonore.
Événement : Hospice d’Havré, Maison-folie de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France. Commissaire : Véronique Barbezat.
Date : 2005

L’œuvre prend une nouvelle forme en 2005; une installation sonore.
Événement : Tour et Taxis, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Date : 2005

L’œuvre prend toujours la forme d’une installation sonore (créée en 2005).
Événement : Exposition «Two White Pieces», Arch 2 Gallery,University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Commissaire : Richard Perron & Neil Minuk.
Date : 12 sep 2006-14 fév 2007

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Edith Dekyndt

Document(s):

Edith Dekyndt

ReCALL

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:56:29 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Artwork creator(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Text author(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Text author(s):

Moffat, Ellen

Installation year:

2005

Remarks on location:

Dans la vitrine

Artwork description

Source: Moffat, Ellen (2005). ReCALL. (http://www.ellenmoffat.ca/?p=327)

Description:

ReCALL est une projection vidéo d'image et de texte dans une vitrine. On peut entendre des bruits ambiants de la rue comme trame sonore.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Les textes parlent d'odeurs, de rythmes, de folklore

Text theme:

"invisible résidus" du lieu

Artwork theme:

Reflète les traditions locales, des savoirs collectifs et des souvenirs personnels

History

History:

Œuvre créée dans le cadre d'une résidence de l'artiste au Centre des arts de la Confédération.

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Ellen Moffat

Document(s):

ReCALL

Surfacing

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:53:29 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Chang, Ana; Tsang, Henry; Bontogon, Eric

Artwork creator(s):

Chang, Ana

Tsang, Henry

Bontogon, Eric

Text author(s):

Chang, Ana; Tsang, Henry; Bontogon, Eric

Text author(s):

Chang, Ana

Tsang, Henry

Bontogon, Eric

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Écrans LED situés aux endroits suivants :

•   The Flying Wedge Pizza Co. (à l’extérieur des lieux), 1175, Robson Street
•   Emily Carr College of Art and Design (réception), 1399 Johneston, Granville Island
•   Espressohead Cafe (à l’intérieur des lieux), 1945 Cornwall Street
•   Proprioception Books (à l’intérieur des lieux), 432 Homer Street
•   The Block Boutique (à l’intérieur des lieux), 350, West Cordova Street
•   Bulldog Café (à l’intérieur des lieux), 510, Nelson Street

Artwork description

Source: VANCOUVER ASSOCIATION FOR NONCOMMERCIAL CULTURE, THE VANCOUVER, BC [dossier]. Montréal: Centre de documentation Artexte

Description:

Une série de textes présentée sur des écrans de messageries électroniques LED, des diaporamas, la télévision communautaire locale et les impressions médiatiques locales.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Image 1 : détail. Intérieur du dépliant. Image 2 : détail. Extérieur du dépliant.

Text of the artwork:

She said, she called me Lily, again. And he
insisted that I’m precious Jade. I told them
they can call me Lily, Jade, China, what-
ever; makes no difference. They’re all the
same thing. They tell me I am so beautiful
and special, that I should feel proud to be
different. Am I supposed to be flattered? As
if he’s some kind of expert and she’s my
sister. Why do they believe that they know
me better than I know myself? What do
they want from me? My love? My loyalty?
My forgiveness?

She said, I began to say no, you have
mistaken, I am not your Asia. It’s not like
you, I’m told. When I assert myself, my
thoughts, my feelings, my story, am I
behaving unnaturally?No, I must insist
that you listen: I refuse the labels, the
masks, I refuse to identify with you image
of me. Why should your dream live on at
the expense of my self, my life? Give it up.
I will not give in. Because when I begin to
Forget who I am, where I’m from, I will also
Begin to forget that I have begun to forget.
As if change* does not occur. As if I am as I
have always been, unchanging.

West Side Story

Brand new house with large lot, facing
exclusive gold course/country club. Very
quiet, close to the river.
I was nine, in a new school in a new neigh-
borhood. We had made it, we had moved
to the West side. Here, we are poised on
the edge of the university lands, destined
to study in higher places.

Wall-to-wall carpeting, three bathroom, a
rec room, my own bed room. And a large
back yard with a fish pond my father built
in the far corner, so far away that I could
hardly see it from the house.

I didn’t know why I was called that. I didn’t
know what it meant. All I knew was that it
hurt to hear it, made ma draw back, it
made me turn inward and become silent. I
suppose it was the way it was said.

The pond was stocked with gold fish, and
one summer a frog came to live there. It
was large and dark green and very loud. I
didn’t know how it got there, since our
yard was surrounded by a tall wooden
fence, but there it was. Then one day, it
was gone.

I became quiet and withdrawn. My world
shrank backwards and inside out. I felt
powerless and constantly under scrutiny.
I was vulnerable and did not know yet how to
fight back. Each day I feared being singled
out, to be made fun of, to be taunted, to
have my Chineseness become the object
of derision, for me to experience deep,
deep shame for being so special, so differ-
ent.

Black Night

Black night. A wavering sea of red and blue
light coloured my skin.

Surrounded. To serve and protect. I guess
they were just doing their job.

Bad Boys, Bad Boys, watcha gonna do?
I didn’t do anything wrong, really.

My warm flesh pressed against cold metal.
Do you have a record? No, officer, I only
have CD’s.

If Refugee, press 1, Landed Immigrant,
press 2, Asian Gang Member, press 3. You
speak English? My whole life flashed.

Want to see my records? Do I look like the
criminal type? Going to measure the size
of my skull? Stained. Weeks to get the ink
off your fingers, they say. I pay my taxes.

THE UNITED COLORS OF… what? It is my
brown skin, black hair, almond-shaped
eyes? You just happened to be at the
wrong place at the wrong time.

Text theme:

Racisme, vécu au quotidien

Artwork theme:

Racisme

History

History:

Trois textes ont été présentés sur des écrans de messageries électroniques LED et installés dans des diaporamas à huit endroits dans la Ville de Vancouver, en version vidéo sur le cable Roger’s (cable 4, Chinatown Today en septembre et octobre 1992) et en version papier sur une double-page centrale du magazine Front (numéro de novembre-décembre 1992).

Événement : Exposition «Out of Place», organisée par l’Association for Noncommercial Culture
Été 1992 (projections sur des écrans de messageries électroniques LED et diaporamas) sept-oct 1992 (version vidéo); nov-déc 1992 (parution dans le périodique Front)

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Document(s):

Out of Place

Save Me

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:59:30 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Wonnacott, Justin

Artwork creator(s):

Wonnacott, Justin

Text author(s):

Wonnacott, Justin

Text author(s):

Wonnacott, Justin

Installation year:

1993

Remarks on location:

Ciné-terrasse (l'écran de cinéma monté à même le mur adjacent à la terrasse, projections à tous les étés, dès juin.)

Artwork description

Source: Justin Wonnacott (2008). Justin Wonnacott posts (http://www.aregeebee.net/pages/justinp.html)

Description:

Projection d'images à l'extérieur

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Save me

Text theme:

Appel à l’aide

Artwork theme:

Interprétations d’images animées (exploration de)

History

History:

Exposition «Ex site, Axe Néo-7=Outside Gallery 101», Ottawa, ON-Hull, QC, du 9 juillet au 31 août 1993. (Artistes : Pierre Dalpé, Diane Génier, André Martin, Richard Nigro, Michael Robinson, Justin Wonnacott, Anne-Marie Zeppetelli.) Commissaire: Richard Gagnier. Commissaire: Cindy Deachman. Onze artistes ont été invités à investir 6 sites urbains pour créer des œuvres in situ. Les projections avaient lieu à l’entracte, une fois par semaine, au cours de l’été.

Event date(s):

1993

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

«The viewer could take it or leave it. The static nature of the image allowed people to study the image and assign meaning to it in ways that are different from how they would approach the moving images they usually saw presented there. The picture suggests that some action is desired of the reader ie: save me but the "product" is ambiguous and open to many interpretations. The photographs are nineteenth century cartes de visite. The image held in the woman's hand shows a long dead quadriplegic civil war veteran in a studio. The man's hand holds a picture of a black man with what appears to be sugar cane on his shoulder. The red stripes are positioned as if they were a "comp" that would later be the place where the explanatory text would be placed. The image is an extended set of puns intended to connote diverse readings. The overall shape is like a flag, the predominant colours are red and black, the womans hand is the "distaff" side, the action is in the present but the images proferred refer to memory and the past but their meaning is determined by the present use of them as historical documents. This was the first digital work I produced for exhibition.»

Justin Wonnacott (2008). Justin Wonnacott posts
<http://www.aregeebee.net/pages/justinp.html>

Artist's biography:

Justin Wonnacott

Source:

Justin Wonnacott, artiste justinwo@ca.inter.net, justinwo@rogers.com portable : 613 798 3858 domicile : 613 725 2680

Document(s):

Archives. Artistes / Expositions, 1983-1999. Ex-site

More Public Art. Public Art Commissions. Save Me

Bystander

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:39:13 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Peacock, Jan

Artwork creator(s):

Peacock, Jan

Text author(s):

Peacock, Jan

Text author(s):

Peacock, Jan

Installation year:

2009

Artwork description

Source: The Prairie Art Gallery (2009). Here Now or Nowhere - Exhibition. (http://www.herenowornowhere.com/exhibition.html)

Description:

Un poème d'amour est éparpillée à travers des coupures de papier. Bystander implique une «performance pour scanner», présentée en trois chapitres sur des écrans vidéo.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

We Glimpse Your Perfect Words

Text theme:

Poème d’amour

Artwork theme:

Un poème sur papier est froissé et après l’artiste en fait un cadeau

History

History:

Here Now or Nowhere est une exposition d'oeuvres d'art temporaires présentées durant le mois de Janvier 2009.

Event date(s):

2009

Dimensions

Other information

Source:

The Prairie Art Gallery (780) 532-8111 www.prairiegallery.com Robert Steven, Executive Director/Curator rsteven@prairiegallery.com

Document(s):

Here Now or Nowhere: Northern Lights

Here Now or Nowhere

Here Now or Nowhere - Exhibition

Prairie Artsters: Where’s the Here?

…8,9…

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:21 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Chen, Millie; Quigley, Warren

Artwork creator(s):

Chen, Millie

Quigley, Warren

Text author(s):

Chen, Millie; Quigley, Warren

Text author(s):

Chen, Millie

Quigley, Warren

Collaborator(s):

Écoliers

Installation year:

2005

Artwork description

Source: Warren Quigley (2009). Warren Quigley. (http://www.warrenquigley.com/projects.html)

Description:

Panneaux signalétiques routiers diffusants du texte.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

J'ai peur
des fantômes

And be
there when
I want

The person
in front of
new house

Mangera
la terre
entière!

I fear
that the

J'ai peur
de l'obscurité

Je veux
beaucoup d'amoureux

Je souhaite que mes parents
reviennent ensemble

J'ai peur que les personnes sans abri
restent sans abri pour toujours

J'espère avoir
un chien

Je veux que les filles et les garçons
soient égaux

Text theme:

Que nous réserve l’avenir?

Artwork theme:

L’avenir

History

History:

Les artistes ont demandé à des écoliers de 3^e année la question : Que nous réserve l’avenir? Le duo a conçu …8,9… un projet faisant appel à la participation d’écoliers de Granby et de Waterloo, en les impliquant directement dans un processus de création et d’échange autour de la réalisation d’images symboliques et de la formation de brefs énoncés sur leur perception de l’avenir.

Event date(s):

2005

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Warren Quigley

Author's biography:

Millie Chen

Document(s):

Terrains d'entente, 2004-2005

Millie Chen & Warren Quigley

Le débarquement de Noé

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:25:55 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Vigneau, Jean-Yves

Artwork creator(s):

Vigneau, Jean-Yves

Text author(s):

Vigneau, Jean-Yves

Text author(s):

Vigneau, Jean-Yves

Installation year:

2007

Artwork description

Vigneau, Jean-Yves (2007). LE DÉBARQUEMENT DE NOÉ. <http://www.vigjy.net/artiste/noe.html)

Description:

L'oeuvre est en deux parties:

Cette fable poétique inspirée d’un des grands mythes de l’histoire du monde a pris place sur un petit îlot de verdure situé au centre-ville de Granby et au centre duquel se trouve un grand arbre.

Dans les vitrines des commerces qui font face à l'îlot, on présente de petites vidéos d’animaux du zoo dans leur routine quotidienne.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS UN ARBRE

Text theme:

Écrit sur le trottoir attire le regard sur le grand arbre appelé à disparaître pour faire place à un immeuble commercial au grand désespoir des habitants du quartier qui sont attachés à « leur » arbre.

History

History:

Le débarquement de Noé a été réalisé dans le cadre d’une résidence au 3e impérial, centre d’essai en art actuel, avec des visites quotidiennes au zoo de Granby.

Dimensions

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Note(s):

Le motif de la cage est un prétexte pour susciter une réflexion sur les états de captivité que peut ressentir l'individu, sur les limites du regard sur le monde et sur la façon d'appréhender le réel.

Artist's biography:

Jean-Yves Vigneau

Document(s):

Le débarquement de Noé

The Raven

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:33:15 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Koh, Germaine

Artwork creator(s):

Koh, Germaine

Text author(s):

Poe, Edgar Allan

Text author(s):

Poe, Edgar Allan

Installation year:

2003

Artwork description

Source: Germaine Koh (2009). GERMAINE KOH. (http://www.germainekoh.com/ma/projects_mainpage.cfm?pg=projects)

Description:

Poème inscrit sur un panneau qui tourne continuellement.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

NEVER MORE

Text theme:

The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe

Artwork theme:

La perte perpétuelle

History

History:

1. Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto, 2005
2. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV), Victoria, Colombie-Britannique, 2005
3. Yukon Art Centre, Whitehorse, 2005
4. Art Forum, Berlin 2003
5. Toronto International Art Fait (TIAF), Toronto, Ontario 2003

Dimensions

Height:

0.89m

Width:

0.46m

Other information

Note(s):

•Cette œuvre existe en édition de trois.

Artist's biography:

Germaine Koh

Author's biography:

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Source:

1. Germaine Koh, artiste101 Niagara Street, Box 28, Toronto, M5V 1C3416-365-7056 website@germainekoh.commail@germainekoh.commobile +1(778)3179745Germaine Koh peut être jointe en communiquant avec la galerie qui la représente - Catriona Jeffries Gallery2. Charo NevilleAssociate CuratorCatriona Jeffries Gallery274 East 1st Ave., Vancouver V5T1A6 CanadaTél : 604-736-1554cat_jeffries_gallery@telus.net

Document(s):

Germaine Koh : works

Koh signage works

What Will You Do?

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:57:55 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Czegledy, Nina; Judelman, Greg; Hession, Deborah; Barber, Daniel

Artwork creator(s):

Czegledy, Nina

Judelman, Greg

Hession, Deborah

Barber, Daniel

Text author(s):

Public

Text author(s):

Public

Collaborator(s):

Hession, Deb

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Site B10 sur la carte de l’événement

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2007). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2007/artists/b10.html)

Description:

Une installation interactive projette sur une affiche la question, Que ferez-vous (pour arrêter les changements climatiques)? Les artistes invitent le public à répondre avec un message SMS. Les réponses s'affichent en quelques secondes dans le cadre d'une visualisation projetée en temps réel.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[Texte en surface]

WHAT WILL YOU DO? TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE Finish The Sentence With A Text Message To 416-555-1234 [Texte de fond (liste partielle?)] Eat less meat Read books about it Use the compost Turn the lights off Educate my kids Take the bus Fly less Buy organic food Lose mu air conditioner Get a smaller car Change my job Start a sustainable business Heat my home less in winter Use less water

[Texte sur l’écran à Simcoe et Queen (liste partielle)]

WHAT WILL YOU DO? TO COOL OUR EARTH? RESPOND NOW BY TEXT MESSAGE TO 647-449-9932 --- I will Reduce, Re-use and Recycle. I will dominate the arctic oil fields I will get a household energy audit. I will try to wash my dishes by hand. I will buy a really expensive hybrid car. I will consume less. I will water my lawn less frequently. I will give used clothes to charity instead of throwing them out. I will make sweet love in the environmental faculty. I will make love to mother earth and make new baby ones I will learn to spell properly to that people will respect my environmental ideas. I will not use condoms for they pollute the planet. I will tell omar to turn out his lights. I will use both sides of my toilet paper! I will car pool to work. I will only shower once per week. I will not buy disposable plates and utensils. I will pick up one extra piece of litter a day. I will not move to the suburbs like my stupid friends. I will paint myself green and run naked in the streets. I will replace my old refrigerator. I will eat tofu instead of burgers. I will reuse my plastic fork until I forcibly break it on a steak. I will keep my car tuned up. I will check my car tire pressure regularly. I will bathe every 2 days! I will buy recycled paper products. I will shower in cold water despite shrinkage. I will not eat at hot dog vendors who use styrofoam. I won’t use toilet paper when I go for number 2. I will live like a caveman. I will try to reduce my electricity use. I will plant my own vegetable garden. I will move in with Al Gore. I will eat less cats. I will volunteer to green NGO’s. I will make sure I will turn off my lights when I am not home. I will try to print less at work. I will turn off my lights when I am not using them. I will hug the person next to me when I see this message. I Won’t Drive A Car. Ever. I will overthrow capitalism. I will shut this screen down to save energy. I will buy fresh instead of frozen foods. I will mostly all-natural, biodegradable cleaning products. I will never wash again… I will not over-dry clothes. I will ride my bike more. I will exhale less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. I will show the same respect to the world it has shown me. I will demand to know what’s in my food and where it comes from. I will not participate in balloon abundant activities. I will practice dimming lights in my home. I will buy products with less packaging. We will eat vegetarian. I will take a shower once a month.

Text theme:

Adoption d’un mode de vie (plus) écologique

Artwork theme:

Le climat

History

History:

Du coucher du soleil à 7:03 pm le samedi, 29 septembre, au lever du soleil à 7:14 h le dimanche, le 30 septembre 2007, Toronto a été très animée avec des performances et des installations d'art contemporain ans trois zones à travers la ville .

Événement: Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Nina Czegledy. Bio

Author's biography:

Greg Judelman. Bio

Source:

1. Nina Czegledy czegledy@interlog.com 2. Greg Judelman judelman@gmail.com 3. Deborah Hession Deborah@actionpactdesigns.com 4. Daniel Barber dabarber@uga.edu

Document(s):

Green Art

Exhibition: WHAT WILL YOU DO?, 2007

Sans titre

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:13:28 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Projections

Artwork creator(s):

Holzer, Jenny

Artwork creator(s):

Holzer, Jenny

Text author(s):

Szymborska, Wislawa

Text author(s):

Szymborska, Wislawa

Installation year:

2008

Artwork description

Source: Jenny Holzer (2009) Jenny Holzer-Toronto. (http://www.jennyholzer.com/Projections/site/Toronto2007/)

Description:

Projections videos de phrases sur un édifice

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

[…]I KNOW THAT I KNOW HOW TO KILL, THAT MAKES ME AN ADULT. AND MY SON PLAYS WITH A TOY GUN THAT KNOWS HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE ITS EYES AND SAY MAMA […]

Artwork theme:

4 projections:

Some people du Poems New and Collected de Wislawa Szymborska

The Joy of Writing de View with a Gain of Sad de Wislawa Szymborska

Tortures de View with a Gain of Sad de Wislawa Szymborska

History

History:

Événement : Festival Luminato, Toronto (organisé par Luminato et l’Art Gallery of Ontario)

Event date(s):

2008

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Jenny Holzer

Author's biography:

Wisława Szymborska

Source:

For media inquiries regarding Luminato, please contact:Laura Erika BarronPublic Relations Coordinatorlbarron@luminato.com (416) 368-3100 ext. 242Bill BobekDirector, Communication & Media Relationswbobek@luminato.com (416) 368-3100 ext. 246

Document(s):

Jenny Holzer

Projections

ICONOCLASH : NIGHT OF AWE DANCE PARTY

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:45:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Artwork creator(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Text author(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Text author(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

B7 sur la carte de visite de l’événement (zone B, exposition numéro 7). Niveau Grange Road. Située à l’extrémité nord du parc.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2007) Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007. ( http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2007/artists/b7.html)

Description:

Projection multimédia d'image, de musique. Les gens sont projetés sur l'écran avec des animations.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

The monotheistic god of the second commandment plumps for abstraction so that He can demand a new discipline to be enforced on His subjects alone- The paradoxical result Is not NO image It is instead the image of abstraction that is to be produced. Caroline Jones Making Abs […] -- MY CULTURE IS YOUR FETIS[H] -- […] residing […] of a cow […] -- «come worship ye the Golden god of pleasure! [for he is] of Israel -- The term "idol" in the western context has always been used to refer to deities in pagan religions. In "idolatry" the agency of the person is thought to be displaced, irrationally, into the agency of the thing. But in polytheistic traditions, the deity is not a thing : the image, icon, or representation Is animated by the […] -- For Judaism, The desire to index Divinity With the Golden Calf Can be viewed as an ethical […]

Text theme:

Judaïsme, tensions religieuses, idolâtrie

Artwork theme:

Judaïsme, tensions religieuses, idolâtrie

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Shiff, Melissa

Source:

1. Melissa Shiff, artiste 72 Major Street Toronto (Ontario) M5S 2L1 Tél : 647-273-6140 Courriel : melissa@melissashiff.com 2. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Giannina Warren Media relations 416-395-7318 gwarren@toronto.ca informations générales : scotiabanknuitblanche@toronto.ca

Document(s):

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007 Zone B. Curated Exhibition. ICONOCLASH: NIGHT of AWE DANCE PARTY, 2007

Four Sisters

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:21:02 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Armstrong, John; Collins, Paul

Artwork creator(s):

Armstrong, John

Collins, Paul

Text author(s):

Armstrong, John; Collins, Paul

Text author(s):

Armstrong, John

Collins, Paul

Installation year:

2008

Remarks on location:

Terrain de stationnement à l’intersection des rues Bay et Elm. Site A5 sur la carte de l’événement.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2008/artists/a5.html)

Description:

L'oeuvre est un film de trente minutes montrant un trajet de voiture sur l'autoroute Gardiner Expressway. Sous les images, une bande de texte défile, relatant 11 courts récits anecdotiques, soit en anglais soit en français.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Image 1 : détail; still. Texte en français. Image 2 : détail; still. Texte en anglais. Image 3 : vue de l’installation. Projection en cours. Image 4 : vue de l’installation. Projection en cours.

Text of the artwork:

[Narration 1/11] —

John, who has a penchant for institutional, self-service food, was excited about trying out the new cafeteria at Ikea. We were driving west along the Gardiner Expressway, the lake was on our left, occasionally visible between the Victorian fairground pavilions. Further along, on the right, we passed a series of topiary gardens where the shrubbery depicts various corporate logos and brand names: HP, Westinghouse, Sears, Deloitte & Touche, FedEx, Manulife Financial, Parmalat, Rogers, CGI, Weber, Waterhouse, CN, United Way, Ford, and the City of Toronto. As we drew parallel to the four towering chimneys of the Lakeview Generating Station, John suggested that we should call our new collaborative project “Lakeshore.” I readily agreed, but had great difficulty believing that we were actually going to Ikea to eat.

[une de onze narrations] —

There was a time when a person could make a respectable living by creating handlettered signage with nothing more sophisticated than a decent lettering brush and a pot of paint. A good signpainter was trained in proportion, scale and detail, understood the origins of typefaces, and had a penchant for experimentation. The trade also attracted other, less assiduous folk, who used it simply as a way to earn some quick cash and then crawl away inside a bottle. You could earn a surprising fee for just several hours’ work. Those of us who thought of ourselves as professionals would speculate on the identity of our fly-by-night competitors whose work was always a shaky, garish mess. Their lettering typically advertised a greasy-spoon restaurant or a discount yard-goods retailer — the proprietors of which presumably didn’t know or care that signpainters, who could have done a real job of it, existed. One such mystery artist we called the Phantom. His work was everywhere. The advent of computer-driven, polyvinyl letter-cutting machines in the ‘80s reduced the trade to a shambles. You no longer came across the Phantom’s work, or anybody else’s who had even a passing acquaintance with the systematic pleasure of twisting a letter out of a brush. What you saw instead was a digital smear of plastic, reams of bad layout and grating colour schemes seemingly shot out of a cannon by dolts who apparently knew how to stack enough dollars in a pile to buy the computer rig but didn’t understand the nature of the graphic travesty they unfurled in the public’s eye. Twenty-five years later, the signmaking business has tamed its machinery and discovered the secrets of composition and balance. Since most everything is plastic, vinyl lettering seamlessly blends in. Handlettering even rears its noble head occasionally when good taste prevails and budgets are extended. Just yesterday I caught myself gladdened to see the front window of a down-market eatery only recently lettered by someone with no ability.

[une de onze narrations] —

After finishing art college, I worked with Cliff for about a year in his West Toronto sign shop. The business was located on the ground level of a renovated warehouse, and Cliff’s unit had a large storefront window that faced out onto a quiet street of other light-industrial concerns. The candymaker Rowntree was just down the road from us. The sweet smell of chocolate frequently hung in the air. Business was intermittent. It was the early ‘80s and there was a recession. The computer-generated vinyl lettering that would soon replace the handpainted signage that Cliff specialized in was still a few years off, and on occasion we did get large jobs: showcards announcing seminars at dental conferences, outdoor signs advertising new residential developments, showpiece wooden signs for upscale restaurants. Often this work was last minute, and we would paint late into the night. Invariably, when this occurred we would get a call from a sexual prankster. He would dryly relate to us in great detail how terrific it was to masturbate while listening to the sound of our voices. Whenever I picked up the phone to find him on the other end, I would immediately slam down the receiver. This was an involuntary reaction, and may well have been exactly what the caller was looking for. Cliff, on the other hand, would switch the caller onto speakerphone, and engage him for some time by sarcastically playing along.

History

History:

1. Historique : crée en 2007. Présentée dans une galerie. Événement : Logo Cities: An International Symposium on Signage, Branding, and Lettering in Public Space, Concordia University, Montréal, QC Dates : 4-5 mai 2007

2. Historique : En collaboration avec le Consulat Général de France à Toronto. Première exposition de l’œuvre dans un espace public. Événement : Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON Date : nuit du 4 octobre 2008

3. Événement : Four Sisters, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON Date : 10 octobre 2008

4. Événement : Soirées performance, École Supérieure d’Art de Toulon Provence Méditerranée, Toulon, France Date : 10 décembre 2008

Event date(s):

2008

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Logo Cities: An International Symposium on Signage, Branding, and Lettering in Public Space

Source:

John Armstrong jc.armstrong@utoronto.ca Paul Collins pcollins@club.fr

Document(s):

Painting in public. An illustrated overview of collective and individual work

Nuit blanche: Toronto en veille

Bulletin culturel

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2008

Personne aux commandes

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:43:40 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bouland, Matthieu

Artwork creator(s):

Bouland, Matthieu

Text author(s):

Bouland, Matthieu

Text author(s):

Bouland, Matthieu

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Projection sur un appartement au centre-ville

Artwork description

Source: Galerie Sans Nom (2007). Trip Urban's Trip 2007. (http://www.tripurbain.org/2007/projets_fr_06.html)

Description:

Animations flash visibles du trottoir à la tombée du jour. Une nouvelle œuvre était présentée tous les jours.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

(Extrait)

Maintenant On parle de toi

History

History:

Trip Urbain, organisé par la Galerie Sans Nom, l'oeuvre a été projetée tous les soirs du 3 au 10 novembre 2007.

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

MATTHIEU BOULAND

Document(s):

Trip Urban's Trip 2007

One Garden One Night One Wish

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:05:04 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Zealley Andrew; Stathacos, Chrysanne

Artwork creator(s):

Zealley Andrew

Stathacos, Chrysanne

Text author(s):

Stathacos, Chrysanne

Text author(s):

Stathacos, Chrysanne

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

Situé le long du «Philosopher's Walk» (chemin piétonnier), campus St.George, entre l’avenue Hoskin et la rue Bloor Ouest; au sud-ouest du Royal Ontario Museum (ROM, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S)

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche 2006. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/)

Description:

Installation sonore avec des éléments de papier imprimés attachés à un arbre.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

1000 vœux tirés du projet «Wish Machine Project», par Chrysanne Stathacos, 1997- aujourd’hui (projet toujours en cours en 2009).

Artwork theme:

Vœux, désirs communs (argent, amour, désir charnel, espoir, joie, santé…) expérience partagée

History

History:

1. Le texte de «One Garden One Night One Wish» réutilise un extrait important de texte en provenance du projet «Wish Machine» (1997-) de Chrysanne Stathacos. Ce projet d’art public interactif a été commandé par la Grand Central Station pour l’exposition «Creative Time» en 1997-1998. L’œuvre a été présentée dans plusieurs pays depuis : à la galerie Power Plant à Toronto en 1999; à Frankfurt, Allemagne en 2001

2. Festival Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON, le samedi 30 septembre au matin du 1 octobre 2006.

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

« 1000+ Wishes is a book of anonymous wishes that have been collected from around the world via wishmachine.com, fax, mail, written and spoken»; «To date over 20,000 people have participated in The Wish Machine project. The Wish Machine is trademarked. 1000+ Wishes and wishmachine.com. »

- Source: Chrysanne Stathacos. (2008). Artworks. The Wish Machine.

http://chrysannestathacos.com/one-garden-one-night-one-wish/

L’arbre émanait une piste sonore créée par Andrew Zealley. Chrysanne Stathacos a décoré l’arbre de vœux et d’ornementations argentées. On invitait les visiteurs à accrocher les «vœux» aux branches de l’arbre.

Source : Centre d’art contemporain canadien (CCCA) (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Yorkville. One Garden, One Night, One Wish
http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/artists/a7.html

Artist's biography:

Zealley, Andrew

Author's biography:

Stathacos, Chrysanne

Source:

1. Fern Bayer, commissaire de l’événement fernbayer@sympatico.ca 2. Peggy Gale, commissaire de l’événement galesnow@sympatico.ca 3. Chrysanne Stathacos, artiste et commissaire de la Zone A Courriel: chrysanne@verizon.net, ca@chrysannestathacos.com 4. Andrew Zealley, artiste info@andrewzealley.com, andrewzealley@sympatico.ca

Document(s):

1000+Wishes, The Wish Machine

Audiowork. One Garden, One Night, One Wish

Artworks. One Garden, One Night, One Wish

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Yorkville. One Garden, One Night, One Wish

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Yorkville. Curated Exhibition. One Garden, One Night, One Wish, 2006

Will Is Was

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:59:41 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Skelton, Carl

Artwork creator(s):

Skelton, Carl

Text author(s):

Skelton, Carl

Text author(s):

Skelton, Carl

Installation year:

2002

Artwork description

Source: Hunter, Andrew, Thomas McEvilley; Jessica Wyman (2002). Carl Skelton : Will Is Was. Hamilton: Art Gallery of Hamilton

Description:

L'oeuvre est une projection en plein air, installée au Musée des Beaux-arts de Hamilton. Chaque semaine, la projection change.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

We had to start somewhere

History

History:

Exposition à l’Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, été 2002. (commissaire: Shirley Madill).

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Skelton, Carl

Source:

1. Carl Skelton 362 West 30th Street #1, New York, NY 10001 USA (917)601-7122 c a rl@ultratopia.com (personnel) Carl Skelton, directeur Intigrated Digital Media Institute at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn. +1-718-260-4018 cskelton@poly.edu (lieu de travail) 2. Art Gallery of Hamilton 123 King Street West Hamilton, ON L8P 4S8 T: 905-527-6610 F: 905-577-6940 www.artgalleryofhamilton.com info@artgalleryofhamilton.com All exhibitions are archived through the Registrar's office at the AGH (905-527-6610, ext. 249).

Document(s):

Will Is Was

Carl Skelton : Will Is Was

Hold That Thought

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:01:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Mark, Kelly

Artwork creator(s):

Mark, Kelly

Text author(s):

Mark, Kelly

Text author(s):

Mark, Kelly

Collaborator(s):

Neon sign construction by Orest Tataryn

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

Intersection Avenue Road; installée sur la façade de l’église

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2006). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/)

Description:

Installation spécifique. Plusieurs des lettres ont été programmées à l'échec ou par pulvérisation cathodique (scintillement sur et en dehors) à des intervalles aléatoires.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

HOLD THAT THOUGHT

Artwork theme:

Idée passagère, expérience personnelle, temps (perte de temps, passage du temps)

History

History:

Événement: «Kelly Mark: Stupid Heaven» (Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON.
12 janvier-24 février 2008

Événement: «Kelly Mark: Stupid Heaven» (Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, ON. Commissaire: Barbara Fischer)
14 septembre-21 octobre 2007

Événement: «Kelly Mark: Stupid Heaven» (Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, Toronto, ON.Commissaire: Barbara Fischer)
13 septembre-28 octobre 2007

Événement : Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (Première exposition dans un espace public. Church of the Redeemer, Toronto, ON. Site specific installation created for the festival 2006. Commissaires: Fern Bayer, Peggy Gale & Chrysanne Stathacos). Du coucher du soleil le samedi, 30 septembre au matin du dimanche, 1 octobre 2006.

Événement: «Apparent Death» (Wynick/Tuck Gallery, project room, Toronto, ON)
29 septembre-17 novembre 2006

Dimensions

Height:

4.57m

Width:

8.13m

Depth:

7.62 m

Other information

Note(s):

Installed at a street intersection…where people are forced to pause. This sign asks one to also pause ones mind…’to hold that thought’…if for only a moment. The temporal nature of this fleeting moment becomes a unique and personal experience for each viewer.

Thought and language are intimately connected. We cannot have a thought without also having the words we would use to express that thought to another. Streets can be viewed as the physical arteries of a city…When you try to hold a thought…the mind wanders, other thoughts intrude and displace…thoughts flow through our minds in the same way blood flows through our veins.

Source: Kelly Mark (2009). Kelly Mark: Sculpture.

http://www.ireallyshould.com/HoldThatThought4.html

Artist's biography:

Kelly Mark

Document(s):

Kelly Mark

Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2006. Kelly Mark. Hold That Thought

Archive. Scotiabanck Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone A. Curated Exhibition. Hold That Thought, 2006. Kelly Mark

Sculpture. Hold That Thought

«voice…over»

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:26:59 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Wonnacott, Justin

Artwork creator(s):

Wonnacott, Justin

Text author(s):

Wonnacott, Justin

Text author(s):

Wonnacott, Justin

Artwork description

Source: Justin Wonnacott (2008). Voice Over. (http://www.aregeebee.net/pages/justinp.htm)

Description:

Photomontages assemblés par ordinateurs qui mélangent des images et des textes ensemble en utilisant des idée étendues.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

1. Photomontage 1 :

ice storm of 1998.

2. Texte :

charity

3. Photomontage 2 :

old age, elderly people (underrepresented age group). Texte: i will collect – small circles in air

4. Photomontage 3 :

language. Texte : mother tongue

5. Photomontage 4 :

community history, community identity over time. texte : history is what you want – words – deeds

6. Photomontage 5 :

Texte : becoming –was – I -- am

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Voice over est également (film?)

Ordre des photos est incertain (Ignore le nombre)

Commandé par la Community Center dans le cadre d'une collaboration entre les Dovercourt

Community Center et la Ville d'Ottawa appelé «Artlink». Coïncide avec 10^eanniversaire de l'ouverture de la nouvelle installation.

Photos prises par le personnel et les utilisateurs de la garderie. Texte est fait de commentaires et des suggestions de leur part.

Artist's biography:

Justin Wonnacott

Words Travel Fast

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:32:24 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Art for Commuters

Artwork creator(s):

Art for Commuters

Text author(s):

Pohl-Weary, Emily; Schultz, Emily; Whittall, Zoe

Text author(s):

Pohl-Weary, Emily

Schultz, Emily

Whittall, Zoe

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Toutes les stations de métro de la TTC

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Art for Commuters

Description:

Six animations jouées en plein écran sur le réseau pendant douze heures

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

• Animation: Treading the Word Poésie par Zoe Whittall. Animation par Emma Lopez Hochem.

«You have water, and the word water. You have love and the word love, but the two will never meet. We will lie beneath the letters in a haze of diaphanous pollution and probability, weighing our odds. I love you at the end of a phone call, it hovers, before the click signaling the end of a sentence, then it falls like equivocal truth. We are mostly water. We are mostly love. We are trying to quit smoking and sugar. We are ridding the body of the word Body. We hold red fruit between our teeth. Our gum-lines pink softened typewriter ribbon. We wrap our meat singing corporate jingles. Not dental insurance and you can carry orajel in your purse to stave off crying jags of frustration. You are my heart, and you are my heart stitched into a canvas. I hold thirty coffee beans. I count caloric value. You have water, the word water, and the body is mostly. We hold ours close. We say the words in hopes they are doing their job and not being as indeterminate as they are. Language tries its best. Language gets straight Cs You have kool-aid and the word kool-aid, and the jingle comes when I’m sleeping. The taste is red. We drink water. We drink the word water. We lie beneath the W. We tell each other , You are not filled with lack. We sing beneath the R, Treading the word. The End»

• Animation: Denial chasers Poésie par Zoe Whittall. Animation par Emma Lopez Hochem.

«Under the circumstances I’d like to pretend the drinks you pour me are apostrophes housed in triples disguised as doubles liquor too sweet not to be fire back against boxes of empties surprising you at the pulse of the industrial dishwasher.»

• Animation: Leftovers Poésie par Emily Schultz. Animation par Franco Barroeta Fonseca.

«The sky is a damp paper towl laid over the world to stop it from going bad. And you are in the bowl watching the morning light obstructed by layers – the walls of the city sloping gently above you so that the whole world lives within the mouth of a constant yawn. People in transit swim around you with goldfish mouths. Your boss gives you useless gifts to keep you on-board as you stumble home under that grey six o’clock sky watching the clouds for a break – a place where the thick rolls away, giving way to oxygen and earnest light.» Emily Schultz

• Animation: Two Minutes (120 per hour) Poésie par Emily Schultz. Animation par Franco Barroeta Fonseca

The rain folds the night, paper crackling between its arthritic fingers. We drive without talking, without thinking, the world around us an open mouth. The wheels hold us, humming over wet concrete. The searching green-eyed glow of speedometer. A billboard’s bright face against the dark. An exit sign. We follow the arrows, read without reading. Service center like a space station, we find our feet again, unfold-lock up, fumble, walk, and float. The air starched hard against our teeth. We carry out, and swallow sweet. Tonight, tonight,tomorrow, tomorrow, we go, slamming doors, tiny teeth of a key kissing the ignition.

• Animation: To Build A Home Poésie par Emily Pohl-Weary. Animation par Karen Richardson.

Start with a firm foundation. Place the bricks just so. Avoid regrets, ghosts, fist fights, unemployment, dead cats buried in the garden low self-esteem, petty thievery, bullying, and assisted suicide. Cement should slide in between the scandals, forming bonds and hardening in the hot sun. A roof must bridge the walls. A swing set placed beneath the lilacs. Mousetraps purchased, installed. Finally, despite initial resistance, Erect a high fence around the entirety.

• Animation: My Gold Hair Is So Unreliable Poésie par Emily Pohl-Weary. Animation par Karen Richardson.

«Green light, the city rips past. Rain in Chinatown, fish markets, garbage bags oozing brown urine. Saturday night in dance-club heaven, teenage girls crumble under speeding tires. Lost in the midnight of boy love, Caught in flashes of light I sparkle brightly until hard night wind attacks my miniskirt high heels burn fire fueled by wandering. I always return to your smooth beer drinking, bubbles of love. The taxicab driver tries but he cannot bring me home fast enough Your eyes in the window. I walk up the path My left shoe grazes the curb F***king toes. It might have come from the neighbours, “I guess I don’t love you” rippled out in all directions.»

Artwork theme:

Fusion du visuel et du littéraire dans l'art

History

History:

Animation graphique : Poésie et animation graphique ont été jumelées de la façon suivante: production d’Emily Pohl-Weary (poésie) jumelée avec celle de Karen Richardon (animation graphique) ; Emily Schultz (poésie) avec Franco Barroeta Fonseca (animation graphique) ; et Zoe Whittall (poésie) avec Emma Lopez Hechem (animation graphique).

Diffusion : Avec la collaboration de Onestop Media, compagnie médiatique qui se charge notamment du réseau médiatique du TTC(Toronto Transit Commission), ce projet a été diffusé sur les écrans présents dans le métro du TTC.

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Art for Commuters

Author's biography:

Onestop Media Group

Propriétaire(s):

Les artistes et les poètes

Source:

1. Patricia Griffith Network Co-ordinator, ONESTOP Network Member of CODA (Canadian Out of Home Digital Association) telephone : 416-646-7867 x47 | télécopieur: 416-646-2722 266 King Street West, Suite 300 Toronto ON M5V 1H8 www.oohdigital.ca 2. Onestop Media, questions générales : info@onestopmediagroup.com 3. Art For Commuters, questions générales : contact@art4commuters.com 4. Sharon Switzer Executive Director / Curator, Art For Commuters www.sharonswitzer.com sharon@sharonswitzer.com 5. Zoe Whittall : trash_ready@hotmail.com 6. Emily Schultz : emilyschultz@rogers.com 7. Emily Pohl-Weary : emily@kissmachine.com Dani Couture : dani.couture@gmail.com

Document(s):

Words Travel Fast 07

Art for Commuters. Past Projects

Wish you were here

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:08:34 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Artwork creator(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Text author(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Text author(s):

Woodcock, Laurel

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

B8 sur la carte de visite de l’événement (zone B, exposition numéro 8). Niveau Grange Road. Située à l’extrémité nord du parc.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2007/artists/b8.html)

Description:

Jet de lumière sur le sol.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

wish you were here

Text theme:

Inciter l’envie de l’inaccessible

History

History:

Wish You Were Here³, Galerie YYZ, 8 sept- 23 oct 2004, Toronto

Wish You Were Here, projet dans le cadre de la thématique «At The Corner of Time and Place», Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007, Toronto. Nouvelle version de l’œuvre (projecteur de gobo, ballons gonflables remplis d’hélium)

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Laurel Woodcock

Source:

«Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto Canada 2007». Sur le site Centre de l’art contemporain canadien. La base de données sur l’art canadien. http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche2007/artists/images/woodcock/index.html (Consulté le 1 juin 2008). 1. Laurel Woodcock, artiste Tél : 519-824-4120 poste 53659 laurelw@sympatico.ca (autre courriel : lawoodco@uoguelph.ca) 2. Giannina Warren Media relations Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 416-395-7318 gwarren@toronto.ca informations générales : scotiabanknuitblanche@toronto.ca Giannina Warren Media relations, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 416-395-7318 gwarren@toronto.ca informations générales : scotiabanknuitblanche@toronto.ca

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Laurel Woodcock : play / pause / repeat