Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Audiovisuel

Lingua Aqua

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:16:47 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Cassidy, Melanie; Filimowicz, Michael; Marks, Brady; Pasquier, Philippe

Artwork creator(s):

Cassidy, Melanie

Filimowicz, Michael

Marks, Brady

Pasquier, Philippe

Text author(s):

Quignard, Pascal; Hesse, Hermann; Miller, Casey; Waldo Emerson, Ralph; Sapir, Edward

Text author(s):

Quignard, Pascal

Hesse, Hermann

Miller, Casey

Waldo Emerson, Ralph

Sapir, Edward

Installation year:

2009

Artwork description

Source: Surrey (2009). LinguaAqua. (http://www.surrey.ca/files/40-LinguaAqua2.pdf)

Description:

Sculpture fontaine avec des rideaux de pluie et un bassin réfléchissant contenant des projections vidéo. La vidéo montre des personnes de diverses communautés parlant de leur langue maternelle. Les panneaux de verre qui surplombe le toit sont gravés de symboles tirés des langues parlées à Surrey. Les quatre colonnes qui supportent le toit servent de haut-parleur. L'audio est transmis à travers les trous des colonnes. Ces dessins perforés forment du texte en braille.

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

“You live a new life for every new language
you speak. If we spoke a different language,
we would perceive a somewhat different
world. If you know only one language, you
live only once.”
-Compilation of Czech proverbs (anonymous)

2.
“Language is an anonymous, collective and
unconscious art; the result of the creativity of
thousands of generations.”
-Edward Sapir

“Language is a city to the building of which
every human being brought a stone.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

3.
“Our native language is like a second skin,
so much a part of us we resist the idea that
it is constantly changing, constantly being
renewed.”
-Casey Miller

“Everything becomes a little different as soon
as it is spoken out loud.”
-Hermann Hesse

4.
“Language is for the empty mouth what
dreams are for closed eyes.”
-Pascal Quignard (translated from French by Philippe
Pasquier)

“He who loses his language loses his world.”
-Gaelic proverb

“A country without a language is a country
without a soul.”
-Gaelic – Irish proverb

Text theme:

Diversité et la similitude de la langue à travers les cultures

Artwork theme:

Diversité et la similitude de la langue à travers les cultures

Similitudes et les différences qui nous unissent et nous distinguent entre les cultures

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Michael Filimowicz

Author's biography:

Philippe Pasquier

Document(s):

LinguaAqua

Students’ multimedia art destined for Surrey parks

Surrey Public and Community Art diversity, language and place making

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

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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.

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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

Survival

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:45:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Holzer, Jenny

Artwork creator(s):

Holzer, Jenny

Text author(s):

Holzer, Jenny

Text author(s):

Holzer, Jenny

Installation year:

1986

Artwork description

Source: «Survival», Jenny Holzer: Signs, Londres: Institute of Contemporary Arts in Association with Art Data, 1988

Description:

Projection de texte sur un édifice

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

YOU ARE TRAPPED ON THE EARTH SO YOU WILL EXPLODE.

WHAT URGE WILL SAVE US NOW THAT SEX WON’T?

PUT FOOD OUT IN THE SAME PLACE EVERY DAY AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO EAT AND ORGANIZE THEM.

SAVOR KINDNESS BECAUSE CRUELTY IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE LATER.

DANCE ON DOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT AND TELL THEM YOU’RE EAGER TO RULE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU.

THE BREAKDOWN COMES WHEN YOU STOP CONTROLLING

YOUR SELF AND WANT THE RELEASE OF A BLOODBATH.

SPIT ALL OVER SOMEONE WITH A MOUTHFUL OF MILK IF YOU WANT

TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY FAST.

MOTHERS WITH REASONS TO SOB SHOULD DO IT IN GROUPS IN

PUBLIC AND WAIT FOR OFFERS.

OUTER SPACE IS WHERE YOU DISCOVER WONDER, WHERE YOU

FIGHT AND NEVER HURT EARTH. IF YOU STOP BELIEVING THIS,

YOUR MOOD TURNS UGLY.

DIE FAST AND QUIET WHEN THEY INTERROGATE YOU OR LIVE SO

LONG THAT THEY ARE ASHAMED TO HURT YOU ANYMORE.

TRUST VISIONS THAT DON’T FEATURE BUCKETS OF BLOOD.

IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU

WERE FULL OF JOY.

IF YOU’RE CONSIDERED USELESS NO ONE WILL FEED YOU

ANYMORE.

WHEN YOU EXPECT FAIR PLAY YOU CREATE AN INFECTUOUS

BUBBLE OF MADNESS AROUND YOU.

YOU ARE SO COMPLEX THAT YOU DON’T ALWAYS

RESPOND TO DANGER.

MEN DON’T PROTECT YOU ANYMORE.

WITH ALL THE HOLES IN YOU ALREADY THERE’S NO REASON TO

DEFINE THE OUTSIDE ENVRIONMENT AS ALIEN.

WHEN SOMEONE BEATS YOU WITH A FLASHLIGHT YOU MAKE LIGHT

SHINE IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

FINDING EXTREME PLEASURE WILL MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON IF

YOU’RE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THRILLS YOU.

USE A GUN WHEN THE PERSON COMING AT YOU

HAS A GOOD EXCUSE.

IT IS IN YOUR SELF INTEREST TO FIND A WAY TO BE VERY TENDER.

THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR WILL BE SECRET.

THE CONVERSATION ALWAYS TURNS TO LIVING LONG ENOUGH TO

HAVE FUN.

WHAT COUNTRY SHOULD YOU ADOPT IF YOU HATE POOR PEOPLE?

USE WHAT IS DOMINANT IN A CULTURE TO CHANGE IT QUICKLY.

PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT.

YOU ARE CAUGHT THINKING ABOUT KILLING ANYONE YOU WANT.

IT’S HARD TO KNOW IF YOU’RE CRAZY IF YOU FEEL YOU’RE IN

DANGER ALL THE TIME NOW.

YOU CAN’T REACH THE PEOPLE WHO CAN KILL YOU ANYTIME SO

YOU HAVE TO GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT WHAT TO DO.

THE FUTURE IS STUPID.

HIDE UNDER WATER OR ANYWHERE SO UNDISTURBED YOU FEEL

THE JERK OF PLEASURE WHEN AN IDEA COMES.

SOMEONE ELSE’S BODY IS A PLACE FOR YOUR MIND TO GO.

WHEN THERE’S NO SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP YOU’RE TIRED FROM

WALKING ALL DAY AND EXHAUSTED FROM THE NIGHT BECAUSE IT’S

TWICE AS DANGEROUS THEN.

IT’S EASY TO GET MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON EVERY CONTINENT TO

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO EATING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

GO WHERE PEOPLE SLEEP AND SEE IF THEY ARE SAFE.

HANDS ON YOUR BREAST CAN KEEP YOUR HEART BEATING.

TURN SOFT AND LOVELY AYTIME YOU HAVE A CHANCE.

IT IS FUN TO WALK CARELESSLY IN A DEATH ZONE.

YOU LIVE THE SURPRISE RESULTS OF OLD PLANS.

LET YOUR HAND WNADER ON FLESH TO MAKE POSSIBILITY MULTIPLY.

IT IS EMBARRASSING TO BE CAUGHT AND KILLED FOR STUPID REASONS.

SHOOT INTO INFINITE SPACE TO HIT A TARGET IN TIME AND

CALL IT INEVITABLE.

YOU HOVER NEAR LOVELY UNCONSCIOUS LIFE FORMS THAT OFFER

NO IMMEDIATE RESISTANCE.

PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THEY ARE DANCING BEFORE THEY LOVE.

BODIES LIE IN THE BRIGHT GRASS AND SOME ARE MURDERED AND

SOME ARE PICNICKING.

SILLY HOLES IN PEOPLE ARE FOR BREEDING OR FROM SHOOTING.

YOUR MODERN FACE SCANS THE SURPRISE ENDING.

History

History:

http://www.adaweb.com/context/artists/holzer/jhimg2.html

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Holzer, Jenny

Document(s):

Jenny Holzer: Writing=Schriften

The Venice Installation

Flashlight

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:49:23 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Jacob, Luis

Artwork creator(s):

Jacob, Luis

Text author(s):

Worrell, Bernie; Collins, Bootsy; Clinton, George

Text author(s):

Worrell, Bernie

Collins, Bootsy

Clinton, George

Installation year:

2005

Remarks on location:

Métro King (Street) – ligne jaune Yonge-University-Spadina

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Luis Jacob

Description:

Le message « EVERYBODY’S GOT A LITTLE LIGHT UNDER THE SUN » apparait sur une bannière. Ce message est écrit sur un panneau de LED qui encadre un dôme pour l'escalade. Le panneau est alimenté de deux façons : par des panneaux solaires et des pédales de vélos que le visiteur actionne.

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

EVERYBODY'S GOT A LITTLE
LIGHT UNDER THE SUN

Text theme:

Chanson : Flashlight Nom de l’artiste : George Clinton Album: 500,000 Kilowatts of P-Funk Power Paroles : Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton Date de sortie : 2004.02.17 Label : Fruit Tree

Artwork theme:

Réchauffement climatique, consommation énergétique, solidarité

Text reference:

Luis Jacob. Flashlight

History

History:

Exposée du 4 mai-15 sept 2005 au Toronto Sculpture Garden

Dimensions

Height:

13m

Width:

17m

Other information

Note(s):

• Flashlight a gagné le prix Best Public Art en 2005, par le NOW Magazine et le choix du public en 2006 par le Toronto Sculpture Garden

Artist's biography:

Jose Luis Jacob

Source:

1.Luis Jacob 266 Dunn Avenue #1Toronto ONM6K 2R9647.201.9023towardsatheory@gmail.com2.Rina (directrice) et William (photographe et architecte) GreerToronto Sculpture Garden115 King Street East, Toronto, ON M5C 1G6T : 416.515.9658info@torontosculpturegarden.comluis.jacob@utoronto.ca

Document(s):

The City of Toronto and Toronto Life magazine announce the "face the arts" recipient for November: Luis Jacob

Luis Jacob [Flashlight. Toronto Sculpture Garden. Toronto]

Luis Jacob, Flashlight, May 4-September 15, 2005, Toronto

Luis Jacob. Flashlight

Templates for Walking Theatre (2000-03) and Flashlight (2005)

A Funky Parliament

Shining Some Light on Fun

Flashlight's Brighr

Flash Forward

Beyond Lowbrow Camp

Flashlight: Public Art and the Mothership Connection