Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Projecteur

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/)

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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

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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.

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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.

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Artist's biography:

Ellen Moffat

Document(s):

ReCALL

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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.

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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).

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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

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.

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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

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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

Document(s):

Laurel Woodcock : play / pause / repeat

À paraître

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:07:58 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Installation year:

1991

Artwork description

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Description:

Deux projeteurs présentaient simultanément les images de couvertures de livres. L’installation était accessible aux spectateurs après les heures d’ouverture des commerces.

Text of the artwork:

Gilbert Boyer
Vues de loin
Récits
l’ère nouvelle
XYZ

Du monde entier
Alain Fleischer
L’exposition des projets d’idées
récits
traduit du hongrois
par l’auteur
NRF
Gallimard

Artwork theme:

Littérature

History

History:

L’œuvre À paraître était en relation avec l’exposition « Artistes en miroir » présentée à la Galerie Optica. On y présentait la table des matières de deux livres fictifs.

Event date(s):

1991

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Document(s):

Gilbert Boyer/Alain Fleischer

Artistes en miroir