Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Entreprise

Time Cones

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:06:10 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Golden, Brad; Eichenberg, Lynne

Artwork creator(s):

Golden, Brad

Eichenberg, Lynne

Text author(s):

Dewdney, Christopher

Text author(s):

Dewdney, Christopher

Installation year:

1996

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Marc André Brouillette

Description:

L'oeuvre est en deux parties: une sculpture en forme de spirale et trois pots à fleurs en forment de cônes.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

PRECAMBRIAN ERA

PHANEROZOIC ERA

PALAEOZOIC ERA

CENOZOIC ERA

QUATERNARY EPOCH

HOLOCENE AGE

SCARBOROUGH TILL
POTTERY ROAD TILL
SUNNYBROOK TILL
THORNCLIFFE TILL
SEMINARY TILL
MEADOWCLIFFE TILL
HALTON TILL
LAKE IROQUOIS SAND

PLEISTOCENE AGE
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE ILLINOIAN GLACIATION

YORK TILL
DON

1.8 BILLION YEARS BC HELIKIAN SEA

440 MILLION YEARS BC IAPETUS OCEAN (Ordovician Period)

100 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE COLEMAN

70 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE SCARBOROUGH

30 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE THORNCLIFFE

11 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE PEEL

Text theme:

Décrit les couches géologiques du site et la liste des lacs glaciaires qui recouvraient autrefois le paysage.

Artwork theme:

Mouvement du temps

Participe à la relation entre le paysage, l'art et l'architecture.

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Brad Golden; Lynne Eichenberg

Author's biography:

Christopher Dewdney

Propriétaire(s):

Direct Energy

Everything is going to be alright

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:02:51 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Creed, Martin

Artwork creator(s):

Creed, Martin

Text author(s):

Creed, Martin

Text author(s):

Creed, Martin

Installation year:

2009

Remarks on location:

Sur une façade du Wing Sang Building à Chinatown.

Artwork description

Source: Martin Creed (2009). Planètecastor. (http://canada.grandquebec.com/vancouver-2010-jeux-olympiques/patrimoine-vancouver)

Source: The Canadian Design resource (2009). Martin Creed. (http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/officialgallery/urban/)

Description:

Sur une façade du Wing Sang Building à Chinatown (le plus vieil édifice du quartier), on peut lire les mots “Everything is going to be alright”. Les lettres de néon sont visibles depuis le viaduc de Georgia Street.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Everything is going to be alright

Text theme:

Un avertissement ironique.

History

History:

L’oeuvre de Martin Creed a été exposée sous diverses formes et dans plusieurs lieux à travers le monde: l’Alberto Peola Arte Contemporanea, à Turin, en Italie (1999), The Portico, à Londres (1999), sur la 42e Rue, à New York, (Décembre 1999/Janvier 2000), etc.

Dimensions

Height:

22.86m

Width:

0.91m

Other information

Note(s):

L’oeuvre de néon se trouve sur le Wing Sang Building, dans le Chinatown de Vancouver. L’oeuvre et l’édifice sont en effet la propriété de Bob Rennie. Le collectionneur d’art et magnat de l’immobilier Bob Rennie a demandé à l’artiste Martin Creed d’installer cette oeuvre sur son bâtiment. Bob Rennie a fait de “Everything is going to be alright” son leit motiv pour les Jeux Olympiques de Vancouver 2010.

Artist's biography:

Martin Creed

Propriétaire(s):

Bob Rennie

Document(s):

Everything is going to be alright

Lying on top of a building...nearer

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:04:42 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Gillick, Liam

Artwork creator(s):

Gillick, Liam

Text author(s):

Gillick, Liam

Text author(s):

Gillick, Liam

Installation year:

2009

Remarks on location:

Sur 17 étages de l'hôtel.

Artwork description

Source: Griffin, Kevin (2009). Public art in Vancouver: What's in a name?. The Vancouver Sun, (December 4)

Description:

Texte sur le pourtour des fenêtres de l'hôtel. La phrase se répète plusieurs fois.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Lying on top of a building the clouds looked no nearer than when I was lying on the street.

Text theme:

Déclaration un peu à double tranchant : Une personne allongée dans le passé relativement récent et en regardant le ciel, elle se rapproche du développement présent.

Dimensions

Height:

0.63m

Other information

Note(s):

Coût 1 million.

Commanditée par la Westbank et Peterson Investment Group

Artist's biography:

Liam Gillick

Architectes(s):

Cheng, James

Document(s):

Public art in Vancouver: What's in a name? A heck of a lot, actually

Public Art or Hotel? Vancouver Fairmont Pacific Rim

La Chute de mots

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:03:44 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

La Chute des mots

Artwork creator(s):

Cousineau, Florent

Artwork creator(s):

Cousineau, Florent

Text author(s):

Nadeau, Lisanne

Text author(s):

Nadeau, Lisanne

Installation year:

2001

Remarks on location:

Façade de l'ancien édifice LE SOLEIL

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

Latte d'aluminium où des mots sont inscrits.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Un jour

Une rumeur

Au large Les embruns

Le silence Vaste

Là Oui, le vent

Hier Le croire

Penser Un passage Aussi

Le temps Dérive

Créer Du désir

Désordre

Au-delà De nos gestes

Un torrent Déferle

Fluide

Chemin Épars

La Nuit

Rêver

La ville

Text theme:

Les éléments d'écriture parlent de paysage urbain, du fleuve et d'une ville à rêver.

Artwork theme:

Hommage au grand quotidien de Québec, Le Soleil, qui a eu ses locaux et ses presses durant près de trois quarts de siècle

Dimensions

Height:

21.34m

Other information

Note(s):

Le poème est signé Lisanne Nadeau, historienne de l'art et conjointe de l'artiste.

Artist's biography:

Florent Cousineau

Propriétaire(s):

Groupe CMI inc.

Growth

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:57:47 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

The Bank of Symbiosis

Artwork creator(s):

Alstad, Michael

Artwork creator(s):

Alstad, Michael

Text author(s):

Alstad, Michael

Text author(s):

Alstad, Michael

Installation year:

1997

Remarks on location:

Ancienne banque Royale du Canada (espace abandonné)

Artwork description

Source : Michael Alstad (2009) Site-specific. Bank of Symbiosis. (http://www.year01.com/alstad/bank.html)

Description:

Six lettres faites de feutres et d'herbe de blé épèlent le mot G * R * O * W * T * H ("croissance"). Cultivées dans la banque pendant deux semaines avant l'ouverture, l'approvisionnement en eau a ensuite été coupé pendant la durée de l'exposition ce qui abouti à la mort lente de l'installation (c.-à-d. la fin de la croissance, "growth").

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Growth

Text theme:

Croissance, profit

Artwork theme:

Relations complexes économiques et affectifs entre la banque et son client, l'économie, le surplus, la surveillance, la confidentialité, l'échange social et monétaire.

History

History:

The Bank of Symbiosis. L'installation par the Symbiosis Collective. Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON.

Date: 2- 25 octobre 1997

Event date(s):

1997

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Alstad, Michael

Source:

Michael Alstad michael.alstad@gmail.com Symbiosis Collective 29 McCaul Street, #502 Toronto, ON M5T 1V7

Document(s):

L’œuvre/site comme échange et action

The Bank of Symbiosis: An Archeological Intervention

Site-specific. Bank of Symbiosis

Bruce Eriksen Place

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:16:00 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Williams, Blake

Artwork creator(s):

Williams, Blake

Text author(s):

Cameron, Sandy; Eriksen, Bruce; auteur inconnu

Text author(s):

Cameron, Sandy

Eriksen, Bruce

Auteur Inconnu / Unknown Author

Installation year:

1999

Remarks on location:

Façade avant

Artwork description

Source: Photo transmise par Marc André Brouillette

Description:

Au-dessus du premier étage de l'édifice sont placées six sérigraphies en céramiques représentant Bruce Eriksen et ses activités. Il y a 15 panneaux de texte chacun ayant un mot : « partage », « changement », « vote », « vision », etc.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

COMMIT DREAM SHARE VISION DIGNITY HOPE VOTE HOME WORK RESPECT

CHANGE ELECT TRUST VOICE COURAGE

SKID ROAD DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE

[Ce qui suit sont tirées des pancartes de protestation, 70s era - auteur inconnu]

ON STRIKE FOR UNION SHOP

WHY IS THERE CHILD POVERTY

ELIMINATE THE SOCIAL DEFICIT BAN POVERTY

FOOD, HOME, HEALTH + EDUCATION NOT GREED

Memory is the mother of community -Sandy Cameron

THE LAW

BY ITS MAJESTIC EQUALITYFORBIDS THE RICH

AS WELL AS THE POOR

TO SLEEP UNDER BRIDGES

BEG IN THE STREETS

AND TO STEAL BREAD -Bruce Eriksen

Text theme:

Surmonter une déficience physique

Artwork theme:

Idéaux d’Eriksen sur la vie communautaire, la vie en société et les conditions de travail, lutte contre l’esprit de désespoir que le quartier incarne

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Blake Williams

Source:

1. Blake Williams Blake Williams Tile Graphics 1318 Grant St Vancouver, BC V5L 2X5 (604) 688-6265 blakewill@shaw.ca 2. Henriquez Partners Architects 402 West Pender Street Vancouver BC V6B 1T6 Telephone 604 687 5681 Fax 604 687 8530 Email James Tod, EA to Gregory Henriquez jtod@henriquezpartners.com 3. Office of Cultural Affairs Community Services Group City of Vancouver 453 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Y 1V4 Tel: 604-871-6434 Fax: 604-871-6005 E-mail: oca@vancouver.ca Web: www.vancouver.ca/culture • Barabara Cole, Public Art Consultant for the Public Art Program, Cultural Services Public Art Program 604.871.6002 barbara.cole@vancouver.ca • Karen Henry, Public Art Consultant karen.henry@vancouver.ca • Bryan Newson, Public Art Program Manager bryan.newson@vancouver.ca

Document(s):

Street Poetry: Housing for low-income residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastwside

Community Services. Cultural Services. Public Art Registry. Artwork : Bruce Eriksen Place

Public Art : Bruce Eriksen Place

Anti Totem Pole

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:08:00 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Morrison, Phil

Artwork creator(s):

Morrison, Phil

Text author(s):

Morrison, Phil

Text author(s):

Morrison, Phil

Installation year:

2001

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Phil Morrison

Description:

Totem fait de laveuses-sécheuses

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

the vancouver airport and the prince george art gallery are just two examples of how art and politics then I was thinking about telephone booths totem poles the truth got the dryers for nothing when joe lent me his plasma cutter some of it happened around bear lake and we must thank Jim

Text theme:

Pensées aléatoires de l’artiste sur la création de l’oeuvre

Artwork theme:

Perte de droits et de cultures autochtones; portrait de la culture amérindienne selon la culture occidentale en Colombie-Britannique; domination de la culture occidentale sur celle des Amérindiens; déchets; technologie

Dimensions

Height:

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Note(s):

• Construit en guise de protestation silencieuse de l'installation du totem Crest à la Two Rivers Gallery
• Initiative des projets: Phil Morrison
• Partenaire / Mécénat d'entreprise: Jim Brinkman, des Livres & Co.
• Courant Dépositaire: Books & Co.

Artist's biography:

Morrison, Phil

Propriétaire(s):

Jim Brinkman, propriétaire de Books & Co.

Pendle Witches

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:56:17 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Yanover, Shirley

Artwork creator(s):

Yanover, Shirley

Text author(s):

Yanover, Shirley

Text author(s):

Yanover, Shirley

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Façade et côté de l’établissement

Artwork description

Source: Photo transmise par Shirley Yanover

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Image 1 : détail («moondance. Elizabeth Device»). Image 1/12. Image 2 : vue de l’installation.

Text of the artwork:

[image 1/12]

moonshine

Jennet Preston

[image 2/12]

moondance

Elizabeth Device

[image 3/12]

moonbeam

James Device

[image 4/12]

moonstruck

Elizabeth Southerns

[image 5/12]

moonlight

Anne Whittle

[image 6/12]

moonlit

Anne Redfern

[image 7/12]

moonlighting

Katherine Hewitt

[image 8/12]

moonwalk

Alice Nutter

[image 9/12]

mooning

Elizabeth Robey

[image 10/12]

moonglow

Mizon Device

[image 11/12]

blue moon

Jane Bulcock

[image 12/12]

honeymoon

John Bulcock

Text theme:

Noms de femmes victimes du procès de Pendle ; vocabulaire lunaire

Artwork theme:

Les process des sorcières de Pendle (Lancaster, Angleterre, 1612), sexualité des femmes, pouvoir, la lune, la peur

History

History:

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON.

Nuit du 29 septembre 2007.

Event date(s):

2007

Dimensions

Height:

7.62m

Width:

6.1m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Yanover, Shirley

Propriétaire(s):

Collection de l’artiste

Document(s):

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2007. Shirley Yanover 2007. Pendle Witches

White Reminder

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:22:02 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Spirit Bear; Spirit Bear Project

Artwork creator(s):

Morrison, Phil

Artwork creator(s):

Morrison, Phil

Text author(s):

Morrison, Phil

Text author(s):

Morrison, Phil

Installation year:

2007

Artwork description

Source: Photo transmise par Phil Morrison

Description:

Sculpture en forme d'ours. Le texte est taillé dans la structure

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Image 1 : œuvre dans l’atelier de l’artiste (photo retouchée). Image 2 : vue d’installation (photo retouchée).

Text of the artwork:

snow drifts soundlessly across the frozen void
empty endless white
a porcelain landscape
pure barren ice
raven appears
jet black smooth descending
surveying
the silence is broken
voice of raven echoes
shifting ice floes crumble
glacial retreat
the earth uncovered steams
growth

abundance
warm green wonder
on return raven ponders
conjuring a white reminder
memorial to the frozen past
spirit bear is born

Text theme:

Légende de l’esprit de l’ours

Artwork theme:

Légende de l'esprit de l'ours

Dimensions

Height:

Other information

Artist's biography:

Morrison, Phil

Propriétaire(s):

Northland Chrysler Jeep Dodge

Source:

Phil Morrison Tél : 250 963 8893 morrisonphil@canoemail.com ; morrisonphil@hotmail.com

Document(s):

Spirit Bear Map

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

Poster!

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:06:08 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Courcey, Michael de

Artwork creator(s):

Courcey, Michael de

Text author(s):

Courcey, Michael de

Text author(s):

Courcey, Michael de

Installation year:

1988

Artwork description

Source: Sherrin, Bob (1988), Urban Subjects, Vancouver : The Vancouver Association for Non Commercial Culture

Description:

Affiches installées dans des panneaux lumineux.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Vue d’ensemble

Text of the artwork:

READ
THE
WRITING
ON THE
WALL
---
IT IS THE
ART
OF THE
STREET

Text theme:

Art dans la rue

Artwork theme:

Idéologie des sphères publiques et privées; mélange de messages personnels et culturels dans la rue

Dimensions

Height:

2.28m

Width:

3.05m

Other information

Note(s):

Texte imprimé en 10 langues

Artist's biography:

De Courcy, Michael

Document(s):

Urban Subjects

Domicile (Neighbourhood Series)

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:38:54 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Campbell, Kati

Artwork creator(s):

Campbell, Kati

Text author(s):

Campbell, Kati

Text author(s):

Campbell, Kati

Remarks on location:

Centre-ville. Panneaux placés dans les fenêtres.

Artwork description

Source: Sherrin, Bob (1988). Urban Subjects, Vancouver : The Vancouver Association for Non Commercial Culture

Description:

Affiches lumineuses installées dans des panneaux-réclame

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Image 1 : détail. Un des quatre panneaux de l’œuvre. Image 2 : détail. Trois des quatre panneaux de l’œuvre. Image 3 : détail. L’œuvre en contexte (vue d’ensemble depuis la rue)

Text of the artwork:

[panneau 1]

Common morning   activities   accom-
plished within a few seconds : turn off the
tap,   open   the   curtains, take   off   the
kettle, pour the water, open the fridge,
pour the milk, replace the carton, close
the   fridge,   close    the    bathroom   door.
Once    inner   adhesions    give    way,
Common    motions    break    down,    are
Significant   tasks   in   themselves.

The man chased the woman out onto
the deck. He flailed at her with a long
plank of wood; she held her own with a
metal coat rack.
The deck doors are constantly left
open. Often he has his son or daughter
down on the living room floor while he
pummels and kicks them, screaming
hoarsely. Or else the woman is chasing
them with a cooking pot. Squalls of
words swirl about them.

[panneau 2]

Although small and plain, the backyard
is used to its fullest capacity. Many
nights in summer, the whole family sleeps
outside, the man, the woman, the three
teenaged sons, the young daughter. Each
has their own cot, blankets and sheets.
An electric alarm on an extension cord
wakes them up for work.

Two motions deliberated carefully and
then she must sit down, exhausted, beside
the window. She can just see the heads
of two people in another house carrying
on a conversation. Nodding civilly back
and forth. Normality.

[panneau 3]

The law required them to build a two
car garage and put in a driveway. This
left little space for a garden. The week
before they moved in, the grandmother,
old and tiny, almost doubled over, built
up a garden in the driveway. They parked
their car on the street.

Several times each year, the young girl
can be heard screaming, over and over,
“Why don’t you just kill me you bastard,
oh I want to die, I want to die”. When
the police come, the mother and daughter
are helped out of the house and they
drive away.
Recently the young girl came home
from the hospital with a baby. The
stepfather has since bought a new car
and dresses more respectably.

[panneau 4]

Last year they tried to get rid of the son,
dangerously full grown now and as sour
as the father, by paying his way back to
the homeland. He came back after a few
months; no change.

This was in mid-November and she had
a miraculous garden of giant bok choy
and cabbage under plastic. She tended
it every day; with slow, precise move-
ments, she would lift the plastic, the
wind blowing, then prune and weed and
water. Meanwhile the other houses’
legitimate garden spaces lay fallow, open
to the winter weather.

Text theme:

Vie domestique (dysfonctionnelle) banlieusarde

Artwork theme:

Absence d’échange entre résidents urbains; hypocrisie des quartiers résidentiels; dislocation et isolation entre voisins; le domicile comme abri de la sphère urbaine et publique

History

History:

Domicile (Neighbourhood Series). Épreuve sur plexiglas, sapin, appareillages fluorescents, peinture. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1988.

Exposition «Urban Subjects» 26 sep-15 oct 1988.

Event date(s):

1988

Dimensions

Height:

1.09m

Width:

3.8m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Campbell, Kati

Source:

Vancouver Association for Non Commercial Culture, centre d’artistes (1984-1998) (Fonds Vancouver Association for Non Commercial Culture fonds) en la possession de la Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery University of British Columbia Contact: Krisztina Laszlo , Archivist Address: University of British Columbia, 1825 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2 Phone: (604) 822-0001 Fax: (604) 822-6689 EMail: klaszlok@interchange.ubc.ca

Document(s):

Urban Subjects

Privé/public: art et discours social = Private/Public : Art and Social Discourse

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

Inhabited by a spirit....

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:56:44 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Fernandes, Michael

Artwork creator(s):

Fernandes, Michael

Text author(s):

Fernandes, Michael

Text author(s):

Fernandes, Michael

Installation year:

1991

Artwork description

Source: Cronin, Ray (1991). Sites of New Tradition: Temporary Public Art in Windsor. Parallélogramme, vol 17, no 3

Source: Artcite (2008). History. Historical Archive. 1991. (http://www.artcite.ca/history_p%20folder/1991(jun2).html)

Description:

Image photographique dans un panneau-réclame

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Inhabited by a spirit --- worshipped by Savages

autre texte présent (fonction signalétique) sur le panneau de l’oeuvre

IN CONTROL --- SPONSORED BY ARTCITE ARTIST: MICHAEL FERNANDES

History

History:

«In Control», projet de panneaux publicitaires d’artistes, organisée par Artcite, Windsor, ON. Commissaire : Lorenzo Buj.

Event date(s):

1991

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Traduction du texte: «un esprit l’habite, des sauvages le vénèrent»

Artist's biography:

Fernandes, Michael

Source:

2. Artcite 109 University Ave. W., Windsor, ON, N9A 5P4 tél: 519.977.6564 info@artcite.ca Administrative Coordinator: Christine Burchnall Artistic Coordinator: Leesa Bringas

Document(s):

In Control

In Control. Various Locations. Windsor, Ontario

Place à la nouvelle tradition: l’art public temporaire à Windsor

Freeze

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:32:20 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Belmore, Rebecca; Yero, Osvaldo

Artwork creator(s):

Belmore, Rebecca

Yero, Osvaldo

Text author(s):

Belmore, Rebecca; Yero, Osvaldo

Text author(s):

Belmore, Rebecca

Yero, Osvaldo

Installation year:

2006

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2008). Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. (http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2006/artists/c5.html)

Description:

Blocs de glace avec inscription

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

STONECHILD

(Poème sur un panneau à proximité de la sculpture)

last seen alive in police custody
     under the influence
     found 5 days later frozen to death in a field
     wearing one shoe
     marks on his body likely caused by handcuffs

     aboriginal teenage boy
     dropped off and walking to where?

     In memory of Neil Stonechild (1973-1990)

Artwork theme:

Mort de Neil Stonechild , violence faite aux amérindiens, injustice, crime

History

History:

Exposition de l’installation sculpturale dans le cadre de la Conférence annuelle 2008 de l’Association canadienne des commissions et conseil des droits de la personne (ACCCDP), présentée par la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne (Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies, or CASHRA, 2008 annual conference, presented by the Ontario Human Rights Commission) du 15 au 17 juin 2008, dans la cour sur le campus de Niagara College, Niagara-on-the-lake, ON. Exposition dans le cadre de l’événement «Scotiabank Nuit Blanche», Toronto, ON, nuit du samedi 30 septembre 2006.

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

L'installation Freeze est un projet artistique public du Convenience curatorial collective

Artist's biography:

Belmore, Rebecca

Author's biography:

Yero, Osvaldo

Source:

1. Rebecca Belmore, artiste : rebeccabelmore@yahoo.ca 2. Osvaldo Yero, artiste: osvaldoyero@yahoo.ca

Document(s):

Nuit Blanche: Toronto made suddenly magical

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Toronto Canada 2006. Zone C. Freeze

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2006. Zone C. Curated Exhibition. Freeze, 2006

Supporting creativity: but only for 12 hours?

Used cars

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:40:11 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Carlson, Corinne

Artwork creator(s):

Carlson, Corinne

Text author(s):

Carlson, Corinne

Text author(s):

Carlson, Corinne

Installation year:

1995

Remarks on location:

Au centre-ville, quatre sites différents

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Corinne Carlson

Description:

Des mots orange vif de paroles de chansons d'amour sont suspendus au-dessus de voitures.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

site 1:

ALL RICHT

site 2:

OKAY

site 3:

YOU WIN

site 4:

I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU

Text theme:

«Alright, Okay, you Win», chanson populaire par Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh

Artwork theme:

Déclarations d’amour, jeux de mots

History

History:

1. Niche (public installations, interventions and performances), Guelph, 22 avril-20 mai 1995

2. off\site@toronto (urban intervention project), Toronto, 25 sep-31 oct 1998

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Carlson, Corinne

Source:

1.Pruesse, Kym, éd., Accidental Audience : Urban Interventions by Artists, Toronto : Off\Site Collective, 1999, p.80 2. Jennifer McMackon, «Corinne Carlson @ Mercer Union, Toronto». Sur le site Big, RED And Shiny. An art journal http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/retrieve.pl?issue=issue66&section=out-of-town&article=corinne_carlson_at_2213256 (Consulté le 30 octobre 2008). Corinne Carlson onertwons@interlog.com

Document(s):

Niche: installations, interventions, performances. April 22-May 20, 1995

Taking it to the Streets

Niche: Art Outside of The Gallery

Niche : installations publiques, interventions et performances/Public Installations, Interventions and Performances

A Mari Usque Ad Mare

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:50:46 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Chomistek, Joe

Artwork creator(s):

Chomistek, Joe

Text author(s):

Devise du Canada

Text author(s):

Devise du Canada / Canada's motto

Installation year:

1984

Artwork description

Source: Calgary Select (2008). Harry Hays Building. (http://www.calgaryselect.com/Landmarks/HarryHaysBuilding/tabid/471/Default)

Description:

Roche montrant une carte du Canada et des armoiries du Canada

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

A Mari Usque Ad Mare

Artwork theme:

Devise du Canada.

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

La roche qui montre une carte du Canada et des armoiries du Canada a été donné le 25 août 1986 par l'artiste Joe Chomistek de Scandia, en Alberta.

Mural

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:40:29 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Marshall, James

Artwork creator(s):

Marshall, James

Text author(s):

Marshall, James

Text author(s):

Marshall, James

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Rowena James

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Citation de Rudyard Kipling: "A town with all hell for a basement"

Dimensions

DREAM.big

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:43:44 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Moar, Donald

Artwork creator(s):

Moar, Donald

Text author(s):

Moar, Donald

Text author(s):

Moar, Donald

Installation year:

2006

Artwork description

Source: The Places (2008). Walking Tour. (http://www.theworks.ab.ca/placesfolder/tour/pages/18.html)

Description:

DREAM.big est compos/ de six écrans décoratifs énonçant le mot « rêve » en lettres géantes. Ces écrans ne masquent pas la fa]ade du bâtiment. Le mot « rêve » apparaît, puis disparaît, pour réapparaître de nouveau lorsque l'on marche à côté. Les couleurs de l'écran, sélectionnées pour symboliser les couleurs de l'ammonite (la pierre précieuse de l'Alberta), changent également au fil du passage de promeneurs.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

DREAM

Text theme:

Rêve

Dimensions

Other information

Propriétaire(s):

Ville d'Edmonton

Thanksgiving

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:02:39 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Koh, Germaine

Artwork creator(s):

Koh, Germaine

Text author(s):

Koh, Germaine

Text author(s):

Koh, Germaine

Installation year:

1999

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Germaine Koh

Description:

Coupon à découper dans le journal

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

L’image est un détail de l’article dans lequel figure l’œuvre

Text of the artwork:

thanks --- many thanks

Text theme:

Remerciement, reconnaissance

Artwork theme:

Reconnaissance et encouragement d’actes de bonne grâce, d’échange et de partage.

History

History:

Publié dans The Globe and Mail, 6 nov 1999 «projects. various currency projects. Thanksgiving».

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Germaine Koh

Source:

Germaine Koh peut être jointe en communiquant avec la galerie qui la représente - Catriona Jeffries Gallery 274 East 1st Ave., Vancouver V5T1A6 Canada Tél : 604-736-1554 cat_jeffries_gallery@telus.net