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Cat & Mouse

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:46:19 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Soo, Mark

Artwork creator(s):

Soo, Mark

Text author(s):

Soo, Mark

Text author(s):

Soo, Mark

Installation year:

2012

Remarks on location:

Sur les vitres de la station

Artwork description

Source: The Canadaline (2012). CAT & MOUSE (http://www.thecanadaline.com/Art-Community.tsp?gallery=current&id=7659072204)

Description:

L'oeuvre se compose de trois poèmes graphiques collés sur la paroi de verre. Les phrases s'entrelacent de telle sorte qu'elles se lisent des deux côtés de la fenêtre et stimulent une double lecture. Les fragments de texte proviennent de la culture populaire.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Text of the artwork:

Carrot & Stick Horse and Buggy

Beast of Burden Bead & Butter

Bridge and Tunel Cat & Mouse

Text theme:

Expression populaire

Artwork theme:

Stimule les jeux de mots. L'artiste joue sur la langue et le caractère de la culture populaire.

History

History:

Cat & Mouse est commandée par la Ville de Vancouver, en collaboration avec InTransit BC et de la Canada Line Public Art Program.

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Mark Soo

Propriétaire(s):

Ville de Vancouver

Document(s):

Community Services. Cultural Services. Public Art Registry. Artwork : Cat & Mouse

Playing Cat and Mouse by Mark Soo at the Canada Line City Centre

PLAYING CAT & MOUSE AT CANADA LINE CITY CENTRE STATION

CAT & MOUSE – Canada Line City Centre Station Public Art Mural

Homage to Parenthood

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:56:45 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Latour, Toni

Artwork creator(s):

Latour, Toni

Text author(s):

Latour, Toni

Text author(s):

Latour, Toni

Collaborator(s):

Son père

Installation year:

2010

Remarks on location:

Brighouse Station

Artwork description

Source: Toni Latour (2010). Toni Latour News. (http://www.tonilatour.com/upcoming.html)

Description:

Installation de 6 panneaux de 100 phrases dans les couleurs de l'arc-en-ciel.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Life is a bowl of cherries.
Nobody's perfect.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Better late than never.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Always look on the bright side of life.
Patience is a virtue.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
This too shall pass.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Every dog has his day.
It's not the end of the world.
Good things come to those who wait.
Stop and smell the roses.
Do it with a smile on your face and song in your heart.
Turn over a new leaf.
Seize the day.

Rise and shine.
What you see is what you get.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Only time will tell.
If you want it done right, do it yourself.
Measure twice, cut one.
The grass is always greener on the other side.
One bad apple spoils the bunch.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
That's the way the cookie crumbles.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
You're one to talk.
It's my way or the highway.
No pain, no gain.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Get your feet wet.
Break a leg.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Stand your ground.
Live and learn.

Think good thoughts.
Home is where the heart is.
No man is an island.
One day at a time.
Get off your high horse.
Beggars can't be choosers.
What goes around comes around.
You reap what you sow.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Ask and you shall receive.
It's a dog eat dog world.
Better safe than sorry.
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Wait for the dust to settle.
No news is good news.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Put your best foot forward.
Take the bull by the horns.
Keep your head above water.
Life goes on.

You can do it.
Get with the program.
Don't be a chicken.
Nip it the bud.
Wha'ts good for the goose is good for the gander.
Laughter is the best medicine.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Roll with the punches.
Every rose has its thorn.
Don't put your foot in your mouth.
Hold out an olive branch.
Take it on the chin.
It could be worse.
Put your money where your mouth is.
Silence is golden.
Waste not, want not.
The third time's a charm.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Count your blessings.
Don't rock the boat.

Every cloud has a silver lining.
There are plenty of fish in the sea.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Tomorrow's a new day.
Many hands make light work.
Keep your chin up.
Get on the ball.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
His bark is worse than his bite.
There's a light at the end of the tunnel.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Cross that bridge when you come to it.
Don't hold your breath.
When it rains, it pours.
Time flies when you're having fun.
All that glitters is not gold.
The best things in life are free.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
That's the bottom line.

Text theme:

Cliché culturel, Proverbe, Dicton

Artwork theme:

Ce travail explore les idées de la langue, l'éducation familiale, et la spécificité culturelle des clichés et des idiomes. Aussi un hommage à son père récemment décédé.

History

History:

L'oeuvre fait partie de la Vancouver Biennale 2010.

Event date(s):

2010

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Note(s):

« I began the project by writing down all the sayings that my dad would use, and then did research on commonly used idioms and cliches from North America, which are incredibly culturally specific. From there, I had tons to choose from andthe process really moved into the editing phase. It was a lot like writing a 100-line poem. The phonetic flow of each line was really important, along with the interconnected meaning. There are blocks of text that thematically relate to one another.» Toni Latour

Matthew Hoekstra (2010). Dad may be gone, but not his words. Richmond Review
(http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/entertainment/95465209.html)

Artist's biography:

Toni Latour

Document(s):

Dad may be gone, but not his words

Homage to Parenthood

VB Learn

Toni Latour - Text Projects

O Canada

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:33:25 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Comfort, Charles

Artwork creator(s):

Comfort, Charles

Text author(s):

Routhier, Adolphe-Basile

Text author(s):

Routhier, Adolphe-Basile

Installation year:

1943

Remarks on location:

Murale en français à l'est; Murale en anglais à l'ouest.

Artwork description

Source : Art Deco Montreal (2009). Art Deco Montreal About. (http://artdecomontreal.com/en/)

Description:

Murale illustrant différentes activités et richesses du Canada.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

O Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Text theme:

Hymne national du Canada

Artwork theme:

Le Canada

Dimensions

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Artist's biography:

Charles Comfort

Architectes(s):

J. Campbell Merrett

Sq’ac’ay’s

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:50:09 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

SQwACvAY'S

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Installation year:

2005

Remarks on location:

Skytrain, ligne Millenium

Artwork description

Source : Katherine Kerr (2005)Portfolio. Public Art Projects. Sq’ac’ay’s. (http://www.katherinekerrpublicart.com/)

Description:

Trois lanternes totémique

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

(Texte incomplet)

How they swin together
It's time now
And some where deep greens slivered bodies unfurl toward store

BURIED
FILED
CUT

Artwork theme:

Histoire naturelle du territoire locale, destruction écologique et nouvelle conscience écologique

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Le site est une vasière et l'oeuvre a été conçue à la mémoire des rivières à saumon disparues.

Artist's biography:

Katherine Kerr

Propriétaire(s):

Architectura et Walter Francl of RTPO

Source:

Katherine Kerr P.O. Box 507, Brackendale, BC V0N 1H0 Tél : 604-898-3536 fax : 604-898-3599 Courriel : kekerr@telus.net Site web : www.katherinekerrpublicart.com BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641

Inhale

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:40:28 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Installation year:

2003

Remarks on location:

SkyTrain, ligne Millenium; niveau de l’autoroute Lougheed

Artwork description

Source : Katherine Kerr (2005) Portfolio. Public Art Projects. Inhale.(http://www.katherinekerrpublicart.com/)

Description:

Inhale se compose de carreaux de verre où l'on peut voir des feuilles et du texte.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

(Imcomplet)

GATHER

GASP

Artwork theme:

Le jeu

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Katherine Kerr

Architectes(s):

Architectura avec Walter Francl de RTPO

Source:

Document(s):

Portfolio. Public Art Projects

Filigree

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:18:42 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Artwork creator(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Text author(s):

Kerr, Katherine

Installation year:

2000

Remarks on location:

Skytrain, ligne Millenium; intersection des rues Brunette et Braid

Artwork description

Source : Katherine Kerr (2005) Portfolio. Public Art Projects. Filigree.(http://www.katherinekerrpublicart.com/)

Description:

L'oeuvre Filigrane est composée de 15 000 lettres en bronze coulées dans 50 panneaux de béton.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text theme:

Traditions orales, enfance

Artwork theme:

Traditions orales, enfance

Dimensions

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Note(s):

Un bronze en filigrane de l'enfance, comptines, berceuses, virelangues, des chants et d'autres chansons et les paroles de nos traditions orales sont gravés dans de grandes pierres en béton.

Le client pour le projet est Architectura avec Walter Francl de RTPO.

Artist's biography:

Katherine Kerr

Source:

FLAGS Project

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:50:48 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Caribou, Stephanie; Coutu, Bobby; Kematch, Gabriel; Hiebert , Samantha; Dawn Sutherland, Destiny (avec la collaboration de Scott Stephens, Sébastien Aubin, KC Adams)

Artwork creator(s):

Caribou, Stephanie

Coutu, Bobby

Kematch, Gabriel

Hiebert, Samantha

Dawn Sutherland, Destiny

Text author(s):

Caribou, Stephanie; Coutu, Bobby; Kematch, Gabriel; Hiebert , Samantha; Dawn Sutherland, Destiny (avec la collaboration de Scott Stephens, Sébastien Aubin, KC Adams)

Text author(s):

Caribou, Stephanie

Coutu, Bobby

Kematch, Gabriel

Hiebert, Samantha

Dawn Sutherland, Destiny

Collaborator(s):

Artistes : Scott Stephens, Sébastien Aubin, KC Adams Jeunes de la communauté autochtone : Stephanie Caribou, Bobby Coutu, Gabriel Kematch, Samantha Hiebert, Destiny Dawn Sutherland

Installation year:

2009

Artwork description

Source : Urban Shaman Gallery : Contemporary Aboriginal Art. (2009). FLAGS Project. (http://www.urbanshaman.org/Archive)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Image 1 : détail. Œuvre 1/3 Image 2 : détail. Œuvre 2/3 Image 3 : détail. Œuvre 3/3

Text of the artwork:

[panneau publicitaire 1/3]

LOVE AUNT BROTHER GRAND-MOTHER

FATHER FRIENDSHIP SISTER COUSIN

GRAND-FATHER UNCLE MOTHER

[panneau publicitaire 2/3]

SIBLING SOUL-MATES

BEST FRIENDS RELATIONS WIFE

TEAM-MATES HUSBAND FAMILY

[panneau publicitaire 3/3]

TRUTH RESPECT WISDOM

COURAGE HUMILITY

LOVE HONESTY

Text theme:

Amitié, Famille

History

History:

FLAGS Project, Urban Shaman: Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Winnipeg, MB. Exposition de trois semaines dans Winnipeg.

Date: 24 avril 2009-

Event date(s):

2009

Dimensions

Height:

3.04m

Width:

6.09m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Adams, KC

We Are Here For You

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:03:17 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Delos Reyes, Jen

Artwork creator(s):

Delos Reyes, Jen

Text author(s):

Delos Reyes, Jen

Text author(s):

Delos Reyes, Jen

Installation year:

2007

Artwork description

Source : Photo transmise par Jen Delos Reyes

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

WE ARE

HERE

FOR YOU.

Artwork theme:

soutien, hospitalité

History

History:

Open Engagement : Art After Aesthetic Distance (Trois jours de conférences), Régina, Saskatchewan

Date: 11-13 oct 2007

Dimensions

Height:

0.76m

Width:

1.22m

Other information

Note(s):

«I created a series of projects, interventions, and publications designed to fit specifically with the structure of the conference. The Airport Pick-Ups volunteers formed a welcoming committee. This team picked up out-of-towners at the airport holding a banner that read «WE ARE HERE FOR YOU» and drove them to their host’s home. This same team also drove the participants back to the airport to catch their departing flights, as well as provided a shuttle service to and from the university during the conference.»

Jen Delos Reyes (2009). We Are Here For You. <http://jendelosreyes.com>

Artist's biography:

Jen Delos Reyes

Propriétaire(s):

Jen Delos Reyes

Document(s):

Projects. We Are Here For You

We Are Here For You

Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance

Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance Post-Conference Catalogue

Take the Poetry Route

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:00:06 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Varié

Artwork creator(s):

Divers / Miscellaneous

Text author(s):

Varié

Text author(s):

Divers / Miscellaneous

Collaborator(s):

Edmonton Arts Council; ETS, Ville d'Edmonton; The Canada Council for the Art; Pattison Outdoor Group

Installation year:

1999

Remarks on location:

Dans le transport en commun de la ville d'Edmonton

Artwork description

Source: City of Edmonton (2009). Poetry on ETS. (http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/about_ets/poetry-on-ets.aspx)

Description:

Poèmes placés dans les transports en commun

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Exemples

2009:

In the Rockies

In a conifer forest where
everything is alive
with rising clouds wrapped
around mountain approach
me and open their eyes
thus for six years
In every detail looking back to
the splendid green summer
there is the sound of wind
sawing the winter tree branches
I still couldn't finish painting
the white smile of winter - Samgmok Lee

2008:

Squirrel

It burst into the garden
Raised a screeching
Unruly creature
You don't see it yet it exists
You want it with you
Are glad when it disappears

Text theme:

Poésie

Artwork theme:

Poésie

History

History:

Le programme Take the Poetry Route existe depuis 1999. La ville d'Edmonton est la troisième ville a adhérer au projet Poetry-in-transit. Les poèmes sont en plusieurs langues.

Event date(s):

1999

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

This project celebrates the work of poets and makes riding public transit a more enriching and pleasurable experience.

City of Edmondon (2009) City of Edmonton: Poetry on ETS.

http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/about_ets/poetry-on-ets.aspx>

Artist's biography:

Poetry on ETS

Document(s):

Poetry on ETS

Number Painting

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:52:18 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Kennedy, Garry Neill

Artwork creator(s):

Kennedy, Garry Neill

Text author(s):

Kennedy, Garry Neill

Text author(s):

Kennedy, Garry Neill

Installation year:

2005

Remarks on location:

Sur les portes du quai

Artwork description

Source: National Gallery of Canada (2005). Garry Neill Kennedy. (www.gallery.ca/images/ex27_e.pdf)

Description:

L'installation de numéro et d'un texte sur les portes de l'entrepôt du quai 22.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

NO.1. PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE CANADIAN NAVY

NO.2 PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE FRENCH NAVY

NO.3 PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE U.S.A. NAVY

NO.4 MIXTURES OF NUMBERS 1 AND 3 IN
QUANTITIES PROPORTIONAL TO THE
AMOUNT REQUIRED TO COVER THE
FLEETS OF CANADA AND THE U.S.A

NO.5 MIXTURES OF NUMBERS 2 AND 3 IN
QUANTITIES PROPORTIONAL TO THE
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO COVER THE
FLEETS OF FRANCE AND THE U.S.A.

Text theme:

La puissance militaire dominante

Artwork theme:

Commenter la force militaire américaine par rapport à celle de ses voisins (le Canada et la France)

History

History:

Number Painting est une variation sur Figure Paintings, une oeuvre présentée à la 49th Parallel Gallery à New York en 1985.

Event date(s):

2005

Dimensions

Height:

4.26m

Width:

51.82m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Garry Neil Kennedy

Document(s):

Garry Neill Kennedy's Superstardow project

Kyoto sur la Glace 2008

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:57:45 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Collaborator(s):

Bissonnet, Gilles; Crépo, Pierre

Installation year:

2008

Artwork description

Source: Nicole Dextras (2008). Flickr: mamzellenix's Photostream. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/)

Description:

Installation devant le Métro Frontenac d'une robe de marié gelée où les enfants pouvaient entrer sous la jupe par un tunnel dans la neige. Une sorte d'habitation, jupons de mère, igloo. Celle-ci était entourée de draps et de chemises gelés.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Mémoire
de
glace

Équilibre
fragile

Amour

Vie

Text theme:

Kyoto, Réchauffement climatique

Artwork theme:

Le réchauffement climatique

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Nicole Dextras

Love Stories

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00:04 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Tsang, Henry

Artwork creator(s):

Tsang, Henry

Text author(s):

Tsang, Henry

Text author(s):

Tsang, Henry

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

L’un des deux côtés de l’anse Burrard

Artwork description

Source: Tsang, Henry (1992), Henry Tsang : Love Stories, Toronto: Gallery 44

Description:

Affiche sur panneau publicitaire installée au terminus d’amphibus

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Image 1 : Panneau entier sans texte (version présentée à la Gallery 44, Toronto, en 1992). Image 2 : détail. Côté gauche (version présentée à Vancouver Nord, 2001). Image 3 : détail. Côté gauche (version présentée à Vancouver Nord, 2001).

Text of the artwork:

She doesn’t desire White Boys

over anyone else. But they keep

gravitating towards her.

Other men just can’t

Turn Her On

in the same way.

Her skin was Silky Smooth

to the touch. So is yours, she said :

From then on, I began looking

at Asian women,

something I never

before could do.

Text theme:

anecdotes de désir interracial

Artwork theme:

Identité raciale; identité sexuelle; désir; préférence sexuelle (inter)raciale

History

History:

Affiche sur panneau publicitaire (2001), installée au terminus d’amphibus (Seabus Terminal), Vancouver Nord. Commande de Presentation House Gallery.

Événement : «Facing History Poster Project», Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver Nord, C-B. Commissaire : Karen Love.

8 sep-28 oct 2001.

Aussi présentée à Toronto en 1992

Event date(s):

2001

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Texte de la version de l’œuvre présenté à la Gallery 44, Toronto, en 1992 :

I commented on how difficult it

seemed for some men of

Chinese ancestry to

consider Chinese

women as

beautiful,

or if

beautiful,

then as desirable.

Martin, whose wife is

of German descent, admitted

that he still had that problem.

Cornelio was surprised. In Hawaii,

where he grew up, Asians were

always thought of as

more beautiful.

He said

this with a

certain sadness,

for although he was a

good-looking guy, it was never

Asians who found him attractive.

The very

thought disgusted her.

Why would she ever want to

do anything like that, she demanded.

Kissing one would be like kissing her

brother. And going out with

a Chinese guy would

feel, simply put,

incestuous.

I caught her

staring at me. She

looked so Chinese to me, too.

I was surprised by the touch of her

skin-it was true, it was s o smooth. So

was mine, she said. And after awhile I

began to look at Asian women,

something that I never before

could bring myself

to do.

I asked her about her preferences.

She said that although she didn’t

exactly prefer white men over

anybody else, they seemed

to gravitate towards her.

Besides, she couldn’t

find any other men

who could turn

her on in the

same way.

He was relatively open-minded, he

said, for someone who grew up in

Winnipeg 50 years ago. For

instance, he didn’t mind

his daughter going out

with anyone non-

Chinese, as

long as he

wasn’t

white.

Artist's biography:

Henry Tsang

Document(s):

Henry Tsang : Love Stories

Facing History. Portraits from Vancouver

Le mur de la paix

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:49:06 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Dion, Cécile

Artwork creator(s):

Dion, Cécile

Text author(s):

Dion, Cécile

Text author(s):

Dion, Cécile

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

Dans le corridor menant à la ligne 4 direction Longueuil-Université de Sherbrooke

Artwork description

STM (2008). L'art dans le métro de Montréal. (http://stm.info/metro/art/)

Description:

Ce mur affiche l’inscription graphique du mot paix traduit dans les 34 langues représentant les communautés les plus importantes en termes de population à Montréal.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Paix (34 langues)

Text theme:

Paix

Artwork theme:

La paix

History

History:

L'oeuvre a été retirée. Elle devrait être de retour en 2017.

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Elle a été conçue par les professionnels en communications et les graphistes de la STM en collaboration avec la Direction des affaires interculturelles de la Ville de Montréal.

Poetry in Motion

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:46:40 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Varié

Artwork creator(s):

Divers / Miscellaneous

Text author(s):

McKay, Stuart Ian; Samuels, Ian; Stephansson, Stephan G.; Slade, Anne; Ormshaw, Peter; Legg,Thomas; Robinson, Garda ; Marty, Sid; Ruzesky, Jay; Stallworthy, Bob

Text author(s):

McKay, Stuart Ian

Samuels, Ian

Stephansson, Stephan G.

Slade, Anne

Ormshaw, Peter

Legg, Thomas

Robinson, Garda

Marty, Sid

Ruzesky, Jay

Stallworthy, Bob

Installation year:

2008

Remarks on location:

Dans les autobus.

Artwork description

Source: D'Arcy Norman (2008). Transit Poetry in Motion. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/172290667/)

Description:

Poèmes placés dans les autobus de la Ville

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

He stacks empty shot glasses on the longest bar between Winnipeg and Hong Kong until they threaten to tumble or
When he absolutely positively
must leave at closing
Stained glass windows set
in groupings of three lift
up rusticated sandstone walls
A prairie faith is durable
its hymns unfailing

- Stuart Ian McKay

If you find yourself on a bridge in Moscow
waiting for a microfilm, use these
moments to count the possible routes
between the chairs in your salon.
Deep down, you will feel a need to contribute to
the public health, welfare and safety of
the community, so consider the beauty of
marbled steaks and falling trees.

- Ian Samuels

Jack of All Trades

I, mostly my own doctor
A lawyer and builder smart
A teacher, prince and pastor
A horse, a plow and cart.

- Stephan G. Stephansson

I sprinkled the oil cloth with flour
and kneaded that dough till my arms ached, and my shoulders.
“No, it isn’t ready yet, I haven’t heard it squeak!” she said.
And still I kneaded,
and fifteen loaves of fresh bread later,
I knew that bread making wasn’t necessarily
an act of love.

- Anne Slade

For Mom and Her Birds

Mother’s extended arms
cast across the snow
a crust of breadcrumbs.
Sesame and poppyseed
punctuate the white
and prints of their feet.
Stupid simple things
they thank her the only way
they know -- singing out
boundaries of their territory
into which they welcome her
with open wings.
- Peter Ormshaw

Wannabe Cowboy

Folks call me a wannabe cowboy
A ridin’ the range in my head
On week-ends I die with my boots on
By Monday I’m back from the dead

I practice the slang of the cowboy
Memorized his wisdom and word
Never smack a man who’s chewin’ tobacco
Always drink upstream from the herd
- Thomas Legg

Integrations #4

The night chants day
and the day chants night –
so the lime
in Buddha’s mouth
- Garda Robinson

KINNIKKINNIK

The tawny hill bends off its snow
under the west wind’s palmy tongue
How succulent curls the bearberry then

Its gleaming wintergreen, its blushing fruit
(a tonic for bears, eaten in spring)
tinges this chiaroscuro. Sanguine the warp
and weft, padding a dream bed

Deer and hunter rest at the foot of the dawn

Spill, clouds, over Livingstone
Sacrifice! Conjure, like Brings-Down-The -Sun
- Sid Marty

Even the blue Himalayan poppy,
Which blooms once perfectly before dying,
is showing off.
I talk in your mouth
and you open bird-like
to swallow words.
This is my pleasure.
You like the round ones best:
igloo, overalls, loop, moon, shoe.
There is nothing in this milky world
As small as your breath.

- Jay Ruzesky

stood in front of the mirror
twenty minutes or more
combing Score into his hair
to create just the right kiss-curl
a duck-tail any drake would be proud of

- Bob Stallworthy

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

Commandité par le Conseil des arts du Canada, Calgary Transit, Pattison

Source:

Send your poem to:submissions@poetry-in-motion.ca">submissions@poetry-in-motion.ca</a><br />The program is organized by Maryann Bredin, Richard Harrison, Rita Sirignano and Peter Oliva.

Mask of Culture

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:42:45 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Cacchioni, Dianne

Artwork creator(s):

Cacchioni, Dianne

Text author(s):

Cacchioni, Dianne

Text author(s):

Cacchioni, Dianne

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Quais des stations, boîtes publicitaires

Artwork description

Source : The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Image photographique placée dans un panneau publicitaire

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Incite

Artwork theme:

Importance des médias dans la construction de valeurs culturelles

History

History:

L'événement The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition, est organisé par l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association (coordonateur : Don Murray; commissaires : Melinda Mollineaux et Marianne Nicholson) et présentée par BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System. Encadré ultérieurement par l’événement Artropolis 93 (1993) à Vancouver.

9 janvier-8 juillet 1992

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Dianne Cacchioni

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Tree Group : Metaphors

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:32:17 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Davis, Todd

Artwork creator(s):

Davis, Todd

Text author(s):

Davis, Todd

Text author(s):

Davis, Todd

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Quais des stations, boîtes publicitaires

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Image photographique placée dans un panneau publicitaire

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Vue d’ensemble

Text of the artwork:

European Black Alder
Asiatic Bittersweet
(American) White Birch
Japanese Cork Tree

Text theme:

Nomenclature d’espèces d’arbres

Artwork theme:

Identification raciale

History

History:

L'événement The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition, est organisé par l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association (coordonateur : Don Murray ; commissaires : Melinda Mollineaux et Marianne Nicholson) et présenté par BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System. Encadré ultérieurement par l’événement Artropolis 93 (1993) à Vancouver.

9 janvier-8 juillet 1992

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Davis, Todd

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Sans titre

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:19:26 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Leung, Helen

Artwork creator(s):

Leung, Helen

Text author(s):

Leung, Helen

Text author(s):

Leung, Helen

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Quais des stations, boîtes publicitaires

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Image photographique placée dans un panneau publicitaire

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Vue d’ensemble

Text of the artwork:

My father took this
Photo of my
grandfather’s […]
In Hong Kong
Before coming to
Canada. I’ll get to
take one of his.

Text theme:

Histoire familiale

Artwork theme:

Perte d’identité culturelle

History

History:

9 janvier-8 juillet 1992

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Document(s):

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

The Billboard Art Series

Sans titre

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:06:33 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Terada, Ron

Artwork creator(s):

Terada, Ron

Text author(s):

Teras, Ron

Text author(s):

Teras, Ron

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Quais des stations, boîtes publicitaires

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Image photographique placée dans un panneau publicitaire

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Vue d’ensemble

Text of the artwork:

iwaki

[texte en japonais]

Artwork theme:

Culture et symbolisme médiatiques

History

History:

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Terada, Ron

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Sans titre

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:58:12 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Mootoo, Shani

Artwork creator(s):

Mootoo, Shani

Text author(s):

Mootoo, Shani

Text author(s):

Mootoo, Shani

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Quais des stations, boîtes publicitaires

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Image photographique placée dans un panneau publicitaire

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

It is a crime that I should
Have to use your language
To tell you how I feel that
You have taken mine from me.

Text theme:

racisme, assimilation

Artwork theme:

Expérience culturelle minoritaire

History

History:

9 janvier-8 juillet 1992

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Mootoo, Shani

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Home Is Here

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:55:45 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Yoon, Jin-Me

Artwork creator(s):

Yoon, Jin-Me

Text author(s):

Yoon, Jin-Me

Text author(s):

Yoon, Jin-Me

Installation year:

1992

Artwork description

Source: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association

Description:

Image photographique placée dans un panneau publicitaire

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Remarques sur l'image:

Vue d’ensemble

Text of the artwork:

[texte en japonais]
[texte en chinois]
[texte en coréen]
HOME IS HERE
[signature]

Text theme:

Ancrage culturel

Artwork theme:

Migration asiatique

History

History:

L'événement The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition, est organisé par l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association (coordonateur : Don Murray ; commissaires : Melinda Mollineaux et Marianne Nicholson) et présenté par BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System. Encadré ultérieurement par l’événement Artropolis 93 (1993) à Vancouver.

9 janvier-8 juillet 1992

Event date(s):

1992

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Yoon, Jin-Me

Document(s):

The Billboard Art Series

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Transport

Cat & Mouse

Homage to Parenthood

O Canada

Sq’ac’ay’s

(Texte incomplet)

Inhale

(Imcomplet)

Filigree

FLAGS Project

[panneau publicitaire 1/3]

[panneau publicitaire 2/3]

[panneau publicitaire 3/3]

We Are Here For You

Take the Poetry Route

Exemples

2009:

2008:

Number Painting

Kyoto sur la Glace 2008

Love Stories

Le mur de la paix

Paix (34 langues)

Poetry in Motion

Mask of Culture

Tree Group : Metaphors

Sans titre

Sans titre

[texte en japonais]

Sans titre

Home Is Here

[texte en japonais][texte en chinois][texte en coréen]HOME IS HERE[signature]

[texte en japonais]
[texte en chinois]
[texte en coréen]
HOME IS HERE
[signature]