Public Artwork
Angles d'incidence
Location:
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Boulevard de l'Université Pavillon des Humanités, Saguenay, QC, G7H 2B1, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Cotton, Claudine
Text author(s):
Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Installation year:
1998
Remarks on location:
Ground floor and lobby
Description:
The artwork consists of a sculptural installation with one part located inside the building and another part, outside.
Inside, a large white panel is installed on a black painted wall. It creates a triangle on the wall, as if the wall was being toppled over by the metallic lever installed on the floor.
The outdoor unit, which consists of a triangular metallic sculpture, is installed in continuity with the white panel.
On the ground, the lever consists of a metallic bar; its fulcrum is a bronze arm. On the black face, there are 20 small embossed trumpets and 5 embossed folded arms. On the edge of the white panel, there is a strip of cloth on which an inscription is written. In the window, two metal-framed, quartered glass circles are installed. In the upper one, there are metallic filaments; in the lower one, honey that has crystallized over time. There are also 57 embossed glass mouth shapes scattered all over the window. Lastly, on the ground, there is another glass quartered circle, this one the colour of honey, which extends all the way to the elevator
Text of the artwork:
LE CERVEAU A SES MONTAGNES, SES FALAISES VERTIGINEUSES QUE NUL N'A JAMAIS TOTALEMENT SONDÉES
Text theme:
Committed thinking as a driving force
Artwork theme:
Enabling knowledge and the energy of committed thinking
The importance of knowing how to enable knowledge and thought processes, as tangible sources of energy
Dimensions:
Height:
8m
Width:
6m Note(s):
Activated by the lever, in which drops of sweat are enclosed, an imposing section of wall is toppled over and propelled outside.
On the plate:
Angles d'incidence propose la pensée engagée comme essence primordiale au
fonctionnement du lieu et lui accorde des positions stratégiques. Ainsi
cette force agissante, poétisée par la présence de "coudées franches" et de sueur de
penseurs, devient, à l'image d'un levier, capable de soulever les structures et de
les maintenir dans une position d'ouverture.
Cet exercice perpétuel qui invite à la construction et à l'audace, nous engage.
Author's biography:
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Architectes(s):
Brassard, André Document(s):
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