Public Artwork

The You Are Here Garden

Taco Iwashima & Christopher Bruce Mathews, You Are Here Garden, 2002
Location:
Jardins de Métis and Festival international de jardins, 200 132 road, Grand-Métis, QC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Iwashima, Taco; Mathews, Christopher Bruce
Text author(s): 
Iwashima, Taco; Mathews, Christopher Bruce
Installation year: 
2002
Description: 

At the entrance to the trail, a huge curtain features the phrase "You Are Here" in white letters. In the wooded area, white ribbons are hanging on which the phrase "you are here" is repeated.

Text of the artwork: 

You Are Here

Text theme: 
Abstract place that tourists can actually visit
History: 

The International Garden Festival at Les Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens presents temporary gardens at the cutting edge of garden design, landscape, architecture, design and environmental art.

 

Event: Festival international de Jardins des Métis

Event date(s): 
2002
Document(s): 

Festival international de jardins de Métis / The international Garden Festival At Reford Gardens, Grand-Metis

Vaillancourt, Denis (2003).  Festival international de jardins de Métis / The international Garden Festival At Reford Gardens, Grand-Metis. Espace. no. 62 (Hiver- Winter) , p. 16-22