Œuvre d'art public
Close Your Eyes...
Artwork creator(s):
Edelstein, Susan
Text author(s):
Edelstein, Susan
Installation year:
1992
Remarks on location:
L’œuvre a été installée dans le présentoir de dépliants touristiques sur les traversiers de la Colombie-Britannique, au centre d’information touristique de Vancouver et d'autres endroits
Description:
Dépliants placés dans divers présentoirs
Text of the artwork:
Close your eyes and count to 100...
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten...
---
Ready or not here I come.
She represented a map of meanings to
both sides of her family.
Always careful to conceal or reveal the
tiny silver pendant when she would visit
them.
Making the wrong move could result in broken codes.
---
Step on a crack and break
your mother’s back.
She had been told both families
were fractured by this union.
Marrying outside of the chosen faith
was forbidden.
It broke their mothers’ hearts.
---
Step on a line and break your
mother’s spine.
She remembered walking a fine line
between their beliefs.
One slip would break the connection.
---
Step on a stone and break your
mother’s bones.
She became an expert on navigating
between the obstacles in her path.
She always remembered to wear a
smile.
---
Cross my head and hope to die.
They never spoke about the presence
of difference.
The weight of the chains
made it difficult to breathe.
Artwork theme:
Mariage mixtes, religion, sentiment d’appartenance, racisme
History:
Exposition Out of Place, organisée par l’Association for Noncommercial Culture
Event date(s):
1992 Dimensions:
Height:
0.22m
Width:
0.71m
Artist's biography:
Edelstein, Susan Document(s):
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