Œuvre d'art public
Concrete poetry
Locations:
Hôtel de ville , 200 rue King West , Kitchener, ON, N2G 4G7, Canada
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rue Locke , Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Frank, Simon
Text author(s):
Frank, Simon
Installation year:
2002
Remarks on location:
Située à l’entrée
Description:
Poème peint sur trottoir, étalé le long des rues du centre-ville. Chaque ligne est suivie de flèches bleues qui dirigent vers la prochaine.
Text of the artwork:
Begin here
here
here
here
each step
a green light
a deep breath
a thousand mile journey
the first step
connected to the next
connected to the
backbone
by a line
of thought
merge with the dust
follow your shadow
(a chance taken)
the world is not
a machine
the mind moves
at three miles an hour
as slow as a turtle
streetsign daffodil
heliotrope lightpost
anonymous flower
caught in a crack
in the concrete
peripatetic poet
my feet
glued to the sidewalk
and then unglued
my head
never separate
from my body
wandering
the way
the wind blows
wondering
who imagined this landscape
do I remember
when this place
was as blank
as a sheet
of paper
where do I come from
where am I now
where am I going
a map
of my own thoughts
where a seed falls
from a sparrow’s ass
a tree will grow
a river will grow
a city will grow
right here
right here
to walk the streets
of this city
is to love it
I read
speak
think
with my feet
Text theme:
Existentialisme, expérience humaine
Artwork theme:
Dichotomie de la nature et de la culture, redéfinition de la culture (activité humaine) dans un cadre naturel
History:
1. Exposition «Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA)», Kitchener, ON, 21 - 29 sep 2002
2. Niagara Artists' Company, St Catharines, ON, été 2003
3. Exposition «SPASM II: The Couture of Contemporaneity», Saskatoon, SK, organisée par AKA Gallery, New Media et Paved Art, 28 mai-6 juin 2004
4.Exposition « Future Cities», Art Gallery of Hamilton off-site project, Hamilton, ON, avril 2004
5.Exposition Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, 2005
6.Exposition «Wordsmiths» Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON, 7 juillet-19 août 2006
Note(s):
À l'été 2010, la Ville de Hamilton va installer en permanence l'oeuvre sur la rue Locke
Artist's biography:
Frank, Simon Document(s):
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