Œuvre d'art public

Memory Tables

Gil McElroy, Memory Tables, 1996
Gil McElroy, Memory Tables, 1996
Location:
Struts Gallery, 7 rue Lorne , Sackville, NB, E4L 3Z6, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
McElroy, Gil
Text author(s): 
McElroy, Gil
Installation year: 
1996
Description: 

Trois tables de pique-nique ont été modifiées pour être en pente. Le texte est gravé sur le dessus.

Text of the artwork: 

Table 1

IT IS, FIRST OF ALL, A PLACE WHICH TOUCHES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OUTSIDE OF THE FACE. IT IS A WORLD OF THINGS, OF BIRDS, OF SCATTERINGS FROM ABROAD. IT IS ALL BRIGHTNESS AND SPIRITS AND WIND, THE CURVING PATH OF.

Table 2

TO DREAM OF THIS PLACE MIGHT LEAD TO POLITICS, TO SPEAKING WITH A PECULIAR ABANDON. THE WORDS, LIKE THE NIGHT ITSELF, AND AFTER THE MANNER OF ALL NIGHTS, KEEP NEGLECTED LOVE WITHIN THEIR CHARGE. TO THESE WORDS, AND TO THIS PLACE, COME KINDS OF MAGIC. AND A WIND ONE TRIES TO FIT.

Table 3

THE WAY THIS PLACE FILLS THE SPACE AND SOURCE OF ALL NAME. THE WAY THE RECOLLECTIONS OF SUCH A PLACE SETTLE INTO DETAILS UNCOMMONLY PAINTED WITH COLOURS. THE WAY THE LIGHT MINDS US. THE WAY THE GEOGRAPHICAL HAPPENS, THAT'S WHAT.

Artwork theme: 

L’exil, l’expulsion des acadiens de leurs terres

History: 

•Exposition du 7 juin- 20 septembre 1996

•Urban Visions 07 (exposition d’art en lieu public) les oeuvres ont été situées à divers sites au centre-ville de Barrie 14 juin-9 septembre 2007

Dimensions:

Height: 
5m
Width: 
8m
Depth: 
1 m
Document(s): 

Gil McElroy : Memory Tables

Rae Dornan, Linda (1997).  Gil McElroy : Memory Tables. ARTSatlantic. no. 57 (Spring ) , p. 11-12

Gil McElroy at Unlikely 2.0

McElroy, Gil (2001).  Gil McElroy at Unlikely 2.0. <http://www.unlikelystories.org/07/mcelroy0107.shtml> : Unlikely 2.0