Title & Author:

Des textes dans l'espace public = Words in public space / sous la direction de Marc André Brouillette.

Publication:

[Montréal] : Éditions du Passage, 2014.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Écrire et lire les lieux autrement=Reading and writing space differently / Marc André Brouillette -- Regards sur des pratiques=Perspectives on practice -- Trois surfaces d'échange autour d'un art visible/dicible=Three interfaces of exchange around a visible/articulable art / Christian Ruby -- Lecture de l'en-commun=Reading the in-common / Louise Déry -- Art, espace(s) public(s) et vsibilité. dream listener de Karen Elaine Spencer=Art, public space, and visibility: dream listener by Karen Elaine Spencer / Suzanne Paquet et Daniel Fiset -- Propos d'artistes=In the words of the artist -- Art, cliché et trauma=Art, cliché, and trauma / Ken Lum -- L'action des mots dans la vie et dans la ville=The action of words in life and in the city / Rose-Marie E. Goulet -- Relectures. Des mots dans le corps de la ville=Rereading. Words in the body of the city / Julie Faubert -- Espaces de parole=Spaces of expression -- Afficher la langue dans l'art public=Displaying language in public art / Sherry Simon -- Les panneaux-réclames amérindiens et dissidents d'Edgar Heap of Birds=The dissenting Native American billboards of Edgar Heap of Birds / Jonathan Lamy -- Un espace qui se construit: la promenafe des écrivains dans le Vieux-Québec=Constructing space: the Promenade des Écrivains in Quebec City's historical district / Julia Hains.
Text in French and English.

Summary:

"Words in public space examines the presence of literary creation in the public realm and the relationship between words and public places. Bringing together essays by artists, critics, historians, and philosophers, this books proposes various reflections on artwork and practices that are characterized by their exceptional use of written word"--Page [4] of cover.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

9782922892987
2922892980

Subject:

Architectural inscriptions.
Words in art.
Public art spaces.
Inscriptions architecturales.
Mots dans l'art.
Espaces d'art public.

Added entries:

Brouillette, Marc André, 1969- editor.
Brouillette, Marc André, 1969- editor of compilation.
Déry, Louise, 1955- author.
Fauber, Julie author.
Fiset, Daniel author.
Goulet, Rose-Marie author.
Hains, Julia author.
Lum, Ken, 1956- author.
Paquet, Suzanne, 1960- author.
Ruby, Christian author.
Simon, Sherry author.

Words and text in public space

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287753
Call No.: BIB 229119
Status: Available