Publication: C: International Contemporary Art
Publication Date: 22-DEC-07
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Heather, Rosemary
Article Excerpt
The third edition of Artefact, Montreal's tri-annual exposition of public art, took as its theme the 40th anniversary of Expo 67. As with previous editions of the event, commissioned works were created in situ for a specifically designated area of the city, which is chosen for being in some way already legible to the general public. Given this mandate, Artefact 2007 was like a homecoming, returning to the site of its most charged precedent: a world's fair famous in this country for carrying with it all the hopes and optimism of an era that is now all but lost to time.
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Situated on Ile Sainte-Helene, a public park in downtown Montreal and the site of Expo 67, the event posed a question about how the memory of a city functions in the present, especially when it is addressed by...
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