The concept of the Parc Industriel outdoor installation is futuristic: the year is 3541 AD, and a Stonehenge-like site consisting of a large archway and pillars has been unearthed at the corner of Sherbrooke and Clark. The structures weigh 3-35 tonnes each and are made of crushed metal and compressed recycled material: gasoline tanks, tin cans, milk boxes, financial statements and parking tickets. This discovery backs up our descendents' belief in today's hyper-productivity and consumption--we average 1.21 tons of waste per person, annually.
The site is the work of ATSA, the French acronym for Socially Acceptable Terrorist Action, founded by Annie Roy and Pierre Allard. This is their largest work to date. Scheduled events at the site of these compressed-garbage monoliths include a corn roast (Aug. 17, 6 p.m.), an Environment Canada presentation about climate changes and cars (Aug. 18, 11:30 a.m.) and a screening of L'Erreur Boréale, a film about forests by Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie (Aug. 18, 8 p.m.). Bring a picnic anytime, free BBQs are provided, Aug. 17-Sept. 3, opens daily at noon. Closed Mon-Tues. Info: www.atsa.qc.ca or 581-5457.
The concept of the Parc Industriel outdoor installation is futuristic: the year is 3541 AD, and a Stonehenge-like site consisting of a large archway and pillars has been unearthed at the corner of Sherbrooke and Clark. The structures weigh 3-35 tonnes each and are made of crushed metal and compressed recycled material: gasoline tanks, tin cans, milk boxes, financial statements and parking tickets. This discovery backs up our descendents' belief in today's hyper-productivity and consumption--we average 1.21 tons of waste per person, annually.