Programming
Movin' the charter 02
With movin' the charter, karen elaine spencer proposes to disseminate excerpts from the Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which she transcribed on large wooden panels. By inviting particular groups of participants to choose passages of the Charter that particularly resonate for them, the artist appropriates these excerpts to produce large format panels, which she will donate to the participant team thereafter.
karen elaine spencer
karen elaine spencer proposes to disseminate in the public space excerpts from the Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which she has transcribed onto large wooden panels.
With movin' the charter, karen elaine spencer proposes to disseminate excerpts from the Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which she transcribed on large wooden panels. By inviting particular groups of participants to choose passages of the Charter that particularly resonate for them, the artist appropriates these excerpts to produce large format panels, which she will donate to the participant team thereafter. In return, the latter commit themselves to disseminate them in the public space and then dispose of them as they see fit, having to assume the weight and the responsibility of this object created by the artist, with the inspiring and carrying character but at the same time bulky by its size and its materiality.
Through these inscriptions that she inserts into the public space, the artist not only promotes the Charter of Rights and Freedom, by taking excerpts of the magnified text right into the street, which gives her increased visibility, but it also gives a platform to some less well represented groups in society through sign painted panels. movin' the charter becomes a place for meetings and exchanges around the articles of the Charter and what they can represent for different communities. A series of actions is planned as part of this project, which will take place between November 2018 and April 2019.
Today, four young men are moving the charter. The excerpt they chose concerns equality between men and women, a segment added by Christine Saint-Pierre in 2008. Jeremie Tessier, Callaghan Marley-Boshouwers, Jaime Rodriguez and Nathan Spencer-Cross, ( Will Mackenzie - camera) are moving the charter at noon today from Saint-Henri, 1001 Lenoir Street. They will walk spontaneously to get to downtown Montreal.
Excerpt from:
CHAPTER V SPECIAL AND INTERPRETATIVE PROVISIONS - ARTICLE 50.1
The rights and freedoms set out in this charter are equally guaranteed to women and men.