Programming
Movin' the charter 03
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.
The Charter Poets (Ken McLaughlin, Blossom Thom, and J.J. Lokshtanov) will carry artist karen elaine spencer's section 3 of the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms through the streets of Montreal. The event will start at the artist's studio 1001 rue Lenoir at approximately 10:45 AM and move to Léché Desserts, a popular donut shop, 640 Courcelle St.
The panel comprises 10 different languages: Tagalog, Greek, Eastern James Bay Cree, English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Haitian Creole.
Excerpt from :
CHAPTER I
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS - SECTION 3
Every person is the possessor of the fundamental fredooms, including freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly ansd freedom of association.
