Patrick Bernatchez
29.53
2020
Presentation of the artwork
Rising to a height of more than 18 metres, the work 29:53 is a monumental installation that dominates the project’s central square and becomes an emblematic landmark for the new neighbourhood. The sculpture is composed of two surfaces. One surface reproduces part of the moon’s landscape and thus evokes the conquest of territories, inspired by the site’s history involved with the railway. To produce this part of the work, the artist symbolically purchased a plot on the moon and reproduced it at scale. The other surface, representing the hidden face of the moon, offers a climbing wall. The title 29:53 refers to the average time between two new moons: 29.53 days. Associated events
In the context of the redevelopment project for the Outremont site and its surroundings, the Public Art Bureau held a competition by public notice for the creation of an artwork for the central square, which faces the recently constructed MIL campus of the Université de Montréal. 
crédit photo: Marc-Olivier Bécotte, 2020
Patrick Bernatchez
His work is built like a fractal objet – where each artwork refers to a whole. The artist brings an omnivorous approach to media, making use of drawing, printmaking, painting, photography, film, installation, music and sound. Among other events, he exhibited at Galerie West, (The Hague, Holland), at Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains (Tourcoing, France), at Mass MOCA (Massachussetts, United States) and at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Canada). In 2014 and 2015, his work was the subject of a major exhibition entitled Les temps inachevés at the Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, and the Centre Argos (Brussels, Belgium). Produced in collaboration with the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, who will feature the show in the fall of 2015, it will also travel to The Power Plant (Toronto, Canada) in 2016.
Awards and honours
- Prix Louis-Comtois, 2014
Presentation of the artwork
Rising to a height of more than 18 metres, the work 29:53 is a monumental installation that dominates the project’s central square and becomes an emblematic landmark for the new neighbourhood. The sculpture is composed of two surfaces. One surface reproduces part of the moon’s landscape and thus evokes the conquest of territories, inspired by the site’s history involved with the railway. To produce this part of the work, the artist symbolically purchased a plot on the moon and reproduced it at scale. The other surface, representing the hidden face of the moon, offers a climbing wall. The title 29:53 refers to the average time between two new moons: 29.53 days. Associated events
In the context of the redevelopment project for the Outremont site and its surroundings, the Public Art Bureau held a competition by public notice for the creation of an artwork for the central square, which faces the recently constructed MIL campus of the Université de Montréal.
Patrick Bernatchez
His work is built like a fractal objet – where each artwork refers to a whole. The artist brings an omnivorous approach to media, making use of drawing, printmaking, painting, photography, film, installation, music and sound. Among other events, he exhibited at Galerie West, (The Hague, Holland), at Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains (Tourcoing, France), at Mass MOCA (Massachussetts, United States) and at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Canada). In 2014 and 2015, his work was the subject of a major exhibition entitled Les temps inachevés at the Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, and the Centre Argos (Brussels, Belgium). Produced in collaboration with the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, who will feature the show in the fall of 2015, it will also travel to The Power Plant (Toronto, Canada) in 2016.
Awards and honours
- Prix Louis-Comtois, 2014
