Rébus – La Camaraderie – 2015

Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec, Montréal
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About

Produced by MU as part of the Murs à mots (Walls with Words) collection on Savoie Avenue, this mural was designed by La Camaraderie and painted by the MU artistic team. It depicts a long rebus composed of quotes from three authors – Julien Green, Dany Laferrière and Emmanuel Cocke – about reading, libraries and authors. This project came to fruition thanks to the Ville-Marie borough, the BaNQ, the Société de développement du Quartier latin and Benjamin Moore.

« Une bibliothèque c’est le carrefour de tous les rêves de l’humanité. »  (Julien Green) *

« Lire n’est pas nécessaire pour le corps, seul l’oxygène l’est, mais un bon livre oxygène l’esprit. » (Dany Laferrière) **

« Un écrivain véritable c’est quelqu’un ou quelqu’une dont l’écriture est un cocktail explosif, dont chaque mot est un siège éjectable pour le regard, et qui respire avec des accents graves, aigus ou circonflexes. » (Emmanuel Cocke)  ***

 

* A library is the hub for the dreams of humanity.

** Reading isn’t crucial for the body, only oxygen is, but a good book is like oxygen for the soul.

*** A true author is someone whose writing is an explosive cocktail, whose each and every word is a jolt for the eyes that breathes with every comma, period and exclamation point.

Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec, Montréal

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