During the long winter months in the city, who doesn't dream of an impromptu getaway to the forest? Forêt Forêt is a winter landscape to be explored, a corner of the forest to be surveyed, each time surprising. Forêt Forêt has its own life, nourished by the inhabitants of the neighborhood and the people passing through. There are those who pass through it and those who linger there, each one, in his own way, participates in animating it.
Meeting in the forest or a new territory to share.
Forêt Forêt is a place of spontaneous exchange. As you walk around, you hear the echo of words whispered, recited or shouted by others in the hollow of the trees. It is up to you to respond to them and to awaken the luminous trees in your turn, another walker will take over... Imagine then, how the simple intervention of a musician could transform the forest into a luminous and sound orchestra! Each passer-by becomes an actor of the moment, each word is an event that renews the landscape.
A landscape to awaken the imagination.
It is a forest, with its paths, its snowy slopes and its trees of various sizes and patterns. This dreamlike interpretation of the forest landscape is a call to the senses, to the imagination, an invitation to feed the poetics of the city.
Making a "space" a "place".
The place of the Saint-Laurent metro is a space of transit. The Forêt Forêt installation is also a way to rethink this time and this geography of the daily urban journey. It opens up new possibilities of wandering and collective expression. Forêt Forêt contributes to making this space a place of appropriation of the city, and even more so, of the neighborhood, by its inhabitants; a playground and meeting place to reveal the "invisible city".
(From competitor's text)
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Stage 1:
The jury liked the installation as it inhabits the space very well. The creation of a forest on various slopes presents a good potential for the development of this virgin place. The strategy of interactivity is interesting.
The jury members wondered whether the trees were figurative or real. This clarification will have to be made in the performance. They also wondered about the more technical issues for the rest of the project, particularly with regard to the creation of the reliefs and the ballasting of the trees in a safe but visually interesting way. The jury also invites the finalist team to reflect on the ecological aspects of their proposal and to question the relevance of heated stumps for seating.
The finalist team should also understand that if they propose any activities on the site, they must be fully supported by the team.
Stage 2:
The installation pleases the jury as it inhabits the space very well. The intimate and poetic experience is appropriate to the scale of the site. The jury underlines the pure and graphic aesthetics of the project which plays in the evocation, the forms of the imaginary and the symbolic. The idea of metal trees in winter is attractive, the atmosphere of the forest is well rendered.
The strategy of interactivity of the whisper in the hollow of a tree is inventive and discreet, it integrates with the environment and takes into account the presence of the residents of the sector. The experience slows down the user's journey through the site and suggests to the walker to make a detour through the forest.
The installation of trees on various slopes brings another dimension to the site. This topography of the site, although very interesting, worries the jury a little in terms of final rendering. Without the presence of snow, the gravel is less integrated with the purity of the elements.
The jury notes that the project is ambitious for the available budget, but tight control or streamlining is still possible while maintaining the artistic qualities of the project.
(From jury report)
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