Angela Silver
Angela Silver’s work examines notions of absence through the residue of language. Through her research, archaeologies of inscription, she examines and repurposes communication artifacts from writing systems seeking to restructure and reorder language systems. Drawing on performance, she re-tools obsolete writing objects as a strategy to reconsider speech, writing and communication itself. She co-teaches an architecture studio performing/architecture/performing at McGill University. She is a project partner with Lemay working closely with Andrew King on the winning submission of the international design competition Place des Montréalaises, an interdisciplinary art/architecture/ landscape commemoration for Montréalaises 21 to be built by the city of Montreal in 2022.
In September 2018, the city unveiled the winner of the concept proposed by the Lemay + Angela Silver + SNC-Lavalin team selected among four other finalists. For this talk, Silver will discuss our winning project proposal for the Place des Montréalaises, the international multidisciplinary landscape architecture competition for the development of this new public square. Located next to Champ-de-Mars metro station, Place des Montréalaises unifies the downtown area and Old Montreal. With the commemoration of women as a unifying theme, the concept of development is characterized by a flowering meadow rising south to join the Champ-de-Mars. This inclined plane will partially cover the Saint-Antoine ramp, one of the Ville-Marie express way exits, unifying the Champ-de-Mars metro station to Old Montréal. It will offer both a stop and gathering place, a belvedere on the city and a place for wandering.