below: Image souped in Virginia Creeper berry vinegar for one week. The first exposure shows a metal table flipped in the snow—traces of a relocated encampment in La Friche. On the right, a fence marks the edge of a construction site for the new Vertica Condominium, a 12-floor luxury and ‘green’ development just north of the site near the L’Assomption metro station. This development, along with the proposed condos for the adjacent site, sits on a proposed green corridor that citizens and activists have advocated for over many years. Their efforts, which include multiple proposals to the city, aim to connect green spaces across the east end of Montreal, linking major rivers. The silhouettes of sumac buds in the winter are visible throughout the second exposure.
above: Image ‘souped’ in sumac tea for 24 hours. In early September, the outline of new traffic lights entering the expanding industrial port terminal faintly creates the first exposure. The second exposure consists of a narrow strip of Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) and the top half of a Junko sculpture. The sculpture is in a community garden adjacent to a co-op that is blurry yet visible in the background. Built from site materials, the sculpture appeared in 2021 and became a symbol for the community group Mobilisation 6600. The sumac tea is made from berry clusters collected on-site; the site’s soil conditions have been drastically altered by chemicals used by the now- demolished steel industry and by Roundup (glyphosate), which is still sprayed by CN along the tracks.
all images Ann-Catherine Lemonde
14 on site review 47 :: standing still
Made with FlippingBook interactive PDF creator