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Canada Malting Silos
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August 8, 2018
The Canada Malting complex was designed by David Jerome Spence (fr), and was built in 1904. On the west side of the complex there are nine violet colored silos. In May, 2005, as part of the Obselescences event, and to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the edifice's founding, lighting artist Axel Mongenthaler created a light show by mounting several lights on the rooftop of the building. In 2011, Quebec artist Ian Langohr created a mask inspired by the factory. Langohr created the mask from bits of plastic, rubber and metal found on the streets or in the dark corners of Saint-Henri hardware stores, using techniques he picked up working in a mascot production company.
The Canada Malting complex was designed by David Jerome Spence (fr), and was built in 1904. On the west side of the complex there are nine violet colored silos. In May, 2005, as part of the Obselescences event, and to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the edifice's founding, lighting artis…
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