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50 Years of Gum-Bean and Pork-Key by / par Richmond Centre, New Image Studio, Opacity Design Group, Richmond Chamber of Commerce.
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The Art of the Meal
Canstructions might just be the biggest food fight in Canada. The winners stack the odds in their favour.
De l’art en boüte
À l’époque, Andy Warhol avait rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© leur beautĂ© insoupçonnĂ©e. Aujourd’hui, les boĂźtes de conserve inspirent une Ɠuvre
 de charitĂ©.
Story by / Par Marie-France Chassé
Playing with your food isn’t a breach of etiquette for the engineers, architects and students who build Canstructions every year – it’s an art form. Part pop art exhibition, part charity drive, the annual sculpture competition uses canned food as its medium and stocks food banks as part of its message. Professional design teams erect ambitious structures like Snoopy on his doghouse, which took the prize-winning Vancouver team 131/2 hours, a record 12,691 cans and detailed blueprints to build last year. There are local competitions across North America (including Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver) and a face-off is held annually by the Society of Design Administration. Each sculpture typically takes between 2,000 and 3,000 cans of food to build, says event director Cheri Melillo, proving that in this case, the creators’ eyes are deïŹnitely bigger than their stomachs. Add your comments: letters@enroutemag.net
For upcoming competition information, see Itinerary (page 185). Pour en savoir plus sur le concours, consultez l’ItinĂ©raire (page 185).
Les ingĂ©nieurs, architectes, designers et Ă©lĂšves qui participent Ă  Canstruction savent qu’il est parfois bon de jouer avec la nourriture. Mi-pop art, mi-projet humanitaire, ce concours annuel de sculptures de boĂźtes de conserve utilise l’art pour sensibiliser la population au problĂšme de la faim, tout en rĂ©coltant des denrĂ©es pour les banques alimentaires. DĂ©fiant les lois de la gravitĂ©, des firmes de professionnels du design s’attĂšlent Ă  Ă©riger d’ambitieuses constructions, tel ce Snoopy sur sa niche, prix du jury Canstruction Vancouver 2005, construit en 13 heures et demie Ă  l’aide d’un plan dĂ©taillĂ© et d’un nombre record de 12 691 boĂźtes de conserve. Des compĂ©titions locales prennent place Ă  travers l’AmĂ©rique du Nord (dont Ă  Halifax, Ă  Vancouver et Ă  Toronto) et une confrontation annuelle est organisĂ©e par la Society of Design Administration. Et il fait bon d’y jouer, si l’on en croit la directrice de l’évĂ©nement, Cheri Melillo, puisque chaque structure rapporte de 2000 Ă  3000 boĂźtes. De l’art qui ne se mange pas que des yeux
 Vos commentaires: courrier@enroutemag.net
From left to right / De gauche à droite : More Than Just Peanuts by / par Legends Memorabilia, Industrial Brand Creative ; Where’s the Beef? by / par Signals Design Group, Coast Paper ; Pac Can by / par Stantec, PCL ; O-CAN-AGAN by / par Unisource Canada, Hangar 18.
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