A crowd to inaugurate the child light

The work The child light, From Karine Berthiaume, was inaugurated yesterday at the end of the afternoon at Lac Osisko. Hundreds of people were there to discover bronze and glass sculpture.

This is the case of Lucienne Boissonneault, who first attended the installation tests by helicopter on Friday.

I find it moving. You see as a naivety, a fragility of the child. We are all a little fragile in the face of nature too, with what surrounds us. It speaks enormouslysaid the citizen of Rouyn-Noranda in a philosopher tone.

She intends to come back to admire the evening work, to observe it in another way. The couple Sylvie and Robert, also from Rouyn-Noranda, wanted to attend the inauguration.

It’s a great moment. It is a work that you have to share everyone together, we wanted to be there for thatindicates the lady.

In her speech, mayor Diane Dallaire said she was delighted to welcome the first bronze sculpture in the city’s collection. The child light will now shine on all our photos, on all our postcards and in our hearts, of courseshe expressed in front of the crowd.

The work was first helicoptered on Friday morning to be placed on its base in the water, but without success. It was necessary to opt for a plan B due to the bad temperature.

Later in the evening, the statue was transported on a barge, driven by a boat. The installation stretched until midnight.

There are teams who have worked hard, with heart, in a good mood, all the time. I had great people behind me who wanted her to be there and they did everything to her be there and she is there todaytells the artist Karine Berthiaume with gratitude.

A craze

Public enthusiasm for the installation of L’Child light continues to pleasantly surprise Ms. Berthiaume.

I didn’t expect that. When you do a work, I think you do it first for you, when you are an artist. It starts from you. Then after that, we give it and the public receives it as he wants and after that he creates their story with it. There, I have the impression that history in the last days has been exponential. Everyone has embarked on history! It’s wonderfulshe says.

The child light, It talks about childhood, vulnerability, then the importance of recognizing that we are not above everything. We are equal to everything.

The work, 6 meters high, is a gift of two patrons, Ginette Marcotte and Luc Paquet, through their Youkali foundation.

L’Child light is a representation of the living, The lifetime which is in us, but which is around us, says the artist. Who connects us to the invisible link that connects everything and that makes you too.