{"id":23763,"date":"2013-11-07T10:14:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T15:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=23763"},"modified":"2013-11-08T10:52:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T15:52:09","slug":"photo-du-jour-polaris-light-projection-place-darmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/11\/07\/photo-du-jour-polaris-light-projection-place-darmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du jour: Polaris light projection at Place d&#8217;Armes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Place d&#8217;Armes<br \/>\nDate of photo: November 5 2013<br \/>\nPhotographer: Martin New at <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealinpictures.com\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal in Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each night a 19th century star map is projected onto the pavement in the south west corner of Place d\u2019Armes. The projected map displays the New York Life Insurance building, and above it, Polaris, the pivot around which the stars of the northern hemisphere appear to move. The light projection was created to replace the original Mundus plaque when Place d\u2019Armes was redesigned in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The projection at Place d\u2019Armes is one of a series of Mundus installations \u2013 the\u00a0inspiration of Alison Tett, a literature and humanities teacher at the Champlain College near Montreal. Each installation uses architecture to create astronomical sightlines.<\/p>\n<p>The other installations can be seen at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Equinox<\/strong>\u00a0on rue de la Commune.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Four Seasons<\/strong>\u00a0on the pillars of the\u00a0Union Street entrance to the courtyard behind Christ Church Cathedral.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cygnus<\/strong>\u00a0at the entrance of the BNP Paribas tower (1981 McGill College Avenue).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on The Polaris and the other Mundus installations, head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mundusmontreal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mundus Montreal website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Place d&#8217;Armes Date of photo: November 5 2013 Photographer: Martin New at Montreal in Pictures Each night a 19th century star map is projected onto the pavement in the south west corner of Place d\u2019Armes. 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