Final Holds draws on the world of professional wrestling as a metaphor for care, absence, and grief, where the final move of a match echoes the last gesture of holding a loved one.
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To Embody: Joyful Militancy and Irresistible Activism
2026-2027 programRead moreMichelle Caron-Pawlowsky
Finishing HoldsRead moreTricia Enns
Ventology Training and SensingRead moreWhat does the air above your neighbourhood actually smell like? What sounds are escaping through the vents on your block? Ventology Training and Sensing invites you into a world full of blowing hot—and sometimes pulpy—air.
Marianne Rouche
Residency
Micro-residency at La HALTE: Mais où est partie la ville ?Read moreMarianne Rouche will be participating in a two-day micro-residency at La HALTE to draw inspiration from the DARE-DARE library.
Caroline Gagné
Peupleraie - Corps social et corps sonoreRead morePeupleraie invites us to explore the soundscape of a community of trees, poplars, in the urban fabric of the Petite-Bourgogne neighborhood and the Lachine Canal, as a metaphor for the “living environment” and the social body. Anyone passing through the South-West neighborhood with an internet-connected device and a pair of headphones can experience the project. Various connectors are available at the HALTE or at the DARE-DARE offices.
Andréanne Martin
Les seins ballants, je m'en vais au ventRead moreLes seins ballants, je m’en vais au vent is a micro-edition of nomadic artist books that explore the idea of wandering from a feminist and decolonial perspective, and are designed to evolve over the course of a year.
Massy Emond
Residency
Confluences residency: This train_Saint-HenriRead moreFor the fifth edition of the Confluences residency, DARE-DARE is welcoming artist Massy Emond to the Southwest for 8 weeks.
ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2026Read moreDear DARE-DARE community, it's finally time for the Annual General Meeting! As every year, the AGM invites its active members to review the year 2025-2026 and imagine the years to come.
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Marie-Suzanne Désilets
Rapport d’enquêteRead moreSince 1996, Marie-Suzanne Désilets has been conducting a series of sociological investigations on pleasure and trust.
Jean-Pierre Aubé
Prélude à l’isolation - Étude sur les possibilités de la vie autarciqueRead moreThis experience was based on the notion of autarky according to which one is "independent of others or of a community in the face of otherness".
Denis Farley (Montréal)
Présence étalonnéeRead moreIn addition to offering the public a direct experience of the work in the street, this project simultaneously presented DARE-DARE with the artist's research space.
Ildiko Repasi
The LaughRead moreThrough her installations, Ildiko Repasi (Brooklyn, USA) constructs artificial environments to trap the visitor. The installation The Laugh confronted us from the outset with a raised floor accessible by a staircase.
Christine Lebel
Je serai... ta cocotteRead moreChristine Lebel's (aka Chocolate Lady) Montreal exhibition/performance played on the ambiguities between chocolate and sexuality, the artist and the character by making DARE-DARE a place for consumption.
Le chaud bingo de DARE-DARE !
fundraising eventRead moreLooking forward to summer? Don't miss DARE-DARE's hot bingo! -Light dress code required- Over $2,500 in prizes to be won - Grand prize: a work by Madeleine Dubeau
Chuchote-moi à l’oreille
Pierre Beaudoin, Suzanne Boutin, Sylvie Cotton, Marie-Josée Dauphinais and laura jeanne lefaveRead moreThis event follows the success of the evening of performance "Parlez-moi d'Amour!" presented at DARE-DARE the previous year.
Nicolas Chiffe
Crystal Penthouse - MontrealRead moreNomadic artist Nicolas Chiffe (Brighton, England) studies the architecture and history of major North American cities from which he creates "dreamlike architectural hypotheses".
Mireille Lavoie
Qu’est-ce qui donne soif?Read moreMireille Lavoie (Quebec) works with construction materials such as plywood to create sculptures with vaguely familiar, even comfortable shapes.