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 moreÆlab
Entre branches, bronches et rayons.Read moreThe duo Ælab, part of the Interventions component of the 2026–2027 program, is presenting two bike-and-audio activities with the Mobile Station, as well as an AV performance featuring modular synthesis, exploring the combined power of plants and mobility.
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.
The Apartment
Residency
Read moreShortly before the pandemic, a small group of Montreal artists were given access to a vacant apartment in a century-old building. They spent time there alone, and later in pairs. Unforgettable conversations emerged—among themselves, but also with the singular space they inhabited.
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.
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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.