Programming

RÛE consists of a series of research on the movement, realized alone or in duet and which develop on the mode of the meeting.

Performance tribute to the signer Fernand Gignac. Come sing your popular tune in "friendly duels" on September 24th, starting at 6 pm on Place des Arts Esplanade in front of the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.

Invite people to the launch of the publication « les instructions inhospitalières » following the non-propitiousness of a project due to the disharmony of two networks.

These readings, which propose a confrontation between the textual and the real, will take place in the waiting room, the corridor, the lobby, the elevator, the cafeteria, the patient's room and the doctor's office of a Montreal hospital.

Manuela Lalic uses the fundamental contradictory similarities of snow and polystyrene in order to immerse herself in the public space with humour.

Through my research residency at the DARE-DARE Center, I sought to understand what the artistic, social and political stakes of the "revolutionary adventure" of the first Place des Arts really were.

The Nights of La Nuit de la poésie (March 27th, 1970 and March 28th, 1980) inspired Francys Chenier’s project. The artist walked around Quartier des spectacles with a trolley full of images inspired by the atmosphere of those Nuits.

In this ambitious project, the artists Magali Babin and Sylvie Cotton will collect the first names of every person living in the HJM, creating a unique soundtrack from the collection.

This series of original performative actions is designed specifically for the context of the Quartier des spectacles, and will develop over the cycle of the four seasons of an entire year.

This project is the continuation of a series of interventions based on drawing that the artist leads and which are embodied in actions of cleaning of public spaces or dedicated to the arts.

The project is a contextual work that pays tribute to Montreal's Red Light and its alteration by the development of the Quartier des spectacles.

This monumental project by visual artist Dominique Pétrin consists of covering the exterior surface of the Katacombes building with printed and cut paper. This ephemeral installation is made from original silkscreen prints designed by the artist.

This majestic aerial banner, composed of countless pieces of assembled fabrics, will liven up a public space in the Quartier international de Montréal for a few days.

For the month of August, Artist-in-Residence Wes Johnston will be studying the work of the Montreal Transportation and Public Works department. Using a bicycle mounted surveillance camera, Wes will gather photographic evidence of markings which indicate subterranean infrastructure and ostensibly indicate the potential for 'work' and excavation.

Ross Campbell offers us an eight foot tall plywood replica of a concrete water connector. This connector was in Place des Arts during the winter 2011 renovations, where he photographed and documented it, before it was buried and connected to the City's sewer system.

A reflection on uniformity, organization and community as it relates to history and the role of public space. As though conducting a lab, the artist observes, plans and experiments with group movement within and occupation of public space.