Programming

This project required the participation of Montreal artists who were asked to transform the DARE-DARE space into a "hostile environment for art".

The animals' view of the figure is a playful yet rigorous investigation of the possible reactions of different animals to art objects placed in their natural environment.

Christine Maigne proposes to make pilosities appear on the walls of the gallery which are usually devoid of them.

Since September 2000, I have chosen to explore an urban habitat where I can observe the encounters between humans and animals.

The exhibition Face B brings together musician Martin Tétreault and installation artist Jean-Pierre Gauthier. Each presents a little-known aspect of his production: Tétreault exposes the results of a year of daily interventions in a 365-page art history book and Gauthier introduces us to his research in experimental music.

Fifteen members of DARE-DARE were invited to participate in Folie/Culture No. 7, a project created by curators Johanne Huot and Denis Simard.

Research outside the walls and gallery exhibition of five members of DARE-DARE and photographic presentation of four projects outside the walls, by Guy L'Heureux.

Geneviève Crépeau (eight months pregnant!), accompanied by her two acolytes, sang about the ups and downs of the artist's life.

Emanuel Licha met couples in their homes. He had them put on suits made of Velcro strips that they experimented with in their privacy, without the presence of the artist.

Since 1994, Cyrille Mariën (Lorient, France) has been exhibiting Objects-Supports on which other artistic practices or experiments can be grafted.

This 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".

In 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.

Through 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'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.

Nomadic artist Nicolas Chiffe (Brighton, England) studies the architecture and history of major North American cities from which he creates "dreamlike architectural hypotheses".

Mireille Lavoie (Quebec) works with construction materials such as plywood to create sculptures with vaguely familiar, even comfortable shapes.