Programming

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.

I want to know the movements of my fellow citizens; to see where their routes intersect; to make them feel how, by tracing their comings and goings on a map, one can project oneself into the territory and become aware of the way one perceives and understands it; to show that by emerging, this drawing can bring a better understanding of the city and its occupants.

Using the framework of the Ontario Promenade sidewalk sale, Dominique Sirois continues to research presentation models inspired by the kiosk form.

Noémi McComber’s interest in monuments and national emblems is through re-examining their place and pertinence in the face of today’s geopolitical and social realities.

DARE-DARE is pleased to welcome French artist Damien Beguet on Wednesday, April 13. Beguet will give a presentation on his artistic practice about infiltrating the industrial environment, an approach linking art and business as an artistic commerce.

For her project, Karen Kraven involves participants — local community members, artists, architects — to assist her in the ephemeral redevelopment of a commercial space in the Quartier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (3179 Ontario East).

Project of the artist Geneviève Rousseau as part of the CUBE event.

Julie Faubert’s Les Mots offers the city as a critical space in which to reflect on words that permit (or forid) us to think.

Miquel Garcia Membrado (Barcelona) questions the role of the artist and censorship within contemporary art practices.

Jacinthe Robillard explores the documentary portrait by studying domestic environments of specific social groups. She is particularly interested the experience of the other and the intrinsic link that it maintains with location.

A performance based on oral tradition. A tale revealed through action and dance. Accompanied by a video by artist Leslie Supnet.

Julie Faubert takes a critical look at the words that allow us (or not) to think, the words that we don't abuse enough, the words that, to be truly accurate, should also be constantly invented.

Series of actions realised in various dis/location sites.

The rhythmic flow of development and decline in the history of Cabot Square and its surroundings are made use of by Mona Sharma to create her drawings and urban tales.

The action of drawing brings new ideas, forges connections. To take a piece of chalk and draw designs on the cement is to make the decision to live in the moment, to be open and available to the contingencies of the terrain, weather and people around us.

Lone Orchestra is a medley of video, music, and performance. For anti-cool, the japanese artist, it is also a project combining multiple substitutions, sweet imitations, and intimate connections.