Programming

For the third edition of the CONFLUENCES residency, in partnership with the Sud-Ouest Borough, DARE-DARE welcomes Roberto Santaguida for 8 weeks. His project no date was carried out in collaboration with a literacy group from CÉDA and a class from Ludger-Duvernay elementary school.

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This project uncovers the hidden histories of the Sud-Ouest through family photographs, spanning the 1950s to the 1980s, which trace personal and collective narratives from a time when the artist's family lived in the area.  Captured during a period of dynamic change, these images offer a window into the past, allowing Roberto Santaguida to explore the evolving character of the neighbourhood and its deeper implications.

More than keepsakes, these photographs reveal a profound connection to the local environment, documenting everyday moments and the transformations experienced over time. The project begins with nostalgia then moves past it, intertwining visual records with the stories of current residents, gathered through collaboration.  By layering these perspectives, the work becomes a living document of the interplay between memory, place and time, offering reflections on the shifting nature of both personal and shared histories within the neighbourhood.

CONFLUENCES

Back for its third year, the CONFLUENCES residency, a DARE-DARE initiative, aims to welcome an artist from outside Montreal for an 8-week stay each year, enabling them to explore and get to know the Sud-Ouest as a place to recharge their batteries and create. The artist is housed in an apartment provided by artist Douglas Scholes, a long-standing partner of DARE-DARE.

CONFLUENCES is a three-year cycle of annual two-month residencies, during which a guest artist develops an original project nourished by the specific context of the neighboring areas hosting DARE-DARE. This initiative is made possible by the extraordinary support of the Sud-Ouest neighborhood.

Roberto Santaguida

Since completing his studies in film production at Concordia University, Roberto Santaguida’s films and videos have been shown at more than 400 international festivals, including Tampere Film Festival, CPH: DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, Transmediale, and Message to Man. He has also taken part in artist residencies in numerous countries, including Iran, Romania, Germany, Norway, and Australia. Roberto is the recipient of the K.M. Hunter Artist Award, the Chalmers Arts Fellowship and a fellowship from Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany.

Project funded under the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal between the City of Montreal and the Government of Quebec, and by the Sud-Ouest Borough.