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As part of Open Screen, you are invited to show your short video works (5 minutes or less) in an informal gallery setting. Old, new and / or works in progress are welcome.

Participants should bring works on DVD, Mini DV or VHS one hour prior to the screening. First come, first shown... The screenings last a maximum of 90 minutes and are followed by informal discussions and exchanges of ideas.

In articule's courtyard, 262 Fairmount O.
Presented in collaboration with Diffusion Système Minuit du Québec

As part of a mini-tour in New York and Montreal, Keiko Kamma presents a new performance in articule's courtyard. Keiko Kamma is a performance and installation artist who lives and works in Tokyo. She is an active member of Ginza Art Laboratory and has presented her work throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. Her performances, often interactive, reveal the transparency of time, space and inter-communication. In her actions, Keiko Kamma includes musical compositions often conceived in relation with the public.

At Bain St-Michel, 5300 St-Dominique, Montreal
As part of Viva! Art Action
http://www.vivamontreal.org

Non Grata is a collective of forty performance artists who are for the most part from Estonia, but also Chili, Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Quebec. The collective distinguishes itself by the anonymity of its members, its disassociation with the local art scene, its contempt towards mass medias, its feral actions, and its «ghettomarathons», performances that can extend themselves over several days.

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

Visiting artist Paula Senderowicz from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is working on a research/exchange project called Landscape Art in Different Hemispheres. Similarities and differences between Canadian and Argentinean contemporary artists. At articule, she will talk about her work, which includes paintings, installations, sculptures and performances, as well as present a selection of other contemporary works from Argentina related to the idea of "landscape". Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paula Senderowicz graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in 1996 and is presently working on her postgraduate thesis. She also teaches at The National Institute of Art in Buenos Aires.

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

The charming Mile end publication house L'Oie de Cravan presents it's triple winter launching; a party to celebrate three books allowing to discreetly approach poetic emotion! Works, readings, music, friendly wine, and all you need to keep warm!

http://www.oiedecravan.com

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

articule presents a screening of the cult-film oddity All This and World War II and an open panel discussion with curator Graham Hall and invited guests Elena Razlogova, Professor for Public History at Concordia University, and Rupert Bottenberg, Music Editor at The Mirror.

All This and World War II is one of history's most infamous 'lost' films. Made in 1976 by 20th Century Fox, All This and World War II traces the rote popular narrative of the War through cleverly edited Second World War archival, propaganda and Hollywood war film footage, all set to cover versions of late-era Lennon/MacCartney songs by the likes of Elton John, the Bee Gees and Peter Gabriel. The film was subsequently destroyed by 20th Century Fox following poor reviews and abysmal box office. All This and World War II, was considered lost for many years, but has recently become available as a bootleg DVD, sourced from a rare video copy.

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

articule presents a screening of the cult-film oddity All This and World War II and an open panel discussion with curator Graham Hall and invited guests Elena Razlogova, Professor for Public History at Concordia University, and Rupert Bottenberg, Music Editor at The Mirror.

Appearing like a mirage from a winter fairytale, the Ice Palace stood as the glittering centerpiece of Montreal Winter Carnivals in the Victorian era. Constructed from blocks of ice cut from the St. Lawrence River and lit by electric lamps each evening, the Palace mixed a feat of winter engineering with pure and indulgent fancy. However each year, after having provided Montrealers with a week of carnival pleasure, the Ice Palace was demolished, "stormed" by snowshoers carrying torches and fireworks.

In an attempt to capture some of this by-gone atmosphere and propose the possibility of its return, Leisure Projects presents Storming the Ice Palace, a glittering New Years Eve pre-event featuring all things cold and sparkling. Be prepared to sip champagne, witness the Leisure Projects, newly constructed Ice Palace, and enjoy the flickering NFB projection Ice Carnival Montreal 1885 - Storming the Ice Palace, as it evokes the conflicting aesthetic spirit of the legendary Montreal Ice Palaces.

Leisure Projects is an independent artist-curator initiative that seeks opportunities in glamorous hotel basements, tiny modernist apartments and in the gaps of established gallery programming. Leisure Projects is the delirious brainchild of artist/curators Meredith Carruthers and Susannah Wesley.

http://leisuregallery.ca

www.dyslex6.com/splashed.html

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

An interactive sound experience to make you feel better! In collaboration with Studio 303, as part of the Edgy Women Festival www.edgywomen.ca

In the first part of her two-part project, Alexis brings her 'sympathy suit' to articule. You are invited to express your worries, sorrows and fears, as she literally offers you a shoulder to cry on. In return, Alexis responds personally, and the costume plays back empathetic soundscapes. Your woes are recorded (with your permission), and sourced for a live performance that will take place on March 16th at the Sala Rossa.

Active in the Montreal arts scene since ten years, Alexis O'Hara has kept busy, dividing her time between three parallel artistic pursuits: spoken word, sound art and live action art. She performs dazzling feats of social engineering with participatory art actions and paints elaborate landscapes with her words.

www.vaginaldavis.com

A series of events featuring queer videos, performances and much more, curated by Leila P. in collaboration with La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse
http://www.lacentrale.org

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

For the opening of The Gays of our Lives, queer video shorts curated by Leila P. will be projected prior to a performance and screening by Ms Vaginal Davis herself. The event will be followed by an informal discussion on queer video and performance moderated by Ms Davis and José Muñoz.

Vaginal Davis is an originator of the homo-core punk movement and a gender-queer art icon. Set apart from gallery-centered art, and Hollywood movies, and from those systems' necessities of high-polish, low-substance production, Ms. Davis's performance, experimental film and video practice has critiqued exclusionary conceits from the outside.

At La Cornetteria, 6528 blvd St. Laurent (between Beaubien & St. Zotique)

Knitdown s.v.p. is an art book /auxiliary industry manual consisting of drawings on sticky notes produced over the four years Hazel Meyer worked as a fabric designer at a circular-knit mill in MontrÈal. The term knitdown s.v.p. is textile industry jargon for "a sample of a few meters please", and was a phrase written countless times by Hazel Meyer as she exchanged hundreds of these notes with the knitters that worked in the conjoining mill. Knitdown s.v.p is a collection of 197 of these drawn requests that were stealthily collected and saved by her co-worker, Ann Smith, and presented to Hazel upon her resignation.

Knitdown s.v.p. is a 210 page full-colour, perfect-bound book with texts by Ann Smith, and Hazel Meyer. The launch will also include the sale of handmade objects inspired by the drawings in Knitdown s.v.p.

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

Guide to the Legions of Horribles is an artist book composed of drawings about an imaginary group of nomadic travelers. The drawings are combined with text to create the experience of the journey through moments of pain and discovery. The book is a collection of fragments, undiscovered treasures, and moments yet to be experienced. The book is 90 pages, perfect bound, black and white with a color cover, and an introduction by Erin Silver.

The video programme includes works by Alaska, Nathan Boey, ValÈrie Boxer, Julien Ceccaldi, Romy Ceppetelli, Rachel Dhawan, Patrick Dyer, Mark Diego Fragua, RÈmy Huberdeau, Kit Malo, JJ Levine, Brendon Reed and Malcolm Sutherland.

www.sarawookey.com

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

Sara Wookey is a choreographer and multi-disciplinary artist working between the mediums of dance, performance, photography, and video. In this artist talk, Sara Wookey will discuss the history leading up to her current project, Walking LA, which emerges from her two and a half years of research on walking in Los Angeles. This project has taken on various forms, such as live performance, installation, and urban interventionist events such as walking performances and Gorilla marketing tactics, as it considers the intersection of, and play between, the self/subject and the built urban landscape.

Sara Wookie's work has been presented in the Czech Republic, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Spain and, most recently, at the Hammer Museum, REDCAT and 24th Street Theater in Los Angeles. She has been a guest artist at, among others, The Amsterdam School for the Arts, Chisenhale Dance Space in London, The Duncan Centre Konzervator in Prague, The Ohio State University and the Wexner Center for the Arts.

livedining.blogspot.com/

In collaboration with Santropol Roulant
www.santropolroulant.org/fr/home-f.html

In front of articule's storefront window, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

Live Dining is a site specific, agricultural intervention, ecovention, dining, harvesting, planting, performance, work in process. It is about creating a situation by integrating a dining-kitchen room installation in an outside location where plants grow. Within this installation, participants perform actions of harvesting, preparing, cooking and eating.

Live Dining is an adjective as well as a concept that is adaptable and can be applied to different contexts - urban, suburban or rural, as well as public or private. The artist is interested in the interconnections between harvesting food, daily acts of food preparation and dining, as well as the healing properties of wild plants and the importance of biodiversity. Taking place in front of articule's storefront window during July and August, and also integrating actions in other public places in collaboration with Santropol Roulant, Live Dining brings attention to our relationships to agriculture and food security, and looks at notions of controlled and wild nature, as well as at ideas of utility and non-utility.

At articule, 262 Fairmount O., Montréal

Pindemonium is a contemporary art show encompassing community interaction through button design, exhibition and trade. The event, now in it's third installment, draws from all areas of the art world including poets, painters, musicians, photographers, and multimedia artists of a variety of ages. Participating artist's pin designs are displayed on the canvas of 1.25 inch buttons which are produced by pindemonium for the exhibition and trade event. On the night of the opening participants receive a bag of their own pins for exchange but extra grab bags are also available for purchase for those not exhibiting who wish to join the fun!

OPEN DOORS on the research lab
At: 7154 Saint-Urbain, Montréal

GEOSTATIONARY BANANA OVER TEXAS is an art project that involves placing a gigantic banana in the Texas sky. From the ground, the banana will look like one tenth the size of the moon. It will be clearly visible day and night and will stay up for approximately one month. The expected launching date is June 2007, from the Sonora desert in the north of Mexico.

Addressing a large geographical (or political) region, GEOSTATIONARY BANANA OVER TEXAS aims to expose the meaningfulness of localized actions within a context of global repercussions. This project is also an exploration of space and territory for art and its dissemination, where the sky is redefined as a canvas for artistic expression.

www.geostationarybananaovertexas.com

Organized by articule and Diffusion Système Minuit du Québec

Yoyo Yogasmana, one of the most important Indonesian artist of his generation, will give a three-day performance workshop as part of articule's Special Projects. In this workshop, the artist from Sunda will draw a historical and critical portrait of performance art in the Indonesian socio-cultural context. The participants are invited to share their ideas on the notions of "national identity" and on the function of art in their own social, cultural and economic fabric. The workshop will be concluded with propositions of performances and manoeuvres by the participants. The events will take place at articule and will be accompagnied by discussions on the process.

Web-Launch : February 15, 2006, from 5 to 7 pm at articule
http://www.trotch.com/muku

Can we find a place for art within the space of a social network' How does art function within it or how is art affected by this non-physical space, defined by human interactions and relations. muku & coro explores the function of private spaces as friendly, alternate venues for art presentation. 11 friends were asked to collaborate in playing roles as gallery owners and hosting a painting on their wall for 10 months. This project is in-progress. Each installation will be revisited and documented with a hope to capture different private (psychological, domestic, artistic) spaces as well as social or domestic interactions taking place.

Collaborators: Zoë Chan, Dac Chartrand, François Dion, Andrew Forster, Ruey-Wei How, Louis Lefebvre, Jenny Lin & Eloisa Aquino, Afshin Matlabi, Colin Robertson & Kimberley Archibald, Maria José Sheriff, Jean-Philippe Thibault & Valérie Pelletier

A co-presentation by articule, Diffusion Système Minuit du Québec and Engrenage Noir

Although Arahmaiani's international reputation is mainly associated with her performances, she also works with painting, drawing, installation, poetry, dance, music and community arts. Since 2002 Arahmaiani has been intensely working with Ngampel Community (a remote village in the slope of Mount Merapi, Central Java), and with a group of young urban drop-outs in Yogyakarta, Central Java. She represented her country at the Indonesian National Pavilion of the 50th Venice where she showed '11 June 2002', a work based on her arrest on that date by US immigration for not possessing a visa for transit. Consequently, she was forced to spend the whole following night alone with a US immigration officer, himself a Muslim from Pakistan.

Arahmaiani, an avowed Muslim, confirms in principle this statement. She considers that her natural inclination to play the role of a mediator between worlds is anchored in her origins. Her father is an Islamic scholar and her mother is of Javanese Hindu-Buddhist extraction. Neither within her own family, nor in her homeland is communication between cultures free of conflict. Her awareness of belonging to 'another' culture, however, developed most particularly with trips to the 'West', first to Australia, and later to Europe. Only when confronted with western art and philosophy, did she realize how different these were from her own.

Arahmaiani will give a four day workshop where participants are invited to explore physical and emotional issues related to community based performance art.

Information: ateliers@systememinuit.com or 514-993-8746

Lecture on Wednesday April 26 from 5:30 pm to 7 pm
In collaboration with Artexte Information Centre

articule and Artexte Information Centre cordially invite you to a lecture by Stephen Wright, dealing with his current research project in Montreal.

Researcher in residence at Artexte Information Centre, Wright focuses on artistic practices with low coefficients of artistic visibility, raising the prospect of a new status for art - in the absence of artworks, authorship or spectatorship. Envisaging art in terms of competence rather than performance, process rather than outcome, tends to be a challenge for the artworld because in losing its visibility as such, art has only its history to fall back upon. And for practices in the visual arts tradition, not to mention for the normative institutions that govern it, the problem cannot be merely wished away: for if it is not visible, art eludes all control, all prescription, in short, all "policing". If ever more artists seem prepared to sacrifice their work's coefficient of artistic visibility, is it not in order to increase the sort of consensus-busting power to which art so often lays claim?

Stephen Wright is an art critic and programme director at the Collège international de philosophie in Paris where he currently lives. He is also an independent curator and a member of the editorial advisory committee of the journal Third Text.

Kim Kielhofner and Kit Malo are presenting a collaborative work that deals with ideas of intimacy and its possibilities in everyday life. The starting point for the project Bienvenue / Welcome is the artist's visits of different restaurants and the interactions between them and individuals they meet. These encounters result in the production and in the exchange of drawings based on their conversations. The drawings then act as invitations to the exhibition in the gallery, Along with the works there are texts and photographs documenting the interactions and contexts of the various places.

Exhibition and music / text performance
At 'Le Local', 7154, St. Urbain, Montreal QC

Broadcast is a project by two British artists Jesse Ash and Simon Clark who are interested in mechanisms that govern the way in which information is gathered and distributed in the media. The artists began to collect information about Montreal in London where they live and work, and are now pursueing their research during a short residency in Montreal. This work will culminate in a spoken word/musical performance presented alongside related research material at the chic Le Local in Montreal.

Broadcast is inspired by some of the first printed newspapers in Britain, known as "chapbooks", which contained song-sheets, rhymes and stories. They told the daily news in verse-form, and these lyrics would then be sung in local pubs to a largely illiterate public. As the songs were re-performed in different venues via different players, the information mutated, gradually transforming the original content. Jesse Ash whose practice grows out of intricate research and investigation, and Simon Clark who uses storytelling, song writing and singing in his work, will harness their respective practices in order to process the gathered information about Montreal and re-present it in the form of live performances. Much like a game of 'telephone' or 'exquisite corpse', the work will trace the transformation of meaning as it passes through sequential psychological, social and cultural filters.