Special Projects
HeiressDaniel BarrowApril 21, 2012 to April 27, 2012
When I was asked last year to be Concordia’s Visiting Artist in Residence and teach a drawing class of my own design, my first impulse was to model and structure the class after my favorite drawing class from my own undergraduate degree. It was 15 years ago that Professor Sharon Alward, my favorite teacher... {read more}
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New Demands?Lisa VinebaumApril 02, 2012 to April 06, 2012
New Demands? is a public, durational performance that connects the current crisis in timed labor to the historical struggle for workers’ rights. New Demands? commemorates the 1937 Dressmakers Strikes / La grève des midinettes, a pivotal event in the struggle for workers’ rights in Montreal. In April 1937,... {read more}
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Maskull Lasserre, OutliersMaskull Lasserre (Montréal)February 16, 2012 to February 22, 2012
Maskull Lasserre’s art inspires a sense of wonder in the viewer, while equally coming across as unheimlich – uncanny or just slightly off-kilter. His ability to cleave reactions in the viewer is what is so appealing about his sculptural work. In his own words, “relationships that are easily harmonized,... {read more}
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VIVA! Art Action 2011Jessica MacCormack, Shannon Cochrane, Julischka StengeleOctober 02, 2011 to October 09, 2011
at Bain St-Michel, 5300, rue St-Dominique, Montréalvivamontreal.org Emerging from a collaboration between six artists-run centers from the region of Montreal, (articule, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Centre d’art et de diffusion Clark, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, DARE DARE Centre de... {read more}
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ExplorationsAlice de VisscherDecember 10, 2010 to December 12, 2010
Video in window: December 10 to 12 (4pm to 6pm)
Performance: Sunday, December 12 2010 at 3pm
at articule
Alice De Visscher explores the physical properties of an object, her body, space and the relationships they share. Equally, she works with her perceptions of her body and space. By using strange... {read more}
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Versus: Imaginary Cartographies in Urban SpaceFranco TiradoresDecember 09, 2010
In line with feminist theorist Chandra Mohanty’s idea that «a place on a map is also a space in history and a perspective on knowledge», Projet versus is a theoretical and artistic reflection on cartography as a system of signs and images that precede spatial, cultural and historiographic realities.... {read more}
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Gabriela Alonso and Nelda Ramos : Performance and video screeningGabriela Alonso (Argentine), Nelda Ramos (Argentine)September 13, 2010
Gabriela Alonso and Nelda Ramos work with materials related to their experiences in Argentina and their encounters with the world as women. These materials include celebratory communal actions with balloons, the reinvention of symbols of militarism found in children’s games, the use of icons of domesticity... {read more}
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Open Closed BathSeptember 05, 2010
Closed Bath
September 25, 2010
Bain St-Michel
5300 Saint Dominique
Montreal, QC
articule's Special Projects committee invites the public to the historical site of The Bain St-Michel. A designated space will be reserved for the artistic public to invest their actions, ... {read more}
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Abandonedkondition plurielMay 26, 2010 to May 30, 2010
The installation proposes a technical apparatus in a state of transition: where analog transforms into digital. It displays an abandoned set-up, a control-post, for creating a digital performance. On closer inspection, the workspace reveals itself to be an orchestrated room, a performative space that "... {read more}
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Projet populaireMathieu JacquesMay 14, 2010 to June 19, 2010
public consultation interviews
from 12 to 17 p.m.
Saturday, May 14,
Sunday, May 22,
Saturday June 11
Sunday June 19
Projet populaire looks at the social role of the artist, with the objective of finding an ideal project, allowing any visual creator to raise enthusiasm amongst its fellow... {read more}
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Objet d'ailleursBrigitte SchusterMay 05, 2010 to May 08, 2013
Participatory event and site-specific installation
Thursday May 5: 5.30 to 9 pm (event opening)
Friday May 6: 12-7.30 pm
Saturday May 7: 12-5 pm
Sunday May 8: 12-5 pm
The project objet d'ailleurs (objetdailleurs.com) is an ongoing collection of stories from immigrants to Montréal or other... {read more}
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Estuaire centralRona Rangsch (Allemagne)March 27, 2010
The project estuaire central is concerned with developing a new perspective on the section of the St-Lawrence estuary that is usually called estuaire moyen (middle estuary). The latter expression suggests that this space is nothing but a transitory region lying in between, connecting the fluvial with the... {read more}
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