WORLD CUP! + Le Mile End s'articule
1:00 pm Screening of the World Cup 2018 opening day match: Portugal vs Spain, at Barros Luco (5201 rue St. Urbain)
5:00 pm Karaoke party + artist talk with Onyeka Igwe at articule
Join the festival Le Mile End s'articule at the screening of the World Cup 2018 opening day match: PORTUGAL VS. SPAIN at Barros Luco (5201 rue St. Urbain)!
Then, join us at articule for a karaoke party + artist talk with Onyeka Igwe as part of the exhibition WORLD CUP!. Onyeka will present her work for WORLD CUP! and talk about her art practice. She will lead a collective karaoke event using popular songs taken up by sports fans.
Curated by Amber Berson, WORLD CUP! encourages citizens to engage critically and playfully with the game of soccer and acts as a vehicle for discussions about sports, community, patriotism and national identity. The exhibition features the works of Onyeka Igwe (single-channel video), Sheena Hoszko (stained glass), arkadi lavoie lachapelle (durational performance/installation), and Null Ace (video game/installation). Held concurrently with the 2018 World Cup games (June 14 - July 15, in Russia), WORLD CUP! will also host a series of artist talks during participatory soccer matches.
Onyeka Igwe is an artist, filmmaker, programmer, and researcher living and working in London, UK. Onyeka's works have shown at the ICA; Nuit Blanche, Toronto; The Showroom Gallery, London; Internationale Kurtzfilmtage Wintherthur, Edinburgh Artist Moving Image, and Hamburg film festivals.
Le Mile End s’articule is a summer outdoor community arts festival, revolving this year around the theme of games, play, and sport! With the support of the Arrondissement du Plateau- Mont-Royal, this summer’s edition provides a schedule of activities over six weeks, and includes festivities in articule’s alley, in the courtyard of the Collège Français on Fairmount Avenue, and in local parks of Mile End. Playing with the concurrent exhibition at articule, WORLD CUP!, curated by Amber Berson, the festival presents creative and critical responses to the world of games and sport at the intersections of art and performance. Kicking around are concepts such as: competition, anthems, nationalism, play, the material culture of sports (including uniforms, costumes, and equipment), interactivity, the gender pay gap, team and fan dynamics, training, athleticism, collective consciousness, critical sports studies, and more! Le Mile End s’articule is committed to creative reuse and the reduction of waste in artistic practices, and aims to promote environmentally-friendly approaches through community involvement in our shared streets and parks.
Le Mile End s'articule is generously supported by Le Plateau-Mont-Royal.