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10 toursthrough the city’s cutting-edge arts scene
VISUAL ARTS - DESIGN - PERFORMING ARTS - MUSIC - DIGITAL ARTS
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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Library and Archives Canada cataloguing in publication
Delgado, Jérôme
Guide to creative Montréal
Translation of: Guide du Montréal créatif.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-2-89464-600-7 1. Montréal (Québec) - Tours. 2. Heritage tourism - Québec (Province) - Montréal. 3. Tourism and art - Québec (Province)- Montréal. I. Title.
FC2947.18.D4413 2013 917.4’28045 C2013-940201-2
Research and Writing: Jérôme DelgadoText and Research Contributors: EmmanuelleBouet, Marie-Eve Corbeil, Fabien Fauteux, Rémi Leroux,Nicolas RoyTranslator: Matthew McLauchlinEditors: Pierre Ledoux, Claude MorneauEditorial Assistants: Annie Gilbert, Judy TanGraphic Design and Layout: Philippe Thomas
Cover Page Design: Pascal Biet, Philippe Thomas
Cartography: Annie Gilbert, Philippe ThomasIconographic Research: Julie Brodeur
Cover Page Photo:Les Disciplines artistiques, work by the Départementstudio on the screen mosaic at the Espace CulturelGeorges-Émile-Lapalme of Place des Arts. Photo:© MatteraJoly / Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Claude Morneau, Olivier Gougeon and the whole Ulysses team for their confidence and open-mindedness,as well as all those whose comments and suggestions helped improve each of this guide’s tours. The author also wishes to thank Mr.François-Marc Gagnon for his historical precisions, as well as all the people, artists and cultural workers who, week after week, monthafter month, stimulate and inspire us to shake up the monotony of our daily routines. Finally, warm thanks to Josée, Iris, Lucas and Manuelfor tolerating my absences and anxieties.
This guide is part of a larger initiative promoting Montréal’s contemporary art venues and events. Information on more than 200 venuesand events is available on Tourisme Montréal’s Website (www.tourisme-montreal.org).
This initiative was made possible in part by the financial support of Québec’s Ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the Villede Montréal under the ‘‘Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal’’ agreement.
Tourisme Montréal, Tourisme Québec and the Conférence régionale des élus de Montréal also participated in this project.
Ulysses Travel Guides acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for thisproject.
Ulysses Travel Guides would also like to thank the Government of Québec – Tax credit for book publishing – Administered by SODEC.
This work was produced under the direction of Olivier Gougeon and Claude Morneau.
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contentsMile End, Outremont, Little Italy 9
Plateau-Mont-Royal 31
Milton–Parc, McGill Ghetto, Mount Royal 59
Quartier des Spectacles, East End of Downtown 75
Quartier Concordia, West End of Downtown 99
Sud–Ouest, Lachine 113
Quartier International,Old Montréal, the Islands 127
Quartier Latin, the Faubourgs, HoMa 155
Côte–des–Neiges, Notre–Dame–de–Grâce,Saint–Laurent 18 1
Petite–Patrie, Rosemont, Saint–Michel,Villeray 195
Calendar of Festivals and Events 210
Index 222
Resources to Learn More and Stay Informed 224
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How to use this guideThis guide presents ten routes through Montréal’s neighbourhoods, highlighting the many facesof contemporary creativity in the city. Each tour begins with an introduction and an originalphoto diptych by Denis Farley to spur your curiosity.
Next, a detailed map shows the route as well as the main artistic spaces and works of publicart along the way. These locations are identified in an accompanying list and categorized withsymbols.
Each tour also has a table indicating the relative importance of the various categories ofcreativity in the area using the following scale:
««««« Very high concentration, including several important sites/events. Leading area.
«««« High concentration or some important sites/events. Strong area.
««« Significant presence or an important site/event. Noteworthy area.
«« Some presence or a significant site/event. Mentioned in the area.
« Slight presence. Mentioned in passing in the area.
— No presence. Absent in the area.
The table will also tell you how much time you need to cover the whole tour, as well as offersuggestions for subsections of the tour you can take if you have less time; it also lists publictransit routes in the area.
At the end of each tour, a creative directory gives the full address and contact information foreach cultural site along the tour. The directory also features cafés, restaurants, boutiques, andbars that are favoured by local artists or give a taste of life à la montréalaise .
At the end of the book, you’ll find a calendar listing the many annual creative events that showcaseMontréal’s diverse forms of artistic expression, as well as a list of cultural organizations in thecity.
Digital arts
Public art
Visual arts
Performing arts
Design
Music
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JérômeDelgadoJournalist Jérôme Delgado developed this guide’s 10tours of Montréal’s contemporary arts scene. An art andfilm critic for the daily newspaper Le Devoir and the filmmagazine Séquences, in 2010 he was the “reflection andwriting” artist-in-residence at 3e Impérial, a contemporaryart research centre in Granby, Québec. A graduate of theart history program at the Université de Montréal, he has
been a member of the Association québécoise de critiquesde cinéma since 2004. He is also a translator, workingchiefly with museums, galleries, and art magazines.
Denis Farleywww.denisfarleyphoto.com
Denis Farley contributed many of the photographs in thisguide, including the original diptychs at the beginning ofeach chapter. With a master’s of fine arts from ConcordiaUniversity, Denis has been working as an artist and a visualarts, design, and architecture photographer since the1980s. His works, particularly his photographs, have beenshown in Québec, across Canada, and abroad, and are held
by several important public and private collections such asthose of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, theMontréal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Museumof Contemporary Photography in Ottawa, the Musée dela photographie de Charleroi in Belgium, and the Fondsnational d’art contemporain in Paris.
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Montréal on foot, by bike, by metro. Montréal underground orout of doors. Montréal dining, shopping, living. So why notMontréal through your eyes, your ears, all your senses? That’s
what this guide gives you: the city’s thousand facets, sparkling and
singing with creativity. Whether hung on a wall or sung from a stage,in a concert hall or on the street, solid and enduring as concrete orethereal and ephemeral as light.
Montréal is a city of art. Of the arts, plural. A capital of dance andcircus, home to countless festivals all year round, from wintryMontréal en Lumière to the sultry sounds of the Jazz Festival. Home
to dozens of theatres and four universities swarming with tomorrow’sartists. A technological hotbed at the cutting edge of video gamedesign and digital arts.
The city’s architecture, whether religious, industrial, or vernacular,cherishes the past even as it races towards an innovative future. It’shad its Place des Arts for decades, has just inaugurated its Maison
Symphonique, and will soon host a brand-new centre for new music.
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And beyond these major complexes, it’s home to one of the mostenergetic indie music scenes in the world.
Montréal is firmly established as Canada’s most artistic city. Itsindefinable spirit seeps into its artists’ songs, stories, and designs.
Its neighbourhoods are dotted with museums of history and art,galleries both august and offbeat. Its public spaces are embellishedwith acclaimed public artworks and extravagant graffiti murals.
Montréal’s kaleidoscopic cultural menu is a match for the world’sgreat metropolises. The author has kept that in mind, including thesort of things he’d like to be shown when visiting other cities: the
best places to see, the liveliest neighbourhoods to visit, the mostinteresting spots to hang out. You don’t have to see everything, you
just have to know where to look.
Ten different tours are offered, making their way through one or moreof the city’s neighbourhoods. You can use your own creativity anddecide what you want to discover.
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Cada gotita cuenta , mural produced by the MU organization in partnership withONE DROP, realised by Julio Cesar Moreno. © Photo: MU
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When you visit Mile End, probably only one thing is certain: you won’t
be bored. Considered “Canada’s most artistic neighbourhood,” thispart of town packs in a dizzying diversity of cultural life. In terms of
contemporary art alone, Mile End is home to five of the city’s most renownedartists’ centres and one of its most successful private galleries. And you’ll
probably bump into some of the artists as well, as many of them live and work,
eat and play right in the neighbourhood. One of the best examples is MordecaiRichler, a towering figure in English Québec literature (The Apprenticeship of
Duddy Kravitz, 1959), for whom Mile End was both his childhood stomping
grounds and the fertile soil for his artistic maturity.
Neighbouring Outremont and Little Italy have their own identities, but they’reinevitably marked by the closeness of Mile End’s creative spirit. However,
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Outremont keeps its own contrasting colours, with well-to-do French speakers
interspersed with a highly visible Hassidic Jewish community. It’s easier to feelthe relaxed, inventive influence of Mile End in the Italian neighbourhood. While
its old-country identity still shows through in its shops and restaurants and theconversations you’ll hear in its streets, Little Italy has been changing, moving
towards a blending of communities like that of Mile End. And artists are an
important part of that mix.
By day, Mile End’s galleries and artists’ centres are an important destination for
art lovers; at night, music buffs flock to the neighbourhood’s bars. More thanone of Montréal’s legendary festivals has been born here, and more than one
theatre has drawn cultured crowds. But the main attraction here is that there’ssomething to see, hear, or taste in practically every street: Mile End is rich with
public and urban art, as well as great places to eat and drink.
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How long?
For the whole tour: 1 day
Segments
Mile End: 3hrs 30min
Outremont: 1hr
Little Italy: 3hrs
How to get around
On foot
Optional bus ride(line 161–Van Horne)
1 c Twilight Sculpture Garden
2 e Centre Clark
e Atelier Circulaire
e Diagonale
e Dazibao e Optica
3 a Le Cagibi
4 e Monastiraki
5 e Galerie Simon Blais
6 af Bain Saint-Michel
7 c Écritures
8 e Articule
9 a Cabaret du Mile-End
10e Occurrence – Espaced’art et d’essais
contemporains11e Galerie Mile-End AME-
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12c Lac/Fontaine
13af Théâtre Rialto
14af Théâtre Outremont
15e Galerie d’art d’Outremont
16c Espace vert
17e Bigué Art Contemporain
18e Yves Laroche Galeried’Art
19e Lacerte Art Contemporain
20a L’Hémisphère gauche
21e Battat Contemporary
22e Projet Beaumont
23a Il Motore
24d Eastern Bloc
25e Espace projet, artcontemporain + design
Mile End, Outremont,Little Italy
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Mile End[intense cultural activity, contemporary art, urban art]
The tour starts at the corner of Rue Saint-Urbain and Avenue Van Horne. (Take Bus 161 from Rose- mont metro station.)
Mile End is bounded to the north by a railway line,but it developed over the 20th century by turningits back on the rails following the closure of itstrain station in the 1930s. Despite the dilapidated
condition of some of the lands surrounding thetracks, some locals have taken advantage ofthem, in particular artist Glenn Le Mesurier, whoseworkshop (135 Avenue Van Horne) is almost alwaysopen to the public.
In the vacant lot near his studio, he has createda remarkable sculpture garden all his own: theTwilight Sculpture Garden (1 c ) (next to 101 Avenue Van Horne) . An unofficial symbol of Mile
End, this set of artworks made from scrap metaland industrial debris is the perfect spot to kick off atour of the neighbourhood.
The Twilight Sculpture Garden began to sprout uparound the year 2000. The open-air gallery—thesculptures are for sale—exemplifies the creativityand resourcefulness of Mile End, not to mention
its freewheeling, bohemian atmosphere. But aboveall, the dozen freestanding sculptures are theperfect example of how, with a bit of initiative, anabandoned, desolate lot can reveal its potentialas an inviting urban space. After strolling amongGlenn Le Mesurier’s sculptures, take a step back:the garden is worth taking in as a whole, as well.
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Walk east along the viaduct toward BoulevardSaint-Laurent, until you get to the corner of Ruede l’Arcade and Boulevard Saint-Laurent.
Raised viaducts here don’t just speed up car traffic;they also stimulate creativity. Under this stretch ofroadway over Boulevard Saint-Laurent are severalbeautiful examples. A series of murals on thepillars enliven this grey concrete environment evenas they draw on it for inspiration. Despite beingdone clandestinely, several of them show excellent
technique and intricate detail. Wait for a break inthe traffic to cross Boulevard Saint-Laurent for acloser view.
While you’re at it, climb the staircase onto theviaduct for an excellent view of the neighbourhood.Notice the flatiron-shaped building to yournortheast. This vestige of the area’s industrialpast, known as Entrepôt Saint-Laurent or VanHorne Warehouse Incorporated, features a huge,
conspicuous cistern on its roof.
Continue south along Boulevard Saint-Laurent toRue Bernard, where you will turn left.
Before turning onto Rue Bernard, consider a stopat Style Labo (5765 Boulevard Saint-Laurent) ,half antique dealership and half interior designboutique, where you run a good chance of findingsomething fascinating.
Rue Bernard Est runs along the railway, offeringa view of industrial remnants such as the vacant
lot still crowned with a large rusting sign promising“Textiles.” Rue Bernard leads onto Avenue DeGaspé, once the heart of Montréal’s garmentindustry; and a former factory, at 5455 De Gaspé,now serves as a hub for the artistic production inthe neighbourhood. As you make your way there,you’ll pass a recently opened bistro, Le Falco (5605 Avenue De Gaspé) , where design, espresso,and Japanese food go together wonderfully.
1. Dieu pourvoit (2010) mural by Monk-e off Boulevard Saint-Lau-rent, with a mural by Zek in the background. © Photo: Denis Farley
2. Twilight Sculpture Garden by artist Glenn Le Mesurier.© Photo: Denis Farley
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Centre Clark[artist-run centre, contemporary art, cultural complex]
Rather than going in the main door of Le Plaza
(5455 Avenue De Gaspé) , continue about 15metres on, past the yellow stairs. To your right,on the west side of the street, notice the brickbuilding covered in graffiti. This “decoration,”featuring a variety of exotic monsters, is amicrocosm of the neighbourhood: built onindustrial foundations, its face turned toward theimaginary.
Head back to the yellow stairs which mark
the entrance to Centre Clark (2 e ) (5455 Avenue De Gaspé, suite 114) , one of the leadingexemplars of Québec’s unique centres d’artistesautogérés (self-managed arts centres). The Clark,as it’s commonly called, is often listed as one ofMontréal’s top attractions. It’s known as muchfor its rich arts programming as for its mid-December auction, a celebrated holiday seasonevent.
Born downtown on the street that gave it itsname, the Clark has been a leader in the artsworld for more than 20 years. In that time, it’shosted numerous seminal shows, such as LesBricolos in 1998. Leading lights of the 1990s’generation of artists, such as David Altmejd,Nicolas Baier, Mathieu Beauséjour, Valérie Blass,and many others, spent their early years at theClark.
In 2001, Centre Clark innovated by moving intothis building on Avenue de Gaspé, where they
were followed shortly thereafter by the Atelier
Circulaire (2 e ), an arts centre specializingin printed media, and by Diagonale (2 e ), aunique site dedicated to artistic practices usingtextiles. Today, the building is a hive of artists’workshops and a wellspring of creativity in theneighbourhood.
In 2013, two of Montréal’s most renowned artists’centres also moved into the Plaza: Dazibao (2
e ), devoted to the photographic arts but also
branching out into film and contemporary art,and Optica (2 e ), open to all artistic pursuits. As this guide was going to press, the building’snew configuration had not yet been permanentlyestablished, but it was obvious that Avenue deGaspé was well on its way to becoming one ofthe city’s creative hotspots.
Backtrack to Rue Saint-Viateur, and follow it back to Boulevard Saint-Laurent.
This area hosts a wide variety of popular cafésand shops, such as Le Cagibi (3 a ) (5490Boulevard Saint-Laurent) , a friendly hippie-stylecafé/restaurant, the delicious Asian cuisine ofSoy (5258 Boulevard Saint-Laurent) , the eclecticbazaar and art gallery Monastiraki (4e ) (5478Boulevard Saint-Laurent) , and the retro fashionsof Citizen Vintage (5330 Boulevard Saint- Laurent) .
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1. Centre Clark: Sophie Jodoin / De peine et de misère , 2010. © Photo: Bettina Hoffmann 2. Centre Clark: Pierre Bourgault / JENESAISPASVRAIMENTOUJEVAISMAISJEMENVAIS , 2012. © Photo: Sébastien Lapointe 3.
Dazibao: images from mécaniques affectives , Manon Labrecque, 2009. © Photo: Dazibao 4. Centre Clark: Dominique Pétrin / POMPÉII MMXII , 2011. © Photo: Sébastien Lapointe
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Galerie Simon Blais[private gallery, contemporary art, great masters]
Galerie Simon Blais (5 e ) (5420 BoulevardSaint-Laurent) , a leader in the Québec art
market, is in the heart of Mile End. It built itsreputation on the quality and diversity of theworks it offers, representing both contemporaryand historical artistic currents, as well as Africanart.
Its temporary exhibits showcase many ofthe key figures of today’s Québec art world,such as painters Marc Séguin and FrançoiseSullivan, photographers Michel Campeau and
Éliane Excoffier, and engravers François-XavierMarange and Catherine Farish.
Fans of the great modernist masters will alsofind something to enjoy here. The gallery’s stockincludes works by the likes of Piet Mondrian and
Antoni Tàpies, as well as Québec masters suchas Jean Paul Riopelle, Alfred Pellan, and GuidoMolinari.
Take Rue Maguire to Rue Saint-Dominique.
Since the late 1990s, Bain Saint-Michel (6af ) (5300 Rue Saint-Dominique) has playedhost to a plethora of artistic events of all kinds.
This former public bath, with its huge, strikingcircular window, is the home stage of Infinithéâtre,at the cutting edge of English-language Québectheatre; it also presents events in the madcapFRINGE Festival, performances of the VIVA! Art
action festival, and contemporary and electronicmusic concerts.
Continue south on Rue Saint-Dominique to Avenue Laurier.
Next to Parc Lahaie, once considered thegateway to the neighbourhood, stands theÉglise Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile-End (5039 Rue Saint-Dominique) . This 19th-century
church is best known for its richly baroquefacade and its interior decoration. Most visitors
come for the paintings around the dome and inthe chapel, created between 1917 and 1919by Ozias Leduc, a forerunner of the modernistmovement in Québec and mentor to the greatartistic reformer Paul-Émile Borduas.
To return westward to the heart of Mile End, you can choose between Avenue Laurier,famous for its stylish boutiques, and AvenueFairmount further to the north.
Those who want to take in the multicultural feelof the neighbourhood should choose AvenueFairmount. One after another, you’ll pass
Au papier japonais (24 Avenue FairmountOuest) , an origami studio; Wilensky (34 AvenueFairmount Ouest) , a celebrated Polish restaurantof bygone days; Caffè Grazie Mille (58 AvenueFairmount Ouest) , a quintessentially Italiancafé; the legendary Fairmount Bagel (74 Avenue Fairmount Ouest) ; Barros Luco (5201Rue Saint-Urbain) , home of authentic Chileanempanadas; a variety of kosher and halal foodstores; and just over the border into Outremont,the famed Middle Eastern restaurant Rumi (5198 Rue Hutchison) .
Amid this panoply of businesses, AvenueFairmount also has its little secrets. A little-known sculpture by modern master Armand
Vaillancourt, Écritures (7 c ), is suspended
from one of the buildings of the CollègeFrançais (162 Avenue Fairmount Ouest) at thecorner of Avenue de l’Esplanade. This privateschool’s other building, across the street (172 Avenue Fairmount Ouest) , conceals a majesticformer synagogue behind an unfortunate facadethat was added when the building changedhands in the 1960s.
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1. The main stage at Igloofest.© Photo: Miguel Legault
2. Les Sœurs Boulay performing
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JanuaryWildside Theatre Festivalwww.centaurtheatre.com/wildsidefestival.phpTwo weeks of audacious, avant-garde and emergent English-language theatreto discover.
Igloofestwww.igloofest.ca/en
Electronic music festival under the snow covering the last three weekends ofJanuary and early February.
FebruaryFrancouverteswww.francouvertes.com A singer-songwriter festival and a competitionwhere 21 artists perform their work in one ofseven weekly shows (February to May).
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Edgy Women Festivalwww.edgywomen.ca/en
Feminist festival featuring performances byremarkable artists, video screenings, launches forout-of-the-ordinary books, lectures by artists andpopular parties.
SAT Festwww.sat.qc.caLying down on couches set in the middle of theSatosphere, spectators are treated to a dozen shortfilms projected 360 degrees around them (March- April).
1. Edgy Women Festival.© Photo: Heather Cassils and Robin Black, courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
2. International Digital Arts Biennial (BIAN): Ulf Langheinrich [DE/CN] –Hemisphere . Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] / BIAN 2012. Production:
Epidemic, Paris | Muffathalle Munich. With grants from Kulturstiftung desBundes, Germany. © Photo: Conception photo
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Art Matterswww.artmattersfestival.org A showcase for new talent at Concordia University, invisual arts, dance, music, film, theatre, and video art.
Art Souterrainwww.artsouterrain.com/en/homeDuring this art show event, several kilometres of thedowntown underground city are filled with works of art.
International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA)www.artfifa.com/en A competitive event and the world’s biggest art filmfestival, with round tables, openings, performances, andinstallations.
Nuit blanche à Montréalwww.montrealenlumiere.com/nuit-blanche-enDuring the Nuit blanche event, the metro stays open allnight and no fewer than 170 activities—most of themfree—showcase every branch of culture.
Under the snow / Sous la neigewww.underthesnow.caThis five day festival for all budgets promotes andsupports up-and-coming musicians in all genres.
D’un œil différentwww.exeko.org/en/dodThis event explores the creativity of artists with anintellectual disability through a series of visual artsexhibits, forums, workshops, and artistic performances.
AprilInternational Digital Arts Biennial (BIAN)http://bianmontreal.ca/enBiennial event focusing on installation pieces that combine art with multimedia (April-June).
Dérapagewww.derapage.caScreenings of short films lasting less than three minutes each at the UQAM’s Centre de design.
Festival temps d’imageswww.usine-c.com A hybrid festival at the intersection of the arts of the stage and the screen.
Papier – Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paperwww.papiermontreal.com/welcome-to-the-papier12-art-fairHeld under a huge white tent near Place des Festivals, Québec’s only art fair aims to democratizethe collection of works on paper.
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Festival TransAmériques (FTA)www.fta.qc.ca/en
Some thirty shows in contemporary dance and theatre,as well as workshops, debates, round tables and filmscreenings (May-June).
OFFTA www.offta.com/enFestival showcasing dance, performance art, andtheatre revisited by audacious emerging artists (May-June).
Elektrawww.elektramontreal.ca/?l=enLive performances in robotics, video, dance anddigital technology, blended with electronic andelectroacoustic music.
MUTEKwww.mutek.org/en
Digital music and visual arts festival offering some100 concerts and other events in various venues andgalleries over five days (May-June).
Sight & Soundhttp://sightandsoundfestival.caTechnological, digital and multimedia art festivalfeaturing innovative audiovisual performances andinstallations.
Design Montréal Open Housewww.portesouvertesdesignmontreal.com/enThis biennial event helps visitors understand thecreative processes behind designers’, developers’, andartists’ creations trough exhibitions, video clips, andinteractive installations.
1. International Digital Arts Biennial (BIAN):Bill Vorn [QC-CA] – DSM-VI . Black BoxHexagram-Concordia / BIAN 2012.© Photo: Conception photo
2. Elektra: Yan Beuleux [QC-CA] – TEMPÊTES ,2012. © Photo: Gridspace
3. Festival TransAmériques: Alexis, Una trage-
dia greca . © Photo: Pierre Borasci
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SIDIMwww.sidim.com/en.html A major showcase for industrial and interior design,showing off the best of the field in Canada and around
the world.
Kinetik Festivalwww.festival-kinetik.netThis electro-industrial-noise-hardcore happeningpromotes the electro-industrial scene in Montréal andencourages cultural exchange between countries.
Piknic Electronikwww.piknicelectronik.com/enIn Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène, the PiknicÉlectronik is a Sunday ritual for electronic music lovers
and picnickers with hungry ears (May-September).
La Biennale de Montréalwww.biennalemontreal.org/enThis biennial festival with no fixed address finds aspace and transforms it into an exhibition hall withart of all kinds, from painting to multimedia, fromimmersive installations to delicate drawings.
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Festival de théâtre de rue de Lachinewww.theatrederue.comMultidisciplinary arts performances in the streets of the
borough of Lachine.
The St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festivalwww.montrealfringe.ca/en/homeIn the Plateau and Mile End areas, this bilingual festivalpresents a stunning kaleidoscope of music, dance,theatre and comedy.
L’Écho d’un fleuvewww.peristylenomade.org/fr/realisations/lecho-dun-fleuvePerformance art, outdoor dance, installations, alleygatherings, collective sculptures and music shows inthe public spaces of the Faubourgs neighbourhood.
Festival international de Montréal en arts(FIMA)www.festivaldesarts.org/index_eng.htm
A section of Sainte-Catherine Street is closed to trafficand transformed into a large open-air art gallerythat also offers multimedia performances, short filmscreenings, and live creation.
Nuit blanche sur tableau noirwww.tableaunoir.comPopular night festival on Mont-Royal Avenue withfree concerts, poetry readings, and other creative andoriginal activities.
Suoni Per Il Popolowww.casadelpopolo.com/suoniperilpopoloThe latest discoveries of the Montréal music scene withestablished big names in modern music, including jazz,underground rock, noise, and electronica.
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
www.montrealjazzfest.comIndoor and outdoor concerts by local up-and-comers
and the biggest names in jazz (June-July).
1. Suoni Per Il Popolo. © Photo: Eddie Rodgers 2. L’Écho d’un fleuve: Nicolas Bonnet, Antéfacts
performance, 2011.© Photo: L’Écho d’un fleuve
3. L’Écho d’un fleuve: Pénélope St-CyrRobitaille, Responsive bodies in situ danceproject, 2012. © Photo: L’Écho d’un fleuve
4. Montréal Complètement Cirque.© Photo: Rénald Laurin
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Montréal Complètement Cirquehttp://montrealcompletementcirque.com/en A celebration of the circus arts with a host of ticketed and free events throughoutthe city.
MEG (Montréal Électronique Groove)www.megmontreal.com/enUrban music festival showcasing Canadian (chiefly Montrealers) electronic, pop,rock, and hip-hop musicians (July-August).
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Les Escales improbableswww.escalesimprobables.com
Various venues host numerous installations, shows, andperformances, including theatre, dance, music, puppetryand live creation of works of art.
Transatlantique Montréal / Festival QuartiersDanseswww.transatlantiquemontreal.comContemporary dance festival held in both indoor andoutdoor locations.
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréalwww.moisdelaphoto.com
Biennial contemporary photography festival presentingstill images, videos and films in a variety of genres, fromtraditional documentary photography to abstraction(September-October).
POP Montréalhttp://popmontreal.comIn five days, this music festival presents nearly 600artists as well as events like FilmPop, ArtPop, andKidsPop.
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Under Pressure Festivalwww.underpressure.caIn the Latin Quarter, this street art festival has multitalentedartists working on collective or individual projects, with thepublic looking on.
Montréal Fashion & Design Festivalwww.festivalmodedesign.com/homepageNumerous outdoor runway shows accompanied by amazingmusic and other wild events like a high heels race.
Osheagawww.osheaga.com A huge music and art festival with an enviable internationalreputation, this three day outdoor event attracts more than80,000 festival-goers to Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Île Sainte-Hélène.
1. Montréal Fashion & Design Festival.© Photo: Jimmy Hamelin
2. Plants and Animals performing at Osheagain 2012. © Photo: Patrick Beaudry
3. Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal: installationview of Arrangements From Life by AlainPaiement, Darling Foundry, 2009.
© Photo: Véronique Lépine
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Phénomenawww.festivalphenomena.com/phenomena/en A celebration of alternative culture and new techniques for artistic expression, with an eclectic mix ofhands-on artistic techniques: cabaret, magic, tableaux vivants, theatre of objects, and shadow plays.
Festival du nouveau cinémawww.nouveaucinema.ca/en An innovative film festival offering an audacious programme of international films, exploring longs andshorts, videos, animation, installations, performances, and interactive works.
Viva! Art Actionhttp://vivamontreal.org/enThis event is devoted to performance art and all its recent variations (manoeuvre, public intervention,and participatory art), where action’s main medium of expression is the human body.
1. VIVA! Art Action: performance by Martine Viale, 2011. © Photo: Guy L’Heureux
2. M for Montréal. © Photo: Alexandre Bédard
3. Danse Danse: Louise Lecavalier / “I” IsMemory . © Photo: Angelo Barsetti
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November
Coup de cœur francophonewww.coupdecoeur.ca
A showcase for French-language song with a fineblend of established and emergent artists.
The HTMlleswww.htmlles.netThis biennial event presents an eclectic portrait of feminine artistic innovation through multimedia andtechnological artworks in multiple forms.
Souk@SAT
http://souk.sat.qc.ca/english A lively bazaar with local artisans and creators selling their latest wares at affordable prices (November-December).
M for Montréalwww.mpourmontreal.com/en.htmlM for Montréal shows off Montréal’s up-and-coming musical acts with 40 performances in just three days.
Year-round
Danse Dansewww.dansedanse.netThis organization works to spread contemporary dance andencourage its development by presenting new choreographicvoices from abroad, linked only by their well-deservedsuccess in their home country and around the world.
Les Ballets Jazz de Montréalwww.bjmdanse.ca/?lg=enChoreographies brought to life by contagiously energetic
dancers from a variety of artistic backgrounds.
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DesignBonsecours Market 148Canadian Centre for Architecture ( CCA) 109
Centre de design de l’UQAM 163Espace VERRE 145Galerie Créa 148Le Chat des artistes 172Maison de l’architecture du Québec 139Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles 200Ruelle Land 172Zone Orange 142
Digital ArtsDHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art 141Eastern Bloc 28
Oboro 41Perte de Signal 173SAT 82Société des arts technologiques 82Studio XX 41Usine C 169William Notman House 66
MusicBain Mathieu 173Bain Saint-Michel 18Bibliothèque Saint-Sulpice 164
Bourgie Hall 105Cabaret du Mile-End 19Café Chaos 165Casa Del Popolo 48Centre Pierre-Charbonneau 177Centre Pierre-Péladeau 161Centre St-Ambroise 123Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 160Club Lambi 50Club Soda 82Coop Les Katacombes 80Corona Theatre 118Divan Orange 51Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste 42 Île Sainte-Hélène 150
Il Motore 27Inspecteur Épingle 41L’Astral 90La Tulipe 46Le Cagibi 16Le Gesù 90Le National 167L’Entrepôt 125Le Petit Medley 202Le Savoy 81L’Escalier 166L’Esco 44Les Foufounes Électriques 81Le Vivier 160
L’Hémisphère Gauche 24
Lion d’Or 170L’Olympia 167Maison de la culture Frontenac 171Maison de la culture Maisonneuve 176Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay 123Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan 90Maison symphonique de Montréal 86Métropolis 81New Music Building 68O Patro Výš 42Place des Arts 86Place des Festivals 89Pollack Hall 68Quai des brumes 44Redpath Hall 68Sala Rossa 48Salle Claude-Champagne 188Salle Émile-Legault 193
Théâtre Outremont 23Théâtre Plaza 202Théâtre Rialto 20Théâtre Saint-Denis 164Théâtre Sainte-Catherine 163Théâtre St-James 140
Performing ArtsAgora de la danse 36Bain Mathieu 173Bain Saint-Michel 18Centaur Theatre 140
Centre Pierre-Péladeau 161Cirque du Soleil 205Corona Theatre 118Édifice Jean-Pierre-Perreault 172Espace La Risée 207Espace Libre 172Grande Bibliothèque 165La Licorne 46Le National 167L’Entrepôt 125L’Illusion 46L’Olympia 167MAI - Montréal arts interculturels 65MainLine Theatre 52Maison de la culture Frontenac 171Maison Théâtre 160Montréal Science Centre 147Monument-National 84National Circus Schoo 205Parc La Fontaine 37PHI Centre 141Place des Arts 86Place des Festivals 89Segal Centre 188Théâtre Aux Écuries 206Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui 39Théâtre Denise-Pelletier 176Théâtre de Quat’Sous 54Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 85
Théâtre du Rideau Vert 47
Théâtre ESPACE GO 49Théâtre La Chapelle 52Théâtre Outremont 23Théâtre Plaza 202Théâtre Prospero 170Théâtre Rialto 20Théâtre Saint-Denis 164Théâtre Sainte-Catherine 163TOHU 205Usine C 169
Public Art21 balançoires 85Acer Concordiae 106After Babel, a Civic Square 85À la croisée des mots 118
Allegrocube 147Autoportrait 95Bonsecours Market 148Botanical Garden 177Bouillon de culture 206Boulevard Monk 123Cailloudo 193Carrés gris 166CCA Garden 109Centre CDP Capital 133C’est sûrement des Québécois qui ont fait ça 86Champ-de-Mars 149Comme si le temps... de la rue 86Comme un poisson dans la ville 44, 161
Cultiver l’imaginaire 186Diorama 134Écho 90Éclosion – Une autre journée au paradis 176Écritures 18Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts
Integrated Complex 106Entre nous 146Espace fractal 165Espace vert 23Give Peace a Chance 70Grande Bibliothèque 165Gratte-ciel, cascades d’eau/rues, ruisseaux... une
construction 166Habitations Jeanne-Mance 160 Île Notre-Dame 151 Île Sainte-Hélène 150Isocèle 207Laboratoire-échantillon 47La Bourrasque 191Lac/Fontaine 20La Fermière 176La Joute 137La (Les) Leçon(s) plurielle(s ) 176La Montagne des jours 71La Peur 142La Puerta de la Amistad 151L’Arc 151La Voie lactée 89
Le 2.22 82
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Resourcesto Learn Moreand Stay InformedTo learn more and to keep on top of what’s happening in Montréal’s dynamic artsscene, here’s a non-exhaustive list of the city’s cultural initiatives, associations andorganizations:
Accès culture Montréal www.accesculture.com
ArtsScène Montréal en.artsscenemontreal.com
Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM)
www.artsmontreal.org/en Contemporary Art Galleries Association (AGAC) new.agac.qc.ca
Culture Montréal www.culturemontreal.ca/en
Culture pour tous www.culturepourtous.ca/index_en.htm
District Montréal www.districtmontreal.com/en
Diversité artistique Montréal (DAM) www.diversiteartistique.org
English-Language Arts Network(ELAN) www.quebec-elan.org
La Ligne Bleue www.lalignebleue.ca
La Vitrine www.lavitrine.com
MAP // Make Art Public makeartpublic.wordpress.com
MASSIVart massivart.ca
Montreal Arts-Business portal
montrealartsaffaires.org/en Montréal Créative (CRÉ de Montréal) montrealcreative.org
Montréal, Cultural Metropolis montrealmetropoleculturelle.org
Montreal Galleries galeriesmontreal.ca/?lang=en
Pied carré (PI2) – Regroupement descréateurs du secteur Saint-Viateur Est
www.regroupementpi2.org
Quartier des Spectacles Partnership www.quartierdesspectacles.com/en
Réseau Art Actuel (an initiativeof RCAAQ) www.rcaaq.org/index_en.php
Voies culturelles des faubourgs voiesculturelles.qc.ca
The Montréal Buzz(Tourisme Montréal blog) www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog
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