Montreal Cultural Calendar

Venez échanger autour des arts-science!
Pour ouvrir cette nouvelle année, la SAT vous invite à se réunir autour de la thématique arts-science. En croisant les pratiques d’artistes, de chercheur·euse·s et de développeur·euse·s, ce champ transforme données, algorithmes et phénomènes du vivant en expériences sensibles et immersives.Bien au-delà d’une tendance esthétique, les arts-science constituent aujourd’hui un véritable moteur d’exploration de notre rapport au monde, au vivant et à la technologie. Fort de ses recherches en arts-science et en informatique menées au cours de la dernière année, le département d’innovation de la SAT est idéalement positionné pour vous initier à ce terrain d’expérimentation fertile, plus pertinent que jamais.Ce 5 à SAT est une occasion privilégiée de s’inspirer, d’échanger et de découvrir des projets, à travers les résultats de nos recherches et des cas d’usage concrets présentés par des artistes collaborateur·rice·s.
Au programme:Mot de bienvenue et courtes présentations de l’équipe d’innovation de la SAT.Présentations d’artistes, créateur·rice·s et technologues ayant collaboré avec la SAT : Erin Gee, Luana Bélinsky, Anouk Éthier et l’équipe de Noukii.Réseautage et kiosques de démonstrations d’outils et de projets d’artistes-chercheur·e·s.
Rejoignez-nous le 2 février pour explorer les potentiels artistiques au croisement de l’art, de la science et de la technologie, et échanger avec la communauté dans un cadre convivial.
Pour en savoir plus sur les projets de recherche de la SAT, nous vous invitons à lire notre article « Arts-Science : Une symbiose en pleine effervescence. (https://sat.qc.ca/fr/nouvelles/arts-science-une-symbiose-en-pleine-effervescence/) »

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Atau Tanaka — Body music: Phenomenologies of sonic gesture
A Distinguished Lecture from Atau Tanaka, co-director of the Centre for Sound, Technology & Culture at Goldsmiths University of London, UK.
Distinguished Lecture (https://www.cirmmt.org/en/events/distinguished-lectures/)
February 02, 2026
18:00 - 19:00
 Tanna Schulich Hall, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, 527 Sherbrooke O (https://maps.google.com/?q=Tanna%20Schulich%20Hall,%20Elizabeth%20Wirth%20Music%20Building,%20527%20Sherbrooke%20O)
 info [AT] cirmmt [DOT] org
iCal (https://www.cirmmt.org/en/events/distinguished-lectures/tanaka-2-feb-2026/ics_view)
The lecture will take place in TANNA SCHULICH HALL, followed by a catered reception in the lobby of the Elizabeth Wirth Music Building. This event is free and open to the general public. 
Registration
No registration is required for this event.
**CIRMMT Students wishing to have their attendance tracked for awards eligibility, please make sure to scan the QR code available at the entrance of Tanna Schulich Hall.
We invite you to share this event on Facebook when the link becomes available.
Abstract
This lecture introduces concepts developed in my upcoming book, Body Music: Phenomenologies of Sonic Gesture to be published in 2026 by Goldsmiths Press and distributed by MIT Press and Penguin/Random House. Body Music is a musician's account of the relationship between corporeal movement and musical sound. I am interested the visceral engagement of the body in musical performance, and how technological mediation can foster, or break, forms of audience empathy. The book examines the conscious and subconscious strategies behind musical expression, and ways in which sound and gesture become the medium of intersubjectivity with the spectator. It looks at the design of technologies that break out of the binary brittleness of the digital to capture subtleties of human movement to create expressive digital musical instrument systems. Drawing from the overlapping fields of phenomenological philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, and post-humanist anthropology, the book unwraps the performer as materially and digitally entangled with the sonic. It connects these insights with fields of cognitive science and embodied human-computer interaction (HCI) to offer a performer-centric approach to developing new sonic technologies, including with biomedical technologies of electromyogram (EMG) muscle sensing. Using signals of the body with sound signals through processes of interactive machine learning provides a possible humanistic response to the challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
Biography
Atau Tanaka conducts research in embodied musical interaction. By using muscle sensing in performance, the human body becomes a musical instrument. He studied electronic music with Ivan Tcherepnin at Harvard University. There he met John Cage during his Norton Lectures. Tanaka went on to carry out his doctorate with John Chowning and Max Mathews at CCRMA Stanford. Atau has carried out research at IRCAM Centre Pompidou, Apple France, and Sony Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) Paris in areas of interactive music, immersive media, network performance, and human-data interaction. His work, solo and in groups like Sensorband and in collaboration with Lillevan, Cicanoise, and Dane Law has been presented at Ars Electronica, ZKM, WOMAD, Sónar. In Montreal, he has performed at MUTEK, the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT), FCMM, la Fondation Daniel Langlois, and has been on the board of the InterSociety of Electronic Art (ISEA). His performances in the Japanese avant-garde scene has been captured in the electronic music documentary, Modulations by Iara Lee. A collection of Japanese sound art curated by Tanaka has been released by the SFMOMA. His work in thinking of the body as musical instrument has been exhibited at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin. His research has been supported by the European Research Council, UK and French research councils. He was artistic co-director of STEIM Amsterdam and has held visiting positions at the Bristol Interaction Group, TU Berlin and MSH Paris Nord. He is co-director of the Centre for Sound, Technology & Culture at Goldsmiths University of London.

$5 Tuesdays at Cineplex
It’s every movie-lover’s favourite day of the week - $5 Tuesdays are back! Enjoy $5 movie tickets and $5 small popcorn, each Tuesday from January 20 to February 24.
 
$5 Tuesdays Offer Details:
In-Theatre Ticket Price: $5.00 + tax.

Online Ticket Price: $5.00 + tax for CineClub members, $6.00 + tax for Scene+ Members ($5 + $1 Online Booking Fee), or $6.50 + tax for everyone else ($5 + $1.50 Online Booking Fee).

Small Popcorn In-Theatre Price: $5.00 + tax.

Upgrade to a premium screen experience by paying the extra fees.
 
$5 Tuesday Promo Dates:
Every Tuesday from Jan 20 – Feb 24
Treat yourself every Tuesday with Big Deal Tuesdays* (https://www.cineplex.com/promos/tuesday-pricing)
See what's playing https://www.cineplex.com/?openTM=true

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2071127677001993/
Event by: Quartier des spectacles, Montréal


Esplanade Tranquille
Duration: 1 hr 15 min

Deux mardis par mois, le Grand salon du pavillon de l’esplanade Tranquille accueille des soirées de causerie portant sur l’art des mots, inspirées par l’intellectuel, rêveur et rebelle libraire Henri Tranquille.
𝙇𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚 sont menés par Julie Laferrière, animatrice, journaliste et médiatrice culturelle, qui a eu la chance de connaître ce personnage marquant qu’était M. Tranquille. Sous différentes thématiques, ces rencontres donnent la parole à des invité·e·s inspirant·e·s qui œuvrent dans l’univers de la littérature et de l’écriture, tout en laissant la place aux échanges avec le public.
Au programme, une discussion sur le thème 𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲́𝗺𝗮 réunira Stéphane Lafleur (scénariste et réalisateur) et Catherine Léger (scénariste et dramaturge). Une rencontre inspirante qui explorera le pouvoir des mots à l’écran, le passage de l’écriture à l’image, ainsi que la manière dont les récits façonnent l’émotion, le rythme et l’imaginaire cinématographique !
Profitez de l'occasion pour faire un arrêt au Café Tranquille situé au Grand salon du pavillon de l'esplanade Tranquille et profitez d'une boisson chaude et de grignotines locales !
Pour l'horaire et le menu
https://www.quartierdesspectacles.com/menu-cafe-tranquille
Mardi 3 février, de 19 h 30 à 20 h 45 | Capacité limitée - premier arrivé, premier servi.

Le Grand salon du pavillon de l’esplanade Tranquille

À propos des 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 : https://www.quartierdesspectacles.com/.../les-mardis... See less

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1411241157214491/
Event by: Mardi Spaghetti


· Anyone on or off Facebook
Mardi Spaghetti présente ::
Camille Ly :: guitare, voix, carte de son
Jean-Manuel Doran-Peñafiel :: guitare, voix
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Jonathan Lindhorst :: saxophone, electronics
Nick McCullough :: saxophone, electronics
Portes 19h30, Musique 20h00
Casa del Popolo
Prix : 15$-20$, notaflof, argent comptant/cash only
Mardi Spaghetti est une série de concerts de musique improvisée qui existe à Montréal depuis 2008.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1992607384852361/
Event by: PHI


407, rue Saint-Pierre, Montreal, QC, Canada, Quebec H2Y 2M3
phi.ca/fr/evenements/salon-phi

Dans la série de capsules vidéos 1 œ𝘶𝘷𝘳𝘦 / 1 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦, conçue par le département de l’éducation de PHI, un·e membre de l’équipe propose une brève interprétation d’une seule œuvre tirée d’une exposition en cours. Lors de cet événement, un·e éducateur·trice de PHI se basera sur la capsule 1 œ𝘶𝘷𝘳𝘦 / 1 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 — 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘶 afin d’offrir une présentation plus approfondie de l’œuvre mise en lumière dans la vidéo, suivie d’une période de questions avec le public.
Mercredi 4 février 2026 | 17h30 à 18h

Salon PHI, 407, rue Saint-Pierre

Entrée gratuite
𝘌𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤̧𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘴.
Pour plus de renseignements:
https://phi.ca/fr/evenements/salon-phi/
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As part of the 1 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 / 1 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 video series, developed by PHI’s Education Department, a team member offers a brief interpretation of a single artwork from a current exhibition. During the event, a PHI educator will draw on the 1 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 / 1 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 – 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘶 video, to offer a more in-depth presentation of the featured artwork, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 | 5:30 PM to 6 PM

PHI Salon, 407 Saint-Pierre Street

Free admission
𝘐𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩.
For more information:
https://phi.ca/en/events/phi-salon/ See less

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1194895002250695/
Event by: Concept Art Drink N Draw and Ja Hon Solo


Duration: 4 hr 30 min

LOCATION CHANGE: Vices & Versa (10 minute walk away from last venue 6631 Saint Laurent)
Hello everyone! I have reserved 12 seats at Vices & Versa for 7pm under the name Jahon. I (Jahon, the host) will personally be there around 6pm feel free to dropby early and join me/us. Please confirm “Attending” so I can reserve more seats the morning of the event.
100% FREE. Come and meet people in Montreal's vibrant concept art and tech scene. Unleash your creativity by doodling on traditional paper or exploring the digital realm in a relaxed and informal environment. Don't hesitate to extend invitations to friends from various related creative domains, including design, animation,VFX, audio, and more. Even those with a general interest in art are more than welcome. Feel free to attend solo or bring your dear friendos along. There's no need to be timid—introduce yourself and become a part of this warm and inclusive community.
General guidelines for a successful event

1. Respect all participants and venue staff
2. Tipping 15 % minimum please
3. If an issue can't be resolved between anyone at the venue, feel free to reach out to myself (the organizer, Jahon) or @conceptartdrinkndraw on Instagram if I am not present, thank you! See less
Meet your hosts
Concept Art Drink N Draw