Montreal Cultural Calendar

The third workshop of the 'Reimagining Research' Spring Workshop Series. This workshop will allow participants to re-imagine and transform photographs, digital images and other works through Polaroid emulsion lifts. Exploring the materiality of film and photographic practice, participants will work directly with the image of their choosing, lifting, folding, stretching and tearing it. The process of emulsion lifting briefly reduces the image to a ghostly film to then be bonded to another material such as paper, cardboard, or fabric. This physical manipulation of imagery provides a framework to discuss transparencies/opacities of identity and selfhood, thinking through ideas of disclosure and (mis)recognition. Participants are invited to bring pre-existing digital images that can be printed on Polaroid film, or to take photos on site to experiment with the process. Spaces are limited. Please RSVP to Marc Beaulieu marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca and include within the subject line 'Ghostly Image'.

Dissecting and reassembling the elements of photonovels, Gaudreau draws forth details that disrupt its usual narrative continuity. This pop literary genre is thus reconfigured into a choreographic space in which texts and images tumble out of sync.

By adopting strategies akin to visual ethnography, the trio, composed of Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, and Ryan Ferko, multiplies perspectives on the modernization of Iran, its rural regions, and the families witnessing their industrialization. Archives and image-making apparatuses become playgrounds and sites of subversion as much as catalysts for encounters, from which the artists conduct an autopsy of a territory.

Presented each spring at Galerie de l'UQAM, Passage à découvert showcases the work of UQAM's graduating students in the Bachelor of Visual and Media Arts program, highlighting their creative vitality, freedom, and curiosity. Thanks to the multidisciplinary approach favoured by UQAM's School of Visual and Media Arts, the student works on display address a wide variety of subjects, approaches, and techniques in dialogue with the contemporary world. This year, several projects reimagine the concept of materiality by examining its transformations and modes of perception. Others explore the relationship to the body, identities, and performativity, deploying playful displays that convey a sensitive relationship to reality.

Artists talk between artist Paola Pivi and Kanika Anand, Senior Curator at Contemporary Calgary

Aire de jeu is the collective exhibition of Samuel Alie, Zélie Delespierre and Gilliane April, graduate students in visual and media arts at UQAM. This exhibition is carried out as part of the Atelier II course facilitated by Professor Claire Savoie, at the CDEx Dissemination and Experimentation Centre.

VOX and VISIONS invite you to a special evening with the artists of the exhibition One's Own Eyes. Moving between the frames of Lovers' Wind (2024) and Chooka (2018), the trio unfolds a live reading and performance—following images as they oscillate across cycles of violence and war. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, and Ryan Ferko, moderated by Benjamin R. Taylor and Doriane Biot.

Event: fb://event/739221189212681

ECHOS XIII : Musique pour grand espace

Joignez-vous à nous pour le treizième concert de la série faisant place aux musiques d'exploration / improvisées / concrètes / d'écoute et/ou à l'art audio.

La programmation de cette édition d’ECHOS est présentée par NicheMTL, plateforme médiatique canadienne à but non lucratif dédiée aux pratiques émergentes en art, musique, mode et culture à Montréal.

Les artistes:
Ida Toninato
Racine
Quinton Barnes

Date: Vendredi 24 avril à 21H
Adresse: Aux Ateliers Belleville, 545 Legendre Ouest.
L’entrée se fait par le stationnement à l'arrière du bâtiment sur la rue Meilleur.

Billets en prévente disponibles dans notre bio: 20$ tx incluses.
Billets à la porte: 25$ tx incluses.

Bar sur place + bières de la Brasserie Dieu du Ciel.
Cartes et argent comptant acceptés. NO BYOB.

Tous les profits de l'événement iront aux artistes et au développement des Ateliers Belleville.

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ECHOS XIII: Musique pour grand espace

Join us for the thirteenth concert in the series, showcasing experimental, improvised, concrete, listening-based music and/or audio art.

This edition of ECHOS is presented by NicheMTL, a Canadian nonprofit media platform dedicated to emerging practices in art, music, fashion, and culture in Montreal.

Artists:Ida Toninato
Racine
Quinton Barnes

Date: Friday, April 24 at 9 PM
Location: Ateliers Belleville, 545 Legendre Ouest
Entrance via the rear parking lot on Meilleur Street

Tickets: Presale: $20 (taxes included)
At the door: $25 (taxes included)

Bar on site + beers from Brasserie Dieu du Ciel
Card and cash accepted. NO BYOB

All proceeds from the event will go to the artists and to the development of Ateliers Belleville.

This workshop explores the relationship between scents, 3D digital creation, and memory. Participants are invited to interact with different smells and use creative writing as a springboard to "translate" these scents into 3D digital sculptures, either by digitizing clay models or by using the Nomad app on an iPad. These sculptures become archival manifestations of place and smell, whilst simultaneously testifying to the subjectivity and mutability of memory. The event is free, and you can register by emailing mediation@ada-x.org.

MARATHON #3

Le Studio 303 accueillera la troisième édition de Marathon, une série de 30 présentations courtes de danse et de performance consacrées à l'expérimentation ! Il s'agit de prendre des risques, de repousser les limites et d'explorer de manière créative et collective !
tickets https://www.zeffy.com/fr-CA/ticketing/marathon--3

Performance à 19h30

Scatterbrain Magazine is launching their 7th issue in Montreal alongside live music and vendors at La Sala Rossa! The show will be a mix of rock, punk, and techno music, guaranteed to keep you dancing all night. You can even get a tattoo done while you're there... This is their first bilingual issue; find projects in one or two languages, alongside photoshoots, quizzes, and art pieces. Meet the writers, editors, artists, and photographers behind it all!

Event by Livart

www.zeffy.com/fr-CA/ticketing/soiree-de-finissage
Soirée de finissage – Racines créatives
Samedi 25 avril de 21h à 6h
Venez célébrer la fin de l’exposition Racines créatives lors d’une soirée festive et immersive!
Pour l’occasion, le Livart ouvre ses deux espaces. La galerie vous accueillera en mode nocturne pour (re)découvrir l’exposition et assister au spectacle de kora de Zal Sissokho.
À partir de 23h, la grande salle s’anime avec une soirée DJ portée par un superbe line-up qui vous fera danser jusqu’à 6h du matin!
Galerie :
21h00 à 23h00 : Galerie ouverte au public pour visiter l’exposition en nocturne
21h45 à 22h30 : spectacle de kora par Zal Sissokho, @zalsissokho
Grande salle :
23h à 1h : DJ Msquare, @deejaymsquare (afrobeat/electro/trap/konpa)
1h à 4h : Gayance, @gayance (afrohouse/électro)
4h à 6h : Rossy Ross, @rossyross_ondamix (afrohouse)
En partenariat avec Production Usawa.
Le Livart aimerait remercier la Ville de Montréal pour son soutien. See less

Racines créatives is a group exhibition bringing together seven artists and designers from the Afro-descendant community, spanning from Montreal to Martinique. The exhibition creates a dialogue between their creative expressions, offering a rich and multifaceted cultural portrait. Through a variety of mediums and themes, each participant contributes a unique vision, fostering a collective reflection on cultural identities and urban interactions.