Montreal Cultural Calendar

Pemberton (AKA Albertan rapper Cadence Weapon) drops by Montreal to launch his new book on "building a deeper relationship with music in the streaming era." Rollie Pemberton, in conversation with Peggy Hogan.

Quarterly networking event for Montreal's digital community. An evening to meet the community, discover projects and foster dialogue between the art, research and industry sectors. Born from an initiative of the Conseil des arts de Montréal and coordinated by MAPP_MTL, the event promotes sharing and cross-pollination between creators, artist centres, organizations, businesses and digital professionals. Eastern Bloc presents this 46th edition in collaboration with Ateliers Belleville and the Goethe-Institut. The program includes project presentations and exchanges within the community. Featured projects: Whispering of Shells — Milton Riano, PANOPTIKODE — Fanny Pimpurniaux, Electro-Acrylic — Alec Stephani, Belvedere — Olivier Basquin and Marius Cousin, Metamonument — Oli Sorenson, The Abyss 2 — Louis-Philippe Rondeau. Composite Minutes include: Unstable Ecologies in partnership with ADA X — Alizée Armet, The Swimming Pool — Théo Le Roux, FA Workshop — François Auclair, The Firemen's Ball — Hugo Mazo, REPAIRE, a Distributed Cooperative Network (DCN) project — Alexis Langevin-Tétrault, Visual tracking and sound analysis solutions for interactivity — Lab148 Cooperative, Emmanuel Durand, MAS – Data Fest — MAS Media QC, Victor Galarreta, Oreo's in the Sunshine — Cassidy Lerman, Aléas: Rediscovering the universe through the distorting prism of a transdisciplinary musico-poetic narrative — Cléo Palacio-Quintin / Fiolûtröniq Productions. Free admission, registration required.

Open Source is now Format Montreal! And Format Montreal is a community-led, horizontal design festival amplifying talent in the Montreal design scene. They're having a second (third?) general meeting to answer everybody's questions and get the ball rolling, since the festival is set to start September 10th, which is in 4 months people! The best way to make your voice heard is to show up <3

Part of Things + Time Alpha Launch event

Registration is now open for the previously postponed Unreal Engine for artists workshop! Real-time 3D environments offer diverse possibilities for engaging and immersing viewers in virtual worlds. This project-driven workshop studio explores immersive practices using Unreal Engine 5, with participants developing individual projects supported by targeted demos and one-on-one guidance. Additional individual and small group accompaniment from June 3-10 at Ada X and online

Session 2 of the Unreal Engine for artists workshop. Real-time 3D environments offer diverse possibilities for engaging and immersing viewers in virtual worlds. This project-driven workshop studio explores immersive practices using Unreal Engine 5, with participants developing individual projects supported by targeted demos and one-on-one guidance. Individual and small group coaching from June 3rd to 10th at Ada X and online.

A wonderful opportunity to learn more about the site's history, heritage, and the notable figures who helped shape Montreal throughout the years. Meet at the main entrance. Rain or shine. No registration required. Simply arrive at the entrance a few minutes before the tour begins.

As part of the Unstable Ecologies exhibition at Ada X, this conference extends the questions raised by the installations on view. The works explore environments in which the living is no longer represented but presented in vivo, as a system. Through dispositifs combining sensors, microclimates, microbiomes, and computational environments, they question what it means today to work with the living rather than on it. At a time when contemporary landscapes bear the traces of past industrial activities while being saturated with technological promises of repair, a tension emerges. We inherit contaminated soils, fragile ecosystems, unstable systems — and simultaneously imaginaries of enhancement, automated regeneration, and computational solutions.

Musician and sculpture Kafé Betian comes from a lineage of Saamaka sculptors from western French Guiana and will present his traditional sculptural practice, "Tembé," an art form originating in his native Suriname and which he now practices in French Guiana. This talk is part of a series of talks by artists and designers presented by Bois Magique and is presented in collaboration with the SKOL Center for Contemporary Arts.

C'est le retour du populaire yoga sous arbres sur Le Plateau!