Press release for immediate release
Montreal, Febrary 22 2010
presented by in collaboration with
Visual arts take over the underground city
4 KM CIRCUIT
100 ARTIST PROJECTS
10 LOCATIONS
200 MEDIATORS
From February 27 to March 14, Art Souterrain invites you to rediscover Montreal's underground city by showing the works of more than a hundred contemporary artists: video, photography, installations and performance, in a course that stretches from Place des Arts to Complexe les
Ailes. Ten exhibition spots and five metro stations will be participating in the creation of a spectacular artistic itinerary.
The launch will take place on February 27 2010, from 6:00PM to 3:00AM as part of MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS FESTIVAL's 7th edition. This year, the event will extend for two weeks, until Sunday March 14. Art Souterrain hopes to transform the underground city of Montreal by showing more than a hundred contemporary artists, most of them Quebequers.
Art Souterrain positions itself as an educational event, along with cultural mediation, with the intention to change the general public's perceptions vis-à-vis new contemporary artistic practices by establishing a link between the projects and the visitors. Throughout the fifteen following days, an array of free activities will be made available to the public: guided visits, conferences, debates and performances.
Key players :
- Patrick Bérubé @ Place des Arts
- Michael A. Robinson Peter Gnass Francis Montillaud and Ivan Lassère @ Palais des congrès de Montréal
- Guillaume Labrie @ Centre de Commerce Mondial
- John Oswald @ CDP Capital
- Sylvaine Chassay et François Morelli @ Square-Victoria
- Mathieu Beauséjour @ Cité Internationale
- Aude Moreau @ Tour de la Bourse
- Gilles Mihalcean @ Place Ville-Marie
- En Masse @ Centre Eaton
About Art Souterrain: Art Souterrain is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to promote and circulate contemporary art, while providing Montreal's underground city with some cultural colours. Art Souterrain is aiming to integrate itself into this underground space on a regular basis, by revealing an annual exhibitions calendar. Furthermore, its objective is to unite Quebec’s local art scene by identifying and reuniting key participants around scheduled activities.
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More communications will follow.
For more information of an interview:
Karine-Michèle Dion – coordinator
info : 514 878-3409 / urgent : 514 241 3632