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13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-COUVERTS 3 AN.indd 2 2014-02-10 10:57 AM The year that has just ended has once again conﬁ rmed that Montréal’s cultural and artistic vibrancy drives its development and inﬂ uence as a metropolis.

13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-Intro-1-3 AN.indd 1 2014-02-10 10:59 AM THE STEERING COMMITTEE

Mr. Denis Coderre, Mrs. Manon Gauthier, The Honourable Shelly The Honourable Mr. Maka Kotto, Mr. Jean-François Mayor of Montréal Member of the Montréal Glover, Minister of Denis Lebel, Minister of Culture and Lisée, Minister of Executive Committee, Canadian Heritage and Minister of Infrastructure, Communications International Relations, Mr. Simon Brault, responsible for culture, Ofﬁ cial Languages Communities and La Francophonie and Chairman of Culture heritage, design, Space Intergovernmental Affairs Mr. Alexandre Taillefer, External Trade and Montréal and Chairman for Life and the status of Mr. Michel Leblanc, and Minister of the Managing Partner, Minister responsible for of the Steering women President and CEO Economic Development XPND Capital the Montréal region Committee of Board of Trade of Agency of Canada for the Mrs. Diane Giard, Metropolitan Montréal Regions of Quebec Mrs. Manuela Goya, Executive Vice-President Secretary General, Personal and Commercial Mr. Javier San Juan, Montréal, Cultural Banking National Bank of President and CEO, Metropolis Canada L’Oréal Canada

13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-Intro-1-3 AN.indd 2 2014-02-10 10:59 AM The year that has just ended has once again confirmed that Montréal’s cultural and artistic vibrancy drives its development and influence as a metropolis.

The projects and initiatives that have been carried out throughout the city have not only contributed to enhancing Montrealers’ quality of life, but also to attracting visitors and new residents. Moreover, they have enabled the city’s creative talents, achieving new heights of excellence, to shine as never before.

Montréal’s irrepressible cultural vitality sustains the commitment of the Steering Committee’s members to continue implementing the 2007–2017 Action Plan, which supports the creative spirit of artists and cultural entrepreneurs with high-level guidance, planning and consultation. That the Steering Committee is made up of members from the political, cultural and business communities is an undeniable asset, as it maximizes the potential and widens the scope of every Montréal art, heritage, design and cultural industry initiative.

Montréal has become a beacon for a growing number of creative professionals from around the world and every disciplinary and aesthetic background, a springboard for those who create and hone the most popular forms and approaches to art; it is a city that invents and asserts itself with every passing season and event organized by its institutions, a city where art and heritage are the concern of everyone, where the impulse toward cultural participation is an essential feature of the Montréal good life.

For, in this 21st century, a great cultural metropolis is no longer only characterized by the quality and diversity of its cultural offerings, but also by the extent to which the people who live there take part in its artistic and cultural life, whether on a daily basis, at their local library or cultural centre, or at one of the large gatherings that are part of life in a major urban centre.

This edition of At a Glance, a snapshot of the year 2013, shows over a hundred initiatives that will bring us closer to our goal for 2017 of celebrating a great cultural metropolis that is creative, accessible, organized, memorable, united, influential and open, resilient—and constantly innovative.

We hope you will enjoy reading it. The Steering Committee

13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-Intro-1-3 AN.indd 3 2014-02-10 10:59 AM Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal

Montréal never shies away from taking the The Steering Committee bold risks inherent to innovation in the arts. Such powerful creativity is a key component of the Montréal brand internationally. Creative THE ETERNAL DREAM: UNDERSTANDING THE HEAVENS With Fittingly clad in aluminum, the planetarium’s audacious design was conceived by the architectural consortium of Cardin, Ramirez, Julien & Aedifica. With its arrival near the Biodôme, the new flagship facility completes Space for Life, now the largest natural sciences museum Rio Tinto Alcan complex in Canada. In less than a year, over 270,000 people have visited this unique building, the result of an international architectural Planetarium, competition. Incorporating the main principles of sustainable architecture in its design and construction, it is on track to receive LEED scientific culture Platinum certification, the highest in North America. shines like a star. Thanks to its green roof, reducing the heat island effect of the urban environment, the building is an oasis of freshness and relaxation. Inside, its architecture incorporates natural light and materials. Featuring a design reminiscent of planets like Jupiter or Saturn, the Milky Way theatre has the shape of a sphere, and is covered with slats made entirely of Québec wood—a wonderful nod to our forests, which are one of the best places for observing the stars. A tribute to local expertise, this new building invites us to rethink our connection with nature, our planet, and the universe. A great facility that is indeed worthy of a cultural metropolis!

Where science and art meet The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium offers visitors a unique experience. Making permanent room for creativity, its two theatres offer two different—but complementary—presentations, one in a poetic vein and the other scientific. In the Chaos theatre, Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, the creators of Continuum, immerse visitors in an amazing cosmic odyssey accompanied by a soundtrack of mesmerizing symphonic music. In the show From the Earth to the Stars, an astronomy interpreter guides visitors along a virtual journey exploring the universe that will take them beyond the stars, thousands of light-years from Earth. The experience continues with EXO, Our Search for Life in the Universe. A permanent exhibition that examines life on Earth in order to better study life elsewhere, its dynamic digital content on touch-screen displays can be updated at any time to reflect new scientific discoveries.

The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium brilliantly combines science, art and emotion. It launches us on a breathtaking experience of the universe to better connect with our own planet!

6 The future promises to PUBLIC ART: be rich in its offerings, ADDED VALUE TO THE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY as seven works Making a place for art throughout the city are currently being This year, five new works confirmed the key role created and are set to played by public art in enhancing quality of life be unveiled between and bringing culture to everyone. now and 2015.

3 Le malheureux magnifique, 7 La pierre et le feu, by by Pierre-Yves Angers, Jean-Pierre Morin, Parc New works In the square dedicated to her Centre Urbanisation Culture René-Lévesque, Lachine 1 L’Étreinte, by Luce Pelletier, memory in the neighbourhood Société building of the Institut borough. Parc Toussaint-Louverture, where the singer-songwriter national de la recherche Ville-Marie borough. lived, a double chair–like sculpture, by American artist scientifique (INRS), Plateau- 8 Les cariatides, by Dominique Reflecting the people from Robert Wilson, pays quiet tribute Mont-Royal borough. Valade, Parc René-Lévesque, many different cultures who to Kate McGarrigle. The work, 5 Constellation en Sol, by Adad Lachine borough. live side by side in Habitations which takes the form of a tête- Hannah, Bibliothèque Marc- 4 An untitled work by Jacques Jeanne-Mance, L’Étreinte à-tête seat, seems an invitation Favreau, Rosemont–La Petite- Carpentier, Parc Serge-Garant, 9 Monument aux braves de consists of six little islands to meeting and exchange, while Patrie borough. Ville-Marie borough. Lachine, by Alfred Laliberté, arranged to form a sort of path at the same time refers to Parc Stoney-Point, Lachine within the park. Each features Nora, the singer’s alter ego in Works restored 5 Neuf couleurs au vent, by borough. two long stems whose curves childhood. 1 Monument to Copernicus, Daniel Buren, Place Urbain- suggest an embrace; the leaves replica of a work by Berthel Baudreau-Graveline, Plateau- Temporary work 3 topping them are cut out in Carrefour, by Francis Thorvaldsen, in front of the Mont-Royal borough. 10 During the 2013 Métis-sur- Montillaud, La Station, Île- patterns symbolizing various Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, Montréal event, the installation cultural communities. The des-Soeurs, Verdun borough. Mercier–Hochelaga- The work consists of five 6 Détour : le grand jardin, by Jardins M, created by Atelier work has the unique distinction Maisonneuve borough. Michel Goulet, Parc René- Pierre Thibault, was set up of having been created in bronze busts reproducing, by a molding technique, faces of Lévesque, Lachine borough. in Place De La Dauversière, collaboration with Habitations 2 Sundial, by Herman J. which is located in front of city Jeanne-Mance residents. men and women attending the intergenerational house what van der Heide, Rio Tinto hall. Calling to mind the natural became La Station. Alcan Planetarium, Mercier– world, the ephemeral work 2 Kate&Nora, by Robert Wilson Hochelaga-Maisonneuve offered an area of urban respite (gift of the McGarrigle family), 4 La Bourrasque, by Gwenaël borough. close beside Château Ramezay. Place Kate-McGarrigle, Bélanger, Bibliothèque du Outremont borough. Boisé, Saint-Laurent borough. 7 O -M NT U - A R

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The Plateau-Mont-Royal The seating encourages people By placing culture and the borough wanted to put that to linger and chat, as well as arts at the core of urban creativity even more on view enjoy the various specialities development, such initiatives during the summer. available from the well-known make the city more welcoming businesses nearby. Thanks to a in human terms. They have bibliomontreal.com What’s new video by New Yorker Clarence also made the Plateau known POUR ALLER 1 The first parklet in Montréal, Eckerson, Jr., this initiative around the world. For example, PLUS LOIN a pedestrian stop on Saint- quickly went viral on social it’s now on the Project for Laurent Boulevard, offers media. Public Spaces website’s list of passersby in summer an area 3 Uniting nature and culture, 60 of the World’s Great Places to cool off and take a break. a new portable enclosure (pps.org). LIBRARIES Following sustainable practices, providing a great spot for Philippe Descôteaux Barrette reading was set up in Parc Lives and Times of the Plateau built it from an industrial Baldwin in order to offer free The iconic neighbourhood is SUIT UP container, as well as painted arts programming. now the subject of a major In association with the Montréal Fashion Bureau, the city’s it. The project was produced in exhibition at the Pointe-à- library network organized an unusual fashion design competition collaboration with the Société Callière Montréal Museum of that certainly posed a creative challenge. The reason behind the de développement commercial Archaeology and History. competition? The libraries wanted a Montrealer to design a piece of du boulevard Saint-Laurent It provides fascinating insights clothing that would instantly identify their facilitators when they are and MUVBOX. into the story of the area, which conducting activities outside library walls. 2 Multicoloured street furniture has marked the Québécois also changed the look collective imagination. The winner, Marilyne Baril, a young designer who has a line of of the intersection coats to her credit, created the ideal garment: a versatile, all-season at Clark Street and safari-style jacket that suited every facilitator and every kind of library Fairmount Avenue West. activity. Not only helping to brand the libraries’ outreach initiatives, the jacket also promotes the work of local designers.

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The Société de développement de l’avenue du Mont-Royal initiated a call for proposals for the thoroughfare’s lighting in 2012. The jury declared the Idée-O-Rama project, conceptualized by Estelle Jugant and Yazid Belkhin, the winner.

Idée-O-Rama involved putting up a series of “thought bubble” street lights featuring changing colours and various comic book–style characters and graphics. They create a visual dialogue with the pedestrian.

This particular initiative is only the first phase of a lighting program that will be MONTREAL’S expanded to include Parc des Compagnons-de-Saint-Laurent and Place Gérald-Godin. PUBLIC PIANOS IN GREATER NUMBER

Putting music in the air While there were only two pianos in 2012, the borough added another three this year. One of them was lent to the Pointe-à- throughout their respective Callière museum, while the other four were scattered across neighbourhoods, young Plateau-Mont-Royal. and old, professionals and Each piano was sponsored by a musical artist who used it to give rank amateurs could all impromptu concerts. Socalled, Fanny Bloom, Yann Perreau, test their pianistic gifts in an Alex Nevsky, Louise-Andrée Baril and François Bourassa atmosphere of friendly fun. all lent their talents to the experience this year. The Sud-Ouest borough followed the Plateau’s lead by also setting up three pianos during the past summer. They were sponsored by Oliver Jones, Susie Arioli and Lorraine Klaasen. For its part, Ville-Marie borough implemented its Piano-Cité initiative, in which five public pianos, painted and decorated by Québec artists, were placed in some of the borough’s parks.

9 A GUIDE TO CREATIVE NOT JUST MONTRÉAL SITTING The guide is the perfect companion ON THEIR for experiencing and discovering LAURELS the creative face of Montréal—major landmarks and hidden treasures alike

The Guide to Creative Montréal, written by journalist Jérôme MAJOR STUDIOS Delgado and designed by Ulysses Travel Guides and its CHOOSE MONTRÉAL partners, including Tourisme Montréal, turns the spotlight on A skilled workforce and a creative the city’s creative side with: 1 10 walking tours through environment: just two of the many good various neighbourhoods, each reasons they’ve set up shop in Montréal. Visual artists giving new life to old taking a look at 5 different chairs—that was the bold proposal fields: digital arts, visual arts, Technicolor of the Maison de la culture du Plateau- performing arts, music, and London, Bangalore, Amsterdam, New York, Vancouver, Los Angeles design; and now… Montréal! Mont-Royal’s summer group exhibition 2 profiles of Montréal artists Anagramme d’une chaise. and designers; A giant in visual effects, Moving Picture Company, a subsidiary 3 key pieces of art, public of Technicolor, opened a studio in Old Montréal in the fall. After 25 years of faithful service, the chairs were to be artworks, murals or graffiti Two hundred jobs were created for local visual effects artists. replaced, but rather than just get rid of them, the maison de projects; Technicolor owes its international renown to creating special la culture and its guest curator Louise Viger invited some of 4 listings of the restaurants, effects for films like Life of Pi, Skyfall, and instalments in the the artists whose work had been shown there during the last bars and cafés favoured by Harry Potter series. quarter century to call on their inspiration to alter the form of the denizens of the Montréal or even completely transform the handy object. creative scene; Framestore 5 an address book to be filled Another leading special effects company opened its sixth Montréal The results of this creative challenge were striking: 53 different in by the reader and a perpetual studio, its biggest in North America, which shows how the city works reflecting as many different views of the world, all with diary listing not-to-be-missed has become a real hub for visual effects. Aiming to create 200 a simple chair as their starting point. The exhibition concluded events. jobs in one year, the Montréal Framestore studio’s first contracts with a benefit auction whose proceeds went to the artists. involve the Robocop remake and Edge of Tomorrow. Known for having produced the special effects for Avatar, Casino Royale, and The Dark Knight, Framestore promises to promote local talent throughout the world. From now on, Montréal will be able to stand out as one of the most important centres in the global special effects industry.

10 Two new works enhanced Montrealers and visitors’ mid-winter strolls through the Quartier DAYS ARE SHORTER des Spectacles this year. Place des Festivals was transformed into a futuristic wheat field by a multidisciplinary team led by the architectural firm Kanva. Inviting the public to take a IN THE WINTER multisensory walk in the heart of Montréal, the installation Entre les rangs featured thousands of flexible stems topped with reflectors that swayed in the wind. Synchronized music sources scattered throughout the space lent the feeling of melodies in motion, like the sound of the wind rustling rows of wheat. YIPPEE! The winner in the second component of the Luminothérapie design competition, the collective Champagne Club Sandwich, turned seven Quartier des Spectacles facades into giant screens for a game entitled Trouve Bob, a new take on the ever-popular Where’s Waldo? Each of the facades That means more time for plunged pedestrians into a different world through video projections and music—a magic forest Luminothérapie around the Saint-Laurent Métro station, a pirate ship at Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, and a futuristic landscape at the Grande Bibliothèque, to give just a few examples. Passersby were challenged to in the Quartier des Spectacles! find Bob among the multifarious mix of characters and graphic compositions making up each of the tableaux.

11 THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY’S WHAT DO YOU READ? A HEALTHY ONE! WHEN DO YOU READ? With over 7,000 people employed This year again, companies Ubisoft Montréal, W.B. WHERE DO YOU READ? directly in the sector, Montréal is one Games Montréal, Ankama of the international capitals of gaming, and Ludia all announced massive investments in a leading centre for design, innovation expanding their local studios. LA SAISON DE LA and development in what is now known That will enable Montréal to as the 10th art. continue its strategic advance LECTURE in this high-growth cultural DE MONTRÉAL industry.

Demonstrating the creative genius of Montrealers in the field, locally developed video games are famous throughout Running from September to For more than a week, the world. Among those making November, the 2nd Saison Montrealers could leave their their debut this year, two AAA- de la lecture, along with the book recommendations on quality games particularly Festival international de social media for these figures, stand out. littérature, Grand Prix du livre all of whom are depicted in de Montréal and Salon du monuments belonging to the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black livre, went all out to celebrate Ville de Montréal’s public art Flag. The sixth instalment in reading. collection. That’s how it was the extremely popular series is suggested that Louis Cyr set in the world of Caribbean Taking as its slogan “What do read La Fiancée américaine, piracy. Interesting to note: the you read? When? Where?” the by Éric Dupont, and Émilie part of the game that takes second edition of the event Gamelin, the collective work place in the contemporary era turned out to be particularly Rêver Montréal, by François is set in a fictional studio in unusual. In addition to its Cardinal. Montréal. spokesperson, Stéphan Bureau, a number of other Batman: Arkham Origins. The famous figures joined in. Sir third in the Batman: Arkham George-Étienne Cartier, Jean series, this instalment takes Drapeau, Athena, Louis-Octave place five years before the first Crémazie and many more held game. a book bearing the colours and logo of the Saison de la lecture between their hands.

12 6 days of great food 16 demonstrations 5 Damn Dinners 1 Omnivorious party Omnivore World Tour Food Festival Street food A festival celebrating young chefs and culinary innovation, This summer, street food took downtown by storm! From June Omnivore has everything Montrealers love. Attracted by the to November, some 30 restaurant operators parked their trucks vibrant creativity of the city’s food scene, the festival made a stop in various locations to offer customers their inventive culinary in Montréal—for the second year running—during its annual world creations. tour. On the menu: • 6 days of great food • 16 cooking demos at the SAT • 5 Damn Dinners, in which local and visiting chefs got Customers were able to savour food on the go from a host of together in Montréal restaurants to create eclectic meals and, innovative culinary artists, enough to satisfy even the pickiest finally • the Omnivorious party, where food lovers were able to palates. With 100,000 meals served to date, the borough is already sample the work of chefs from Montréal and elsewhere. It was cooking up a second pilot project. In addition to providing a new a great success, which we hope will be repeated in the years kind of street life and encouraging the use of parks as social to come. gathering places, the initiative is giving a real boost to young entrepreneurs. MONTRÉAL, METROPOLIS OF… GASTRONOMY :)

This summer, street food took downtown by storm!

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Les résidents de l’arrondissement du Sud-Ouest ont créé environ Which is the only place in the world where video art is projected 50 œuvres éphémères de tricot, réalisées grâce à la réutilisation de onto buildings year-round? Well, it’s Montréal, and to be more 300 draps, qui ont recouvert les nombreux bancs du Parc Garneau. specific, the Quartier des Spectacles, where new facades are constantly being added to the program.

Théâtre Maisonneuve and Cégep du Vieux-Montréal joined the group of seven other buildings lending their facades to digital art projections. Works giving a taste of current shows, including a video inspired by Cirkopolis, are featured on the first location, while one constituting an ode to learning lights up the Cégep. It’s a great way for these places to show themselves off, as well as join in with other Quartier des Spectacles locations in district -OU D ES events like Luminothérapie. U T S In the fall, the Quartier des Spectacles was also enhanced KNITTING TAKES by four new lighting programs for the facades of the Cinémathèque québécoise, Cabaret Underworld, 2-22 and St. James United Church, great additions to the Quartier TO THE STREET des Spectacles Luminous Pathway, which now includes over Using recycled material from 300 sheets, residents of the 25 illuminated public spaces. Sud-Ouest borough created about 50 ephemeral works of knit art that covered the many benches of Parc Garneau.

Stemming from a partnership The knitting project united between the maison de the entire community in an la culture Marie-Uguay atmosphere of art and sharing. and the Corporation de développement culturel In addition, the experience du Sud-Ouest Voies parallèles, was video-documented by the Tricotons la rue project photograph Benoit Desjardins. was a community initiative involving over 300 people throughout the summer of 2013.

14 The intangible The water cycle UQAM’s Centre de design presented the exhibition Fashioning In the spring, the UQAM pavilion on UQAM: the Intangible: The Conceptual Clothing of Ying Gao, featuring COMMITTED the designer and UQAM professor’s fascinating garments. President Kennedy was the scene of an architectural projection created by TO CULTURE This Montrealer’s creations encompass art, fashion, and technology. Mediating between the body and its physical and Gabriel Poirier-Galarneau and Cyril social environment, some of her garments integrate different Izarn entitled Le cycle de l’eau. technologies and respond to their immediate surroundings. Certain dresses move in reaction to sound, while others are The result of a collaboration between the Quartier des activated by a viewer’s gaze. Spectacles, UQAM and its Faculty of Science, the projection provided a fun, graphic way to spotlight the scientific research The recipient of the 2009 Phyllis Lambert Design Montréal conducted at UQAM. Through various tableaux, it showed Grant, Ying Gao’s creations have been shown around the world the many uses of water, as well as the key role it plays in and are the subject of numerous articles in magazines and ecosystems. books on art and design.

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Au fil de l’eau, created by And also: THE PIERREFONDS-ROXBORO Colourful murals Phillip Adams enlivened the walls for Habitations Hommage à Robert Gravel on LIBRARY Jeanne-Mance. Ontario Street in the Sainte- NEW SPACE OF LIVING of Montréal Marie district, by Laurent Printemps, designed by Gascon with SPAG and the LNI. AND CULTURE Philippe Allard to give the In Montréal, dozens of murals Champs-de-Mars pedestrian Two libraries serve the residents of Pierrefonds-Roxboro. Built in sprouted on the walls of The boroughs of Rosemont–La tunnel a new look. Petite-Patrie and Mercier– 1983, the Pierrefonds library, located in the centre of the borough, buildings whose owners has to cope with a growing number of users. Moreover, a great deal of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve agreed to let artists work their work has to be done to bring the library’s facilities up to 21st-century In Sud-Ouest: suggest residents beautify creative magic to enhance the Étoffes de pionnières, origine standards. quality of neighbourhood life. their neighbourhoods by d’un peuple, created by Annie incorporating murals in In June 2013, the borough launched an architectural competition for Hamel for the 350th anniversary the library’s renovation, to include a complete overhaul of the building New murals produced by MU their green laneway projects. celebration of the arrival of Éco-quartier de Rosemont– which, in line with environmental concerns, would target LEED Gold the Filles du Roy, organized by La Petite-Patrie and the certification, as well as an expansion to enhance resident access to In Ville-Marie: Maison Saint-Gabriel. culture. Laissez-la toujours chanter, Y’a quelqu’un l’aut’bord du a tribute to the singer Alys mur organization are their The new facility, to be designed by Chevalier Morales architectes In Verdun: inc. and DMA architectes s.e.n.c.r.l., the winners of the competition, Robi and created for a Cabaret local partners. A mural on Wellington Street will provide area families not only with an enhanced collection, du Lion d’or wall by Rupert created by OTHER. but also community services designed to meet the needs of every Bottenberg William Daniel and generation, all within a modern, open, welcoming space. It will Buller . In Rivière-des-Prairies: become a true destination, a hub for culture and community. Le meilleur des mondes nouveaux, created by Carlito Dalceggio for Habitations Marie-Victorin, in partnership with the Office municipal d’habitation de Montréal. 16 Can you give the Main a new look in just four days? Yes we can, A PET -L IT T E N -

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A PARK CHALET SIGNED BY Rabagliati over! Thirty-five mural artists met The walls of the chalet in Parc Beaubien that challenge by creating 20 now look as if they were plucked from gigantic works that give the city’s historic boulevard a whole the pages of a graphic novel by Michel new look. Rabagliati. The new murals, executed as part of the first MURAL Public Art Festival, can now be seen between Sherbrooke Street and Avenue du Mont- TRANSFORMING Royal in Plateau-Mont-Royal. Internationally recognized local SAINT-LAURENT artists expressed themselves BOULEVARD through a wide variety of styles and subjects, in media that ranged from spray paint to stickers.

LNDMRK, in partnership with the Société du développement du boulevard Saint-Laurent, was the producer behind the colourful initiative. The celebrated illustrator created the work, showing his trademark withwith artart characters in action doing all the things one can enjoy in a park— with art skating, playing hockey and soccer, and so on—specifically for the site.

The Rosemont—La-Petite-Patrie borough initiative is a wonderfully imaginative way of recognizing Michel Rabagliati, who now leaves his own unique and vibrant stamp on the neighbourhood in which he was born and grew up. Simon Brault, Chairman of Culture Montréal and Chairman of the Steering Committee

The ongoing interaction of people involved The Steering Committee in the arts and culture with their fellow Montrealers helps define the city’s unique and shared identity—and keep it fresh. Accessible

19 POINTE-À- CALLIÈRE NOW HAS A FIFTH PAVILION: A BEACON OF OUR PAST

The Mariners’ The opening of the fifth pavilion of Pointe-à-Callière, the Montréal Museum of House now open Archaeology and History, was possible as a result of the work to convert and to the public! refurbish the building by the Dan S. Hanganu and Provencher Roy + associés consortium of architects.

Thanks to its state-of-the-art facilities, major exhibitions—some as prestigious as The Etruscans: An Ancient Italian Civilization, others, such as The Beatles in Montréal, more popular in nature—can be held in the pavilion. It also contains the Archaeo-Adventure workshop, the Museum Shop, the offices of the Pointe-à-Callière Foundation, multipurpose rooms, and administrative spaces, as well as a spectacular rooftop glass pavilion, Espace 360° Montréal, that has a wraparound terrace offering an exceptionally inspiring view of the city.

Two installations specifically designed for the pavilion can be found in its entrance hall: a work by Nicolas Baier entitled Vanitas 3. The Mirrors of Time, and one by Moment Factory, 12.2 metres in total width, which adds a maritime touch. By tripling the amount of space available for temporary exhibitions, the pavilion will enable Pointe-à-Callière to better accommodate the increasing numbers of its visitors.

20 nourishing fare—paperbacks shown at Montréal’s Salon du the borough of Rosemont–La and poetry collections—for livre, in partnership with the Petite-Patrie. BOOKS, the modest sum of $1. The French-language publishers’ books come from the culled association ANEL, to promote Encouraging reading to help collections of municipal the work of Québec writers, Montrealers IT’S A REAL libraries. The initiative was as well as at the Conference Every day, the Montréal inspired by a Charlevoix of the Library and Information municipal library network TREAT ! Regional County Municipality Community of Québec. An carries out a number of project and a machine installed innovative project that’s proving initiatives outside library walls in its ferry terminal. to be immensely popular! to encourage people to read Former snack vending machines now more. Contact and Livres dans treat Montrealers to paperbacks and The website Rue89.com, a Livre-service la rue are two such programs. Nouvel Observateur magazine First set up in the Côte-des- Reading is essential for helping poetry for just $1. partner, even ranked the Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce young people succeed at school, initiative second on its list of Machin-Ô-livres borough last year, the number and in the development of the 100 best ideas that France of these book-exchange boxes language and the imagination— This summer, in the Sud-Ouest pools and two sports centres. should adopt, and it’s attracting is increasing, in a wide variety all good reasons for increasing borough, Machin-Ô-livres Formerly filled with snacks, the interest in Laval, Westmount, of forms. Self-serve versions opportunities to come into book vending machines were machines have been adapted to and Repentigny. The Livre- have now been placed in other contact with books. installed near two swimming offer people more intellectually service book box was also areas of the city, including in

An place Just a esstradinarystone’s throw away from Rosemont Métro station stands the new bibliothèque Marc-Favreau, named for the actor who created the famous character Sol. A PET -l IT T E N -

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The borough of Rosemont–La future Parc Luc-Durand, alias R Petite-Patrie’s objective in Gobelet—Sol’s sidekick. building the library was to create a welcoming place Art is ubiquitous in this to experience culture and library, the borough’s third. learning. There is a huge light fixture made of found objects, Its architecture is designed by designed by Lampi Lampa’s Dan S. Hanganu Architects Emmanuel Cognée, as well and inspired by the lovable as a sculptural work whose tramp and his creator. A hanging coloured panels form column at the library entrance patterns reminiscent of Sol’s is emblazoned with the image coat. Entitled Constellation of Sol, as well as by a quote en Sol, the work was created from the actor, known for his by Adad Hannah, winner word play. of the library’s public art competition. The areas housing the facility’s book collections are Bibliothèque Marc-Favreau is made of wood, a wink to Sol’s utterly unique in that talking, trademark trunk, while its drinking and eating are all And as Sol would have said, windows look out over the allowed. “That’s esstradinary and marvellful!” SAINT- LAURENT’S BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU BOISÉ: A SPECTACULAR, YET COZY PLACE

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On October 1 of this year, Our youth are sure to Québec’s three provincially relate to contemporary art, administered museums— finding in it a reflection of the Musée de la civilisation their own creativity and and Musée national des energy. The MAC, which beaux-arts du Québec in 2014 will celebrate its in Québec City, and the 50th anniversary, is a Musée d’art contemporain highly influential institution (MAC) in Montréal— whose collection includes reduced their entrance fee over 7,500 works. Already for young people aged 13 welcoming close to to 17 to $1. Contemporary 250,000 visitors a year, we art is today’s art. wager this measure will up those numbers, making contemporary art “cool”!

23 A PASSPORT TO DISCOVERING MONTRÉAL’S COLLECTION OF PUBLIC ART

The More Than 100 Works of Public Art – 5 Tours to Discover map helps Montrealers and tourists head out on a visit of the city’s impressive collection of public art.

Testimony to the many different neighbourhoods. The from the over 1,000 works of neighbourhood. Art lovers can The public art map provides forms of expression adopted map charts out five different the collection owned variously in turn explore the Quartier a great way to discover public by local and international tours—all of which tell part of by the Ville de Montréal, des Spectacles, the Museum art and Montreal, a place artists, the works of public the story of Montréal, as well STM, private collectors, Quarter anchored by the that encourages the coming art dotting the Montréal as reveal the cultural riches major companies, and public Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, together of different people and landscape also provide a and creativity that enliven the institutions. Each of the tours downtown, Parc Jean-Drapeau cultures. great excuse to explore its city—showcasing selections is associated with a specific and Old Montréal.

FASHION’S MADE A MOVE! THE MUSÉE DU COSTUME The Musée du costume et du ET DU TEXTILE textile du Québec has crossed HAS A NEW ADDRESS the river, moving from Saint- TO KEEP IN MIND AND Lambert to Montréal and a new SEE IN THE CITY home in Marché Bonsecours.

The first exhibition held there,Red Carpet: Fashion at the Museum, gave us a foretaste of the institution’s mission. Putting together pieces from legendary couturiers such as Dior, Schiaparelli, and Mugler with those from home-grown designers like Marie Saint Pierre, Valérie Dumaine, Jocelyn Picard, and Michel Robichaud, it showed how the museum is keen to make it easier for Montrealers and tourists alike to learn about Québec fashion and design talent.

A very promising move for a unique museum! L’Illusion!A “real“ move for L’Illusion! L’Illusion! L’Illusion!Puppet theatre company L’Illusion’s mission is to create, produce, perform and tour shows mainly For some twenty years located at the intersection of De Bienville and Saint-Hubert streets, L’Illusion, intended for young a non-profit organization founded in 1979, moved its operations north to the corner of Saint-Denis and Beaubien. The 2013–2014 season was therefore launched in its new gem of a studio and theatre, to the audiences. great delight of all those—young and not-so-young—who love puppet shows!

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ville.montreal.qc.ca/parcoursriverain 25 Montréal joue… is a winner!

The first edition of the Montréal joue games and gaming festival ran from February 23 to March 10.

Several thousand participants gathered in 39 libraries offering Thanks to the festival’s 21 partners, among them EA, Ubisoft over 200 fun activities, including video, board and educational and Warner Bros. Games, library members were able to visit games, that were free for everyone. video game design studios, take part in various competitions, and attend seminars. A number of Québec personalities, such as festival spokesperson Bryan Audet, Normand d’Amour and Frédéric Bélanger, avid As well as being a unique and innovative festival, Montréal gamers all, joined in the fun. joue coincided with the launch of an equally unique and innovative game portal, L’Arène, which provides reviews and The first Montréal interlibrary competition also took place in recommendations from librarians and gaming professionals. 2013, with more than 100 people playing The Settlers of Catan and Rumble in the House at the same time. The Congrès des milieux documentaires du Québec has awarded the Prix Innovation for documentation services to Montréal joue.

26 SHOWCASING Conducted in close collaboration with the Accès Culture and ADICIM (the association of artistic events presenters on the island of Montréal) networks, as well as with the island’s municipalities and THE BEST IN boroughs, the program has enabled 324 different arts organizations to visit some 150 venues and reach DO YOU THE ARTS an audience of close to 2 million people. HAVE YOUR LIBRARY FOR 30 YEARS Montrealers can find out about the various events included in On Tour’s quality program by visiting a CARD more attractive, user-friendly new website designed by la Vitrine: artsmontrealtournee.org. ? In 2013 the Conseil des arts de Montréal On Tour program celebrated 30 years of promoting and supporting the arts throughout the entire island of Montréal. A library card of the Bibliothèques de Montréal is a passport to a world filled with books, magazines, movies, music, games and activities of all kinds.

Sometimes overlooked by families, libraries represent an important resource for school performance and perseverance, in addition to being entertaining and fun.

That’s why the Bibliothèques de Montréal and Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) worked together to ensure that more than 6,400 students entering their first year of school at the elementary and secondary levels each received a library card, waiting to be activated and giving them free and easy access to the world of reading.

27 TEN NUITS BLANCHES To celebrate the 10th anniversary s s s nt of Nuit Blanche, tie ion a ivi at ip on the night ct c s s ic a lo r r rt of March 2–3 5 t to e a 8 n a n p 1 e it t everyone was r l r 0 fe i a 0 invited to take part STAMPING f c p 0 i a , d f A COIN 0 0 in 185 activities 0 9 5 5

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and with the Struck in an edition of support of 7,500, the Harmony 150 partners. coin reflects the artist’s vision of his country as a fusion of humanity Montréal was one of the first cities to have adopted the and nature. all-nighter concept, which originated in Paris in 2002 and The work of Montréal mural has now spread throughout artist Carlito Dalceggio, it is the the world. Montrealers are first to be selected by the Royal certainly crazy about it! Canadian Mint to illustrate a During the entire year, it’s the new series of coins showcasing event that attracts the most contemporary art. He is also people—350,000—in a single the artist behind ARTV’s station day. ID video and murals around the world, in places like Rio de This dusk-to-dawn celebration Janeiro, Toronto and Paris. of culture right in the middle of winter enables participants For MU and the Office municipal to make new discoveries about d’habitation de Montréal the city, its sights, artists and (OMHM), Carlito Dalceggio their works, all in a festive created a mural, Le meilleur atmosphere. For example, des mondes nouveaux, on the thanks to the SAMAJAM walls of Habitations Marie- group, nearly 3,000 people got Victorin, located in Rivière-des- an introduction that night to Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles the rhythms of Gumboots at borough. It commemorates Montréal’s city hall. the 50th anniversary in 2013 of Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech.

28 MAKE UP YOUR OWN CINEMA …A BOOST FOR YOUNG FILMMAKERS

Film and interactive media students at UQAM’s Faculty of Communications can now brag about their training on state-of-the-art equipment and using professional-level screening rooms, since the A HUGE university is now renting the space formerly occupied by the NFB’s CinéRobothèque. Chihuly SUCCESS This is great news, as it means that the space will continue to play the cultural role it was designed for, as well as enable st film festivals and other such A 21 -centure Tiffany, American events to have access to this glass artist Dale Chihuly helped very important location in the Quartier Latin node of the put together a tailor-made Quartier des Spectacles. exhibition for the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA).

The exhibition, which included four works specifically designed for the museum, proved to be one of the MMFA’s greatest successes, as it attracted 277,000 visitors in 117 days and, for the first time in 12 years, saw its run extended by a week.

But the MMFA’s success didn’t end there. At the close of 2013, it had a total of 85,000 members, double the number at the beginning of 2011. In response to public demand, the museum has come up with a crowdfunding campaign to raise the money necessary to acquire Sun, the monumental work by Chihuly that has dazzled everyone with its splendid multitude of colours, becoming an icon for both the MMFA… and the city. La Vitrine People are talking about the two partners once Displays can be controlled remotely and in real and again as a result of an innovative major outdoor time thanks to the X-Agora software developed Moment Factory, signing project using LED video screens on by Moment Factory and La Vitrine’s databases. a creative duo the two sides of the 2-22 building facing Saint- A true innovation from Moment Factory, the to spotlight the Laurent Boulevard and Sainte-Catherine Street. Montréal company that this year also created: Montréal cultural This remarkable Quartier des Spectacles building 1 The largest immersive multimedia installation now has a uniquely distinctive signature, lending in any North American airport for a new terminal scene. it a strong cultural identity that will enable it to in Los Angeles raise its profile, as well assert its own role as a 2 The Mégaphone interactive installation in window on the Montréal cultural landscape. The Montréal’s Quartier des Spectacles building’s three exterior walkways can be turned 3 Boardwalk Beat, its third sound and light show into video screens presenting ambient creative in Atlantic City content, in addition to the information on local 4 A permanent urban lighting installation in happenings in the arts that lies at the heart of La Winnipeg Vitrine’s mission to promote Montréal culture. 5 And a light and sound show in London, Ontario

2-22 LIGHTS UP THE CITY Winter and summer FESTIVALS AND EVENTS JUST KEEP BREAKING RECORDS

A city buzzing The 2013 edition of IGLOOFEST was declared the coldest in its In 2013 the St. Patrick’s Parade, organized by the United Irish history, with temperatures verging on -20°C. Nevertheless, that did Societies of Montréal, celebrated its 190th anniversary, which with excitement nothing to chill the enthusiasm of the 73,000 electronic music fans makes it the second oldest St. Patrick’s Day parade in North throughout the who attended. America after New York’s. year, it’s no Montréal en Lumière celebrated the 10th year of Nuit Blanche with Always a hit, the FrancoFolies de Montréal marked its surprise that 185 different activities for night owls, as well as a special exhibition 25th anniversary in grand style by holding a special concert Montréal still on the history of the all-night event. featuring 25 artists who have put their stamp on French-language popular music. A total of 1.3 million people attended the festival continues to The fifth edition of Art souterrain offered 250,000 visitors a look this year. surpass itself. at contemporary art along a 7-km-long route in the heart of Montréal’s underground city. Osheaga is still working wonders, beating its attendance record once again. A total of 135,000 music lovers—15,000 more than in 2012—thronged Île Sainte-Hélène during the 3-day festival. Festivals! The Honourable Shelly Glover Diane Giard, Minister of Canadian Heritage Executive Vice-President and Official Languages Personal and Commercial Banking National Bank of Canada

Building its future while valuing its past, The Steering Committee Montréal draws from its heritage and history to stimulate and promote uniquely intense creativity in the arts. Memorable Some places MEMORY got new OF PLACES names in 2013 IN Madeleine Parent, a trade union activist and pioneering REMEMBRANCE feminist committed to the OF ARTISTS values of social justice who died in 2012, has now been Jordi Bonet, the Spanish-born honoured with a park in her sculptor and ceramicist from name. Located in the Sud-Ouest Montréal, who was among borough, it will enable everyone the most important artists of who visits it to remember this Québec was honoured this year fighter for human rights. by having a street named after him. Rue Jordi-Bonet, located NAMED in the borough of Pierrefonds- Roxboro, pays tribute to an IN 2012, artist renowned throughout the OPENED world. IN 2013 Parc Roland-Giguère, in Parc Lady-Alys-Robi, named Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, in 2012, was opened this celebrates the career of a summer. Formerly known district resident, a poet and as Parc Cabrini Nord and artist who had a profound effect th located in Mercier–Hochelaga- 6 Design on Québec culture. The only Maisonneuve, the park will person to have been awarded A NAME ThAT Montréal open be host to a musical festival two Prix du Québec—one for REFLECTS PdA’s every year, in honour of this house Luc literature and one for art— major artist, one of the first STUDIO- Laporte tribute Roland Giguère died in 2003. singers from Québec to have an ThÉÂTRE international career. Architect Luc Laporte IN TRIBUTE (1942–2012) left a tangible TO WOMEN Place Kate-McGarrigle, in the A venue that has mainly mark on Montréal. was born borough of Outremont, pays featured French-language in Montréal and worked musical performances, the On the occasion of the 350th tribute to the memory of an in the city his entire life. former Studio-théâtre of Place anniversary of the arrival of the artist who freely combined Eleven places, including des Arts will now be known Filles du Roy in New France, both American and Canadian L’Express, Leméac, Holder as Salle Claude-Léveillée, part of Rue du Parc-Marguerite- folk music traditions. Opened and the SAT (Société des arts in honour of the pioneering Bourgeoys was renamed Rue during the summer, the square technologiques), presented a Québec chansonnier, the first des Filles-du-Roy. Those young features a public art work retrospective of his work. by Robert Wilson, the gift of to have appeared at Montréal’s women, who played an active performing arts centre. role in the building of Montréal, Rufus Wainwright, the singer- now have a street named after songwriter’s son, on behalf of them that is right by Maison the Wainwright-McGarrigle Saint-Gabriel. family.

34 MUSÉE DU SAULT-AU-RÉCOLLET TURNS 15 Since 1998, Cité historia museum has been bringing to life the historic site of Sault-au-Récollet, where Jacques Cartier first landed on the island of Mont Royal, and the founding place of New France.

Located in an area with one of the highest concentrations of heritage buildings in Montréal, the museum chronicles close to three centuries of history in the northern part of the island through guided tours, exhibitions and cultural activities. For its 15th anniversary, Cité historia has prepared special programming featuring lectures, an exhibition on the museum’s history, a photo contest and the launch of a free mobile application. What’s more, Cité historia received the 2013 Award of Excellence from the Montréal Architectural Heritage Campaign for its outstanding contribution to the preservation and enhancement of Montréal’s heritage.

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The Musée Grévin in To leverage the strong connection between France and Québec, a team of European and Québécois designers, including Dick Walsh, Gabor Szilasi Paris first opened in Moment Factory and Europea, oversaw the layout of this first FALLS UNDERThE SPELL 1882, but when this international location. Furthermore, the Museum commissioned OF SAINTE-CAThERINE institution decided in exclusive scenes for Grévin Montréal, featuring well-known faces from Quebecois history and local celebrities, such as Sieur 2013 to expand on an de Maisonneuve, Jacques Cartier, Denise Bombardier, Gilles A Montrealer since 1959, Gabor presented an outdoor exhibition international scale, Vigneault, René Lévesque and Céline Dion, to name a few. Szilasi has photographed made up of a series of 27 of his they opened a location the city and its people from photographs showing Sainte- in Montréal, as a Visitors can encounter 120 personalities brought to life in innovative every angle, and documented Catherine Street in the 1970s. tableaux. Since it opened in April 2013, Grévin Montréal has the many changes seen over That not only enabled his fans stepping stone to the welcomed thousands of people eager to see these amazingly the years. Considered one of to take advantage of a look back rest of the world! realistic wax figures up close. Québec’s best photographers, in time at one of the city’s iconic his talent has earned him the thoroughfares, but most of all to country’s most prestigious see it through the perspective of awards among which Prix Paul- Gabor Szilasi, one of Montréal’s Émile-Borduas. The Quartier greatest admirers. des Spectacles Partnership

35 TEN YEARS OF ENGAGEMENT Montréal exposed FOR ThE CONSEIL DU PATRIMOINE DE MONTRÉAL The history of Montréal is fascinating and eventful. By To mark the Conseil’s 10th anniversary, all of its former and current developing exhibitions on that topic, our museums allow us members, as well as a number of heritage specialists, gathered to discuss the topic “Montréal Identity: Developing It and Ensuring Its to discover the multifaceted stages of its evolution. That’s Transmission.” how the public was able to enjoy: The aim of this initiative was to establish the actions to be taken in 1 Scandal! Vice, Crime and 3 Venture into the New World 5 Plotting from Above – order to continue promoting heritage within a constantly changing Morality in Montréal, 1940- at Maison Saint-Gabriel, on Mishka Henner and Montréal city. The Annual Symposium dealt with various topics associated 1960 and The Hidden Face the arrival of 800 Filles du Aerial Survey at the McCord with Montréal’s cultural and natural heritage, as well as the of the Mountain at the Centre Roy in New France (see below); Museum; recent reports related to two crucial tools for preserving and d’histoire de Montréal; 4 Audacity and Perseverance: 6 The Berliners of Montréal 2 The Beatles in Montréal – the Legacy of the Oblates at Musée des ondes promoting it, the Heritage Policy and the Policy on the Protection and Lives and Times O.M.I at Écomusée du fier Émile Berliner, on the and Enhancement of Natural Habitats. The Conseil du patrimoine of the Plateau at Pointe-à- monde, tracing the history of development of sound intends to draw on the recommendations included in those reports, Callière; Saint-Pierre Apôtre parish in technologies, including as well as consider any issues raised by its other initiatives, to Ville-Marie; by RCA Victor, a key direct its future work and, as needed, develop an action plan. innovation in the last century.

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To celebrate the Exhibitions and lectures, shows and concerts were among the many 350th anniversary special events. Here is brief look: of the arrival of the A 165 m² mural commemorating this major event in our history was Filles du Roy, Maison inaugurated on a wall of Saint-Gabriel school. The work was created Saint-Gabriel, which by artist Annie Hamel and produced by MU. In tribute to the first served as a home 36 such newcomers to our shores, 36 trees were planted in Parc Marguerite-Bourgeoys, and the Sentier des Filles du Roy was opened. for these young Along this trail an open-air exhibition was installed to chronicle the immigrant wards of immigration of these young women, who were proclaimed the “2013 Louis XIV, planned an Builders of the City.” event-filled program with wide appeal. Madeleine Juneau, General Manager of Maison Saint-Gabriel for close to 30 years, received the prestigious 2013 Prix Gérard-Morisset, which honours those who have devoted their careers to Québec’s heritage and its preservation. Fifty years after its inception, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier still 50 YEARS has a mission to raise the awareness of young people on the IS ThE PRIME beauty of classic and contemporary theatre. OF LIFE In1963, actors Françoise schools. The endeavour was sold more than 5 million tickets Graton, Georges Groulx and such a success that it gave rise during its half century. For Gilles Pelletier decided to to the Nouvelle Compagnie its 50th anniversary, Théâtre mount a play by Jean Racine Théâtrale, renamed Théâtre Denise-Pelletier has concocted for students. Interested in the Denise-Pelletier in 1997. a season in its image: a good project, the Jesuit Fathers measure of classical plays, a running Collège Sainte-Marie Recipient of the 2013 Prix few contemporary ones and a financed the play, which was Hommage awarded by the pinch of modern works. performed for their students Fédération autonome de as well as those from other l’enseignement, the theater has

37 Conductor and Artistic Director, Zubin Mehta, Mayor of Montréal, Jean Drapeau and Conductor Wilfrid Pelletier. 50 YEARS ALREADY AND STILL YOUNG On September 21, 1963, Place des Arts was born! Even John F. Kennedy noted this historic moment in a letter published in the the Grande Salle, known magazine Musical America. According to the famed president, the arts improve quality of life. today as Salle Wilfrid- Fifty years later, the six halls of Place des Arts, along with its neighbour, the Musée d’art contemporain, Pelletier, opened to the comprise the largest cultural complex in Canada. Every year, around a million people flock to Place des public. Arts to see performances by its resident companies, the Opéra de Montréal, Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal and Compagnie Jean Duceppe, among others.

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Place des Arts offered a packed schedule: the 35th annual ADISQ gala, a competition and exhibitions, countless performances and even a symposium, organized in collaboration with UQAM, to examine how Place des Arts has influenced both urban planning and cultural development.

ThE CINÉMAThÈQUE 50 YEARS OF SHOWCASING CINEMA To meet the digital challenges, the Cinémathèque will upgrade its equipment and facilities to pursue its mission as the museum of the moving Image in Montréal.

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Cinémathèque québécoise presented a unique program, featuring a new permanent exhibition called Secrets et illusions, temporary exhibitions and retrospectives of the work of some of the greatest names in world cinema, including that of Orson Welles and André Forcier, and Les lumières, a permanent light installation by Michael Snow on the façade of its building, overlooking the Quartier des Spectacles.

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30 YEARS OF centre that would showcase their experiences were HISTORY AND… Montréal’s true collection—its shared with as many others 100 years old built heritage. as possible. In partnership and still thinking about STORIES! with heritage organizations, During its existence, the CHM municipal departments and tomorrow On November 18, the Centre has welcomed close to a the boroughs, the CHM now d’histoire de Montréal (CHM) million visitors who have been conducts activities outside its A witness to the history of the kicked off the celebration able to enjoy three permanent walls and has a Web presence. Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève borough, of its 30th anniversary with and some sixty temporary It has also become one of the the opening of the exhibition exhibitions, thirty-five years most recognized institutions the Joseph-Adéodat-Chauret house Scandal! Vice, Crime and of its “All Eyes on Montréal” for preserving the history was built around 1910. Morality in Montréal, 1940– photo contest, hundreds of of Montrealers for future 1960. A good date to choose, interviews with Montrealers generations. because it was, in fact, on that of all ages and backgrounds, The building that used to house the town hall has, since same day in 1983 that then- four publications and one Firmly focused on the future June, been occupied by the heritage centre Espace mayor Jean Drapeau officially documentary. and on Montrealers, the patrimoine et histoire, a place of remembrance and opened the museum. Centre is currently preparing sharing for everyone in the community. Genealogy, A number of initiatives were new services and outreach archives, toponymy, natural heritage… the residents The idea behind the CHM was the result of collaborations programs. of this borough can now access all the information the result of the need in the with artists and defenders gathered by the Société patrimoine et histoire. This in early 1980s to finds ways to of the city’s heritage and the For it is people who have turn enables the Société to fulfill its mandate to protect help the city interpret its history desire to promote awareness of built Montréal, and the CHM and disseminate the area’s historic legacy, which it and heritage. The concept was immigrant history by listening is committed to telling their does with great diligence and enthusiasm. to create an interpretation to Montrealers and ensuring stories!

Classified a historic monument of Nézet-Séguin, Geneviève Soly, stalwarts with the retirement of religious character, transferred the Molinari Quartet and the its artistic director, Guy Soucie. LA MAISON DE to the Ville de Montréal in 1984 Nouvel ensemble moderne. In To pay tribute to him and at the LA MUSIQUE and inaugurated as a concert addition to its usual remarkable same time celebrate the 25th hall in 1988, the Chapelle programming, a very special anniversary of the Chapelle, IS A QUARTER- historique du Bon-Pasteur is concert was held on December 1, the Bourses d’excellence Guy- CENTURY OLD aptly named, as it has been a featuring contralto Marie-Nicole Soucie, bursaries worth $5,000 good shepherd to music these Lemieux and soprano Karina each, were created. They will be last 25 years. Commonly known Gauvin, with Olivier Godin at the awarded to young musicians to as the “Maison de la musique,” piano. provide support in developing this important Montréal their careers. Andréanne Paquin heritage building has been host The Chapelle historique du and Marek Krowicki were the to many renowned musicians Bon-Pasteur, which has served recipients of the first two. and ensembles, including as a springboard for so many Marc-André Hamelin, Yannick musicians’ careers, lost one of its 39 visits Grace Kelly Montréal ! Named “Canada’s Favourite Actress” in 1955, Grace Kelly remains a much-loved icon for many Montrealers today.

The McCord Museum recently her friendship with the wife of held an exhibition showcasing a Québec City mayor. Thanks to the love affair between Grace this event, the Museum doubled Kelly and Québec, including her attendance during the summer visit to Montréal for Expo 67 and of 2013—apparently, the myth lives on!

The exhibition focused on the woman behind the celebrity by chronicling her extraordinary rise to fame. Visitors saw more than a hundred objects, posters, love letters and personal letters, photographs and film clips, as well as over 40 beautiful gowns Passion,vision and accessories belonging to Kelly that became part of fashion history. Based on an exhibition Victoria and achievements mounted by London’s and Albert Museum, From Philadelphia to Monaco: Grace Speaking about Francine Lelièvre means evoking Kelly – Beyond the Icon was produced by Grimaldi Forum expertise, leadership and success, as well as the work Monaco, in collaboration with the McCord Museum. Numer- she has tirelessly carried out for more than 20 years ous artifacts were on display as founder and executive director of Pointe-à-Callière, for the first time; notably, some gowns restored by the McCord Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History. especially for the occasion.

On a side note, the McCord has a costume collection that Her career has been recognized by many awards, including the 2013 Career Award from the includes 18,845 pieces, and Société des musées québécois for her exceptional contribution to museology, education, possesses unrivalled expertise in and the presentation and promotion of Québec’s historical and archaeological heritage. Also the preservation, restoration and in 2013, Tourisme Montréal awarded her its highest distinction, the Grand Ulysse Prize, to presentation of garments. In fact, highlight the importance of her contribution to promoting tourism in Montréal. She was also it’s home to the largest costume awarded the Order of Canada. collection in Canada! The reputation of this museum, which records Montréal’s history from its very foundations, is such that the Louvre, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Vatican are among its usual partners.

40 A LITTLE TROT ThROUGH ThE A Christmas classic FABULOUS HISTORY OF that’s charmed generations Côte-des- ES-N IG -D E - N D - E

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To celebrate its 30th anniver For a half century, The Nutcracker has been sary, the maison de la culture A storytelling and exhibition of Casse- a can’t-miss event during the Christmas • de Côte-des-Neiges offered a Noisette 3D, at the Grande Bibliothèque season. This past year, while the ballet trip back in time that was quite swirled on stage, a plethora of other activities out of the ordinary… a view of A Nutcracker workshop in the Métro, for also took place: • history from a calèche! children aged 4–10, offered dance classes and let little performers try on costumes in an A “family reunion” organized by the The district, set up by the • atmosphere of pure holiday magic. Grands Ballets Canadiens, bringing Sulpicians in 1698, is one of together artists, artisans and dancers Montréal’s oldest, with its The Nutcracker Market sold locally crafted who have taken part in the show over • “Notre-Dame-des-Neiges” products for young and old, with all proceeds fifty years. hill and heritage of a number going to the Nutcracker Fund for Children. of significant buildings and A storytelling event hosted by comedian important historical figures, as • The Fund has spread holiday joy and Jacques Piperni, after which the well as places with a rich past culture for the last 17 consecutive Mouse of the Day is selected. in recreational terms, including years, enabling more than 20,000 hunting with hounds, ski children to participate in dance An exhibition, Dans le monde jumping and streetcar “tours.” • and costume workshops, or de Casse-Noisette, attend a ballet performance. specially mounted for In order to introduce people All in all, a show that’s a the 50th anniversary to local history, the Maison de tradition, but one with close at the Espace culturel la culture team devised a free ties to the community, too. George-Émile- calèche ride during which those Lapalme in Place taking part, armed with pencils des Arts. and notebooks, could take a trip down memory lane and learn more about the district’s past.

The concept spread quickly, and was repeated in Pointe-aux- Trembles, where it was adapted for that area’s history.

Just to show, good ideas can travel, too! The year marked the centenary the creation of the Archives de Montréal, making it the oldest public archives in Québec and the oldest municipal archival institution in Canada.

The celebrations got underway on May 17—the date Montréal Another new development: the awarding of the first scholarship to was founded—by designating Jeanne Mance and the Sieur de a history student, Michael Hawrysh, for his thesis Une ville bien Maisonneuve as historical figures under Québec’s Cultural arrosée : Montréal durant l’ère de la prohibition (1920-1933), Heritage Act. written under the supervision of Professor Michèle Dagenais, Université de Montréal. Quite an appropriate tribute to this anniversary took place in November, with the launch of Quand les archives racontent Given the death of Nelson Mandela on December 6, it should Montréal : 100 pièces d’exception, published by Publications be noted that the Archives has documented the trip to Montreal du Québec. A labour of love by archivists Nicolas Bednarz, this great statesman and his wife Winnie made in 1990. A photo Anick Forest-Bonin and Mario Robert, the book tells the album commemorates their remarkable visit, which lives on in story of Montréal through 100 known or unsuspected treasures Montrealers’ memories. held in the vaults at city hall.

PERPETUATING The artist also wanted a string ensemble, was formed Architecture and design his former studio in the and held its first concerts in agency _naturehumaine’s ThE LEGACY OF Hochelaga-Maisonneuve the building. Art critic and conversion of the space won district to be turned into a place exhibition curator Gilles the 2013 Ordre des architectes Guido to promote the work of young, Daigneault, the foundation’s du Québec Award of Excellence Molinari emerging artists. The former executive director, sees to in the interior design category. bank branch has become a true showcasing and perpetuating The legacy of Québec painting’s cultural centre in which films the painter’s work. enfant terrible continues to have been shot and interviews amaze and inspire. granted. The Molinari Quartet, On his death, celebrated abstract minimalist painter Guido Molinari left his former combined studio and residence to the foundation bearing his name so that it could become a centre for preserving and exhibiting his work. 2013

350th Arrival of the Filles du Roy in New France 100th Archives de Montréal Anni 90th Campbell Concert Series 70th Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec 50th Théâtre Denise-Pelletier 50th Cinémathèque québécoise 50th Place des Arts 50th The Nutcracker 50th Éditions du Boréal 35th Loto-Québec Art Collection ver 30th Foufounes électriques 30th Éditions P.O.L. (Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens) 30th Centre d’histoire de Montréal 30th Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges 25th École nationale de l’humour 25th Nyata-Nyata 25th FrancoFolies 25th Analekta sar 25th Théâtre de La Chapelle 25th Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 20th Pointe-à-Callière 18th-century Public Market 20th Cirque Éloize 15th MEG Montréal Festival 15th Cité historia 15th Éditions La Pastèque 15th The Nutcracker Fund for Children Ies 10th TOHU 10th Nuit blanche à Montréal 10th Conseil du patrimoine de Montréal 10th Les Escales Improbables 10th Le Quartanier publishers 5th Cultural meetings of Accès culture network 5th Art souterrain 1st Ligne Bleue card Awards and Talents 2013

3D Creative Awards Honorary doctorate Prix Culture et développement Prix Accès Culture Prix Jacques-Cartier du roman Autodesk award for Best from McGill University 2013 Benoit Paradis trio et de la nouvelle de langue independent short film Nathalie Bondil Rendez-vous 2012 – Montréal, Design Excellence Award from française Philippe Baylaucq for Ora Fast Company - World’s Top 10 métropole culturelle the Ontario Association of Fredric Gary Comeau for Applied Arts Design Awards – most innovative companies in Numix Award Architects (OAA) Vertiges (XYZ) Digital music Cultural category - Experiential Quartier des spectacles – Place Prix littéraires Radio-Canada Moment Factory for Moment Factory production des Festivals and Vitrines Prix de la poésie Ode à la Vie FIFA Moment Factory for habitées Louise Gagnon Ode à la Vie Architecture Canada - Royal Award for best biography Award of Outstanding Prix du récit Architectural Institute of Canada Pascal Gélinas, for Huguette Officier de l’ordre de la Achievement in Exhibitions Esteban Gonzalez President’s Award for Media Oligny, le goût de vivre Francophonie de l’Ordre de from the Canadian Museums in Architecture la Pléiade Association Governor General of Canada’s ARTV People’s Choice Award Literary Awards Philippe Lupien Guy Édoin, for Corno Aida Kamar Exposition Trafic: L’art conceptuel au Canada 1965-1980 Theater Young Architect Award GRAFIKA Award Order of Canada Fanny Britt for Bienveillance Maxime-Alexis Frappier Grand Prize for Interactive Walter Boudreau Prix du CALQ Louise Forestier Best choreography work Essay AZ Award - Magazine AZURE Installation Yvon Rivard for Aimer, enseigner Award of Merit - Landscape Moment Factory for Madeleine Gagnon 2012-2013 Architecture Ode à la Vie Francine Lelièvre Daniel Léveillé for Solitudes solo Children’s illustration Quartier des spectacles - Constance V. Pathy Festival of the year at the Isabelle Arsenault for Jane, Grand prix de la danse de le renard et moi Place des Festivals Montréal OPAM Canadian Music and Broadcast Award of Merit - Architecture Benoît Lachambre Ivanhoé Cambridge Award of Industry Awards Translation under 1,000 Square Metres Excellence 2013 Osheaga Festival Sophie Voillot for L’enfant du Shenzhen Design Awards for Cité historia jeudi Quartier des spectacles - Young Talents Young Architect Award of the Vitrines habitées 21 Balançoires Commercial Heritage Award Royal Architectural Institute Prix Louis-Comtois 2013 of Canada Manon LaBrecque BizBash Grand Prix du livre de Montréal Top 50 Innovative Event Pros Édifice Sun Life Maxime-Alexis Frappier of ACDF Patron of Music Award of SOCAN Pierre Samson for La maison Architecture Sakchin Bessette, Moment des pluies Heritage Enhancement Award Alain Simard Factory 2013 Prix du livre jeunesse des Prix Pierre-Ayot Great Montrealers École des métiers de la Bibliothèques de Montréal Bourse Phylis Lambert Kent Nagano Kim Waldron Audiotopie restauration et du tourisme Fanny Britt (writing) and Isabelle Pierre Bourgie de Montréal Arsenault (illustration) for Prix Ramon John Hnatyshyn C2MTL/Fast Company’s Canadian Tourism Awards Jane, le renard & moi Governor General’s Award «Creative Answers to commercial Artisan Award 2013 Jean-Pierre Desrosiers Metro Toronto Convention Centre Atelier André Francoeur Project of the Year Award 2013 questions» – Multimedia Event of the Year Award Prix SMQ 2013 Moment Factory for La Presse et Radio-Canada Of PMI-Montréal Festival International de Jazz Bibliothèque du Boisé Prix Carrière Ode à la Vie de Montréal Personnalités Arts et spectacles Francine Lelièvre Louise Archambault Prix du Québec Chevalier de l’Ordre national Illuminating Engineering Society Prix Excellence du Québec Personnalités de la semaine Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas – - Lumiere Award Montreal - Mouna Andraos and visual arts, of the trades of art, Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan Walter Boudreau Interior architectural Lighting Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier Michel Dumont Melissa Mongiat architecture and the design Moment Factory for La Vitrine Roland Barbier Marcel Barbeau Prix Relève Marie-Nicole Lemieux Culturelle 2-22 René Malo Jean Claude Baudinet Prix Albert-Tessier – cinema Marie-Josée Lemaire-Caplette André Melançon Insigne de grand officier de Lise Cormier Robert Morin SOCAN Kent Nagano l’Ordre national du Québec Xavier Dolan Lifetime Achievement Award Kent Nagano Frédéric Gauthier and Prix Gérard-Morisset – heritage Lamine Touré Madeleine Juneau Louise Forestier Le Grand Vivat 2013 Martin Brault Communication Arts Design Dominic Guay and Prix Denise-Pelletier – Special Achievement Award Annual Festival International de Jazz André Perry de Montréal Jonathan Morin performing arts Motion Graphics Rad Hourani Monique Leyrac Hagood-Hardy Award Moment Factory for Duality Les Arts et la Ville Isabelle Hudon Groupe Mister Valaire Prix Aménagement 2013 Prix François-Houdé Concours Boomerang Louise Lecavalier Amélie Girard Grand Prize for Interactive Musée des beaux-arts de Jacques Marquis environments and Award for Montréal Ariane Moffatt Prix histoire vivante technological creativity Prix Citoyen de la culture Alain Simard Écomusée du Fier Monde Mégaphone, produced by Andrée-Daigle 2013 Simple Plan Moment Factory and staged Écomusée du fier monde by Etienne Paquette

44 Rearview mirror

Over the past few years, Montréal’s urban landscape has seen the emergence of new cultural venues, others were expanded and public squares have been created or renovated.

We invite you to look back and see how Montréal moves and transforms before our eyes.

45 L’Arsenal Griffintown

46 Phi Centre Dorchester Société des Arts Old Montréal Square Technologiques (SAT) Downtown Quartier des spectacles

47 48 Phi Centre Dorchester Société des Arts Old Montréal Square Technologiques (SAT) Downtown Quartier des spectacles

47 48 Maison symphonique Place des festivals Quartier des spectacles Quartier des spectacles

49 Maison symphonique Place des festivals Quartier des spectacles Quartier des spectacles

49 Claire et Marc Bourgie Pavillion Segal Centre Montréal Museum of Fine Arts Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough

51 52 Claire et Marc Bourgie Pavillion Segal Centre Montréal Museum of Fine Arts Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough

51 52 Place d’Armes Norman-Bethune Service Station Old Montréal Place Mies Van der Rohe Quartier Concordia Nun’s Island - Verdun Borough

53 54 Place d’Armes Norman-Bethune Service Station Old Montréal Place Mies Van der Rohe Quartier Concordia Nun’s Island - Verdun Borough

53 54 Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium Space for Life

55 Michel Leblanc, Alexandre Taillefer President and CEO of Managing Partner, Board of Trade of XPND Capital Metropolitan Montréal

To ensure its future as a cultural metropolis, The Steering Committee Montréal has an ambitious vision that focuses on all stakeholders joining forces and working together. Organized ESPACE Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, Tangente and Agora de la danse will now share the same roof as the DANSE heritage Wilder Building, renamed Espace Danse Québec. QUÉBEC This means that all the needs of these dance organizations will be met: rehearsal and choreography spaces, a 240-seat production studio, WILDER studio-lab, costume workshop, as well as facilities for relaxation, strength training and physiotherapy. ENTERS In addition, this location in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles will be open to the public, offering dance workshops, a documentation THE DANCE centre, a café and a restaurant. Espace danse Québec will become a place where creation, production, dissemination and training all take place. The Wilder Building will be given new life, infused with a spirit of sharing and pooling resources.

58 soon A CULTURAL HUB IN NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRÂCE

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latin LIVE, PR ogRAmmE A PLAN PARTICulIER D’u RbANISm LEARN, E APPRENDREVIVRE TO BREATHE LE-MA CREATE, L R I I E CRÉER NEW LIFE HAVE V SE DIVERTIR INTO THE FUN mAI 2013 OLD These are the broad lines of the Special Planning Program (SPP) adopted by the Ville de Montréal in light of the planning undertaken by Ville-Marie borough. Drawing on the success of the Place des Arts area redevelopment, the City is continuing in this approach initiated in the Quartier des spectacles. Now it’s the Latin Quarter’s turn for a makeover. A cultural, economic and commercial hub in the making, the Latin Quarter needs to become a balanced, ore positive news for Montréal! Adoption of the Old Montréal Protection and Enhancement youth-friendly, inhabited and vibrant living environment, by day and by Plan is a milestone that will lead to the implementation of innovative measures for this night. historic area. The recommendations of the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) guided M Montréal wants to make this area a unique destination for culture and the directions set out in the plan and added details reflecting the assertion of Old Montréal’s identity learning, a showcase for innovation and a must in terms of cultural and its enrichment, while defining the connection with the river, its land use and greening initiatives. offerings. This is a first step towards projects that will enhance this unique area, the site where Montréal was founded and a landmark of history, a source of pride for Montrealers and of pleasure for every visitor. That’s quite a mission, but the Ville de Montréal and Ville-Marie borough will definitely be able to make the Latin Quarter into a source of pride for all Montrealers.

Culture Montréal More than 100 participants got together in June for Building Our Cultural Quarters Together, a mobilizing morning session organized by Culture Montréal in partnership with PICNIC Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. The session ended with Culture Montréal’s annual picnic. This networking event was a real success thanks to the playful set-up by Association du design urbain du Québec, the dancers in Danse Carpe Diem / Emmanuel Jouthe... and the tasty treats from the food trucks on the street!

That was also the day that City Council adopted the Cultural Quarters Implementation Plan. Composed of general guidelines and specific recommendations to the boroughs, community partners and the City’s central departments, this plan will chart the course for developing Montréal’s Cultural Quarters in the years to come.

60 Always in the forefront, the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is innovating yet again by venturing into the preservation and dissemination of digital architec- CCA: ture, which emerged in the 1980s and 1990s as a result of developments in informa- AHEAD tion technology. The museum is initiating a major research project that, within three OF DIGITAL years, will lead to the world’s first digital architecture database. The CCA plans to MEMORY acquire archives from 25 key projects from this richly experimental period. As the source of a true digital revolution, the computer has changed the way architecture is designed. Its use and the creation of specialized software have given rise to a new architectural language and made it possible to design complex structures that were practically impossible to achieve before. The digital documents bearing witness to those major changes are, however, at risk due to how quickly various computer media become obsolete. Enter the serious challenge of their conservation. Fortunately, the CCA recognizes what a critical historical issue this is and has begun to safeguard this heritage for future generations.

The exhibition Archaeology of the Digital, curated by Greg Lynn, was a first step in this research initiative.

A NEW D-OUE U S S THEATRE T IN SUD-OUEST BOROUGH

Groupe Paradoxe is offering young people aged 18 to 35 a vocational and social integration program in the field of entertainment and events. But for some time, it has owned Notre- Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours church in the Sud-Ouest borough, now converted into a performance venue, Théâtre Paradoxe. Many events such as concerts, cabarets and dinner theatre will be held there.

To take its mandate even further, Groupe Paradoxe turned the church rectory into 12 housing units for young people in the social integration program: a fine gesture not only for culture and heritage but for the community as a whole.

61 LET’S TRANSFORM Last fall, a public call for ideas WELLINGTON TOWER! went out for the transformation of Wellington Tower into a cultural venue in Griffintown.

Finding a new use for this former railway switching tower, the only of its kind in Canada, is a terrific opportunity to restore its credentials in a heritage building of outstanding value and participate in the renewal of a crucial sector of Montréal’s rich industrial past. This is a great opportunity for cultural organizations to submit their proposals for development of and programming Reading on the move… Imagine for the tower so that by 2016, the building is transformed into a cultural space fostering innovation! getting to discover new books and Quebec or Canadian A story to follow… authors while you take the bus!

Votre bibliothèque numérique 40 livres à découvrir.

Cultural philanthropy: Supporting our artists That’s what the Société de transport de Montréal Funding for arts and culture was at the (STM), Association des libraires du Québec (ALQ) and Bibliothèques de Montréal had in mind with heart of Rendez-vous 2012 – Montréal, their Lire vous transporte project. Presented as part Cultural Metropolis. of the city’s campaign to promote reading, La Saison de la lecture, this innovative program enabled public transit users to get acquainted with more than 40 books, including Saccages by Chrystine Brouillet, Le Noël de Marguerite by India Desjardins and The partners agreed on the boosting private donations and and increases in eligible donation Pascal Blanchet, and Un peu de sang avant la guerre importance of considering access to support programs for amounts are some of the new by Jean-François Nadeau. new models of funding in arts cultural organizations. measures that will facilitate and culture. The objective fundraising activities, tours Accessing Lire vous transporte involves using a is to maintain investments Some of the recommendations outside the province of Québec, smartphone, tablet or computer to scan a QR code and maximize their benefits were quickly translated into charitable gifts of artworks, or or enter the URL found on a poster in 125 buses and so we can build resilient, concrete programs that provide donations of buildings to house 50 bus shelters, then downloading the first chapter of renewable and sustainable artists with the additional help artists’ studios and cultural business models. Last June, they need—with the full support organizations. In sum, a new any of the books available in five categories: children’s with this objective in mind, the of the public. vision of philanthropy that is truly and adventure; mysteries, historical novels, and Québec Task Force on Cultural “Made In Québec”. non-fiction; leisure, cooking and travel; romance Philanthropy, presided over by New tax credits, improved novels; and other stories. Further reading can then Pierre Bourgie, submitted a regulations for the Mécénat be enjoyed by either borrowing the book at one of report of strategic proposals for Placements Culture program, Montréal’s 45 libraries or by purchasing it at a bookstore. lirevoustransporte.com 62 CULTURE: PROVIDING CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DRIVE MAKE IT YOUR ARTISTS AT THE HEART BUSINESS! Participation OF URBAN RENEWAL is rewarding

What do Pierre Bourgie, Benoit Gignac, Isabelle Hudon, Michel de la Chenelière and Sophie Brochu have in common? These women and men made culture part of their professional endeavours and work tirelessly to ensure its growth.

Their story and those of other enthusiasts are presented in the guide Making Culture Your Business: Inspirational Profiles for Inciting People to Action, produced by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal with the help of the Conseil des arts de Montréal.

This publication for businesspeople presents various ways to get involved in cultural organizations, whether by making a donation, sharing O -M NT expertise or being a collector or U - A R E O consumer of the arts.

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L ENSURING THE PRESENCE OF ARTISTS L P IN NEIGHBOURHOODS It’s a great way to encourage the business community to support culture and invest in the arts. In an area recognized for its high concentration of cultural players, Centre d’animation et d’exposition photo, Occurrence – Espace d’art Mile End in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, combined efforts have et d’essai contemporain and Optica. Others can always join them. made it possible to launch work on a cultural hub, the Pôle de création et de diffusion de Gaspé. As a result, more than 180,000 ft2 located A few blocks away, the heritage Bovril Building in an industrial building will be reserved for artists’ studios. The non- on the corner of Park Avenue and Van Horne profit organization Pied Carré (Pi2) and Ateliers créatifs Montréal has set aside three stories for the arts. Close are working together to ensure that artists, artisans and cultural to 15,000 ft2 will make it possible to properly organizations have access to spaces adapted to their creative needs. accommodate artists and artisans, some of whom have been there for more than a decade. In addition, the ground floor of the building at 5445–5455 De Gaspé Here again, in another great example of synergy, Avenue will become a major exhibition hub for six visual arts the non-profit Ateliers créatifs Montréal (ACM) organizations: Centre d’art et de diffusion Clark, Atelier Circulaire, saw to the realization of this project, bringing Diagonale – Centre des arts et des fibres du Québec, Dazibao – various community stakeholders on board. btmm.qc.ca/cultureyourbusiness

63 Culture is up and running

More than 150 people took part in Rendez-vous culturel 2013, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie:

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Théâtre Plaza. R workers, neighbourhood storeowners, politicians Trouve culture à ton pied, also known as Projet Bottines, by and representatives of the municipal and provincial Toxique Trottoir. governments took part in this unifying event! The borough created an annual fund reserved for public art! This On this occasion, the cultural action plan drawn up by the Table fund makes it possible to set up competitions with the collaboration de concertation en culture de Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie was of the Bureau d’art public de Montréal, as well as design and unveiled, along with some of the achievements that had already install works in parks, public places and inside buildings. emerged from it. The program for the day included a round table By creating this fund, the borough is showing its commitment on implementing Cultural Quarters and their success factors. The to the development of Montréal, Cultural Metropolis.

ART PICKS Hunting for new trends? AT A CLICK: Looking for established artists?

MONTRÉAL Check out galeriesmontreal.ca!

GALLERIES A guide that covers and promotes visual and media arts venues, Montréal Galleries features a calendar of events such as openings, exhibitions and auctions.

The site also lists more than 100 exhibition venues: private galleries, museums, exhibition and cultural centres. With citywide art-focused walking tours, artists’ portfolios and reviews of exhibitions, the site has everything it takes to please veteran and novice art lovers alike, Montrealers and tourists.

An original idea from Mélodie Hébert and Pascal Champagne. 64 ONE PROJECT—MANY RESULTS

LE-MA L R I I E V Îlot Sainte-Brigide aims to transform heritage sites for cultural, social and residential purposes.

Îlot Sainte-Brigide is a project directed by the Centre PUTTING communautaire Sainte-Brigide (CCSB), a community centre CULTURE And a mixed, founded in 2006. It aims to transform two heritage sites in the Centre-Sud—Sainte-Brigide-de-Kildare church and the former ON DISPLAY dynamic venue motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence—for cultural, social and IN THE that will open in residential purposes. STOREFRONTS 2017 will be the Once developed, the site will be home to several community OF MONTRÉAL great result! organizations, namely Groupe information travail, Pas de la rue, En marge 12-17, Les Chemins du soleil and Centre communautaire Sainte-Brigide, to be joined by the housing cooperative RADAR and This summer Culture Montréal commitment and participation the daycare centre Idée Fixe. launched a mobilization in building up their cultural campaign among its members quarter. Theses community groups also bring together two pioneering and the Association des theatre companies for Québec youth, Le Carrousel (1975) and Sociétés de développement This goes to show that everyone Théâtre Le Clou (1989), will have access to the large studios in the commercial de Montréal by can participate in the city’s church’s former nave. Under the same roof will also be found the distributing vinyl stickers with cultural development and bring circus company Cirque hors piste, offering marginalized people an messages supporting local Cultural Quarters to life! alternative, inclusive space for creativity in the circus arts. culture.

We can only cheer this flagship project in the Pôle de création des By affixing the stickers in their Faubourgs creative hub initiative. It is a concrete example of a store windows, businesses holistic approach to sustainable development, social solidarity and proudly displayed their culturemontreal.ca cultural support, driven by a concern for heritage preservation.

65 From now on, the McCord and board of directors of the McCord in North America. Just the thing THE McCord Stewart museums will work Museum Foundation, have been to ensure we remember our together and see to sharing their named honorary chairs of the history and that it will be shared Stewart MUSEUM expertise, integrating their col- new museum’s board. with future generations! lections and consolidating their IS ON THE WAY administrations. The two muse- The 27,000 artifacts in the Stew- ums look toward their combined art’s collections will wonder- Two of Montréal’s major museums have future with enthusiasm. fully complement the 1,440,000 pieces held by the McCord. The decided to join forces and merge into Liliane Stewart, chair of the historical collection resulting one institution. McDonald Stewart Foundation, from the merger will be huge and Derek Price, member of the and, indeed, one of the largest DISCOVERING THE RICH HERITAGE OF SAINT-LAURENT To showcase its various heritage, historical, cultural, natural and urban assets, and to promote active transportation, the borough of Saint-Laurent initiated the Saint-Laurent in Motion project.

In this context and in charge of carrying out the minute-long video was projected LA T- UR in collaboration project were Sarah Ouellet and onto the façade of Saint-Laurent N E I N with the Bureau Elizabeth Laferrière. Church every night during the A T S du design, the summer of 2013. Thanks to borough launched Presented in the historic this architectural projection, a video-projection heritage district of Vieux- Montrealers and visitors alike design competition Saint-Laurent, the video were able to learn about a piece aimed at showing the various projection made it possible of their rich history and have fun phases of Saint-Laurent’s to delve into Saint-Laurent’s in the process. history, from its rural past to its past and illustrate its current industrialization. The designers multicultural character. The ten-

66 THE CULTURE AT THE SOURCE OF MONTRÉAL’S CREATIVITY Montréal’s reputation for Along with its partners, creativity stands on solid therefore, it published a ground. Not only does our study entitled The Creative cultural metropolis have Industries: Catalysts of Wealth excellent ambassadors who and Influence for Metropolitan turn the spotlight on that Montréal, which measures creativity on the international the importance and economic stage, but it also serves as spinoffs of such industries— a springboard to propel our architecture, design, the arts, artists’ creations and make media, multimedia, fashion and them global successes. advertising—in the region, and suggests avenues for ensuring If during the last two decades their expansion. CODE SOUVENIR Montréal has taken advantage . Moment Factory’s Éric Fournier of its reputation and talents MONTRÉAL to attract partners, investors In parallel with that initiative, The event enabled over and events as well as make the Board involved the 500 participants to contribute Three major events, three chances to shine the creative industries an business community, holding, to the discussion on ways to for items made in Montréal, UNESCO City integral part of its economic on December 6, the very first support this growth sector, so of Design fabric, the exact extent of Strategic Forum on the creative that Montréal can continue to their potential remained little industries, which brought build on its creativity and make From May 21 to 26, the Bureau du design opened its first known. In order to better together leading companies an impact around the world. CODE SOUVENIR MONTRÉAL pop-up store, which graced three assess the benefits and seize and organizations such as Sid major events: C2-MTL, the Montréal International Design Show development opportunities, the Lee, Ubisoft, the SAT, Cossette, (SIDIM) and Haut+Fort. Its purpose was to promote more than Board of Trade of Metropolitan gsmprjct°, Moment Factory, 100 different products by Montréal designers. Montréal turned its attention to C2MTL and Cirque Éloize. the many fields constituting the Providing an exceptional showcase for local design expertise, creative industries. this pop-up store allowed Montrealers and visitors alike to discover unique, original items created by some of our best designers.

Les faubourgs se mobilisent autour de la culture!

20 . 11 . 2013 Sommet ART AND CULTURE SUMMIT AROUND arts et culture SUBURBS, A HUGE SUCCESS!

On November 20, the community organization Voies culturelles des faubourgs and its

LE-MA spokesperson Alexis Martin brought together more than 150 cultural players from various L R I I E V backgrounds for a stimulating summit on the place of the arts and culture in two districts, Sainte-Marie and Saint-Jacques. The participants attended a wide-ranging presentation of cultural initiatives and projects in development in the sector, a creative hub that has been recognized since 2009 as the Pôle de création des faubourgs, and then discussed issues and future prospects.

67 The Honourable Denis Lebel, Javier San Juan, Minister of Infrastructure, President and CEO, Communities and L’Oréal Canada Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec In Montréal, the arts and culture transcend The Steering Committee differences to create a community for all. Creative professionals, residents, the private sector, public institutions and governments all have a role to play in optimizing cultural development. United 1700 La Poste

Belgian artist and patroness Isabelle de Mévius The space, reimagined by Luc A hub for discovery Laporte, was made possible and conversation, envisioned—and financed—a bold project. She through the generosity of this new angel on Montréal’s 1700 La Poste cultural scene. The first welcomes all lovers of purchased 1700 La Poste, an old post office building exhibition, a retrospective of works by Louis-Pierre Bougie, art and heritage. in the city’s southwest corner, and then converted it perfectly embodies De Mévius’ vision: raise the visibility of into a private exhibition centre for the visual arts. Québec artists between the ages of 40 and 60 to boost their notoriety.

70 GOETHE-INSTITUT A PLACE THAT FEEDS CREATIVITY AND FOSTERS A DIALOGUE

AppArtAward exhibition and 2011 and 2012, allowing visitors performance piece combining Nothing specific – A sound document, take it in hand and video screening to explore the world’s best theatre and a video installation. installation in the library by browse. Sound recordings were in collaboration with ZKM apps. The Goethe-Institut also The two artists, joined by Chantale Laplante subtly activated as visitors Karlsruhe (Centre for art and took the opportunity to present Catherine de Léan and Marc in collaboration with matralab, moved through the stacks, media) and ELEKTRA videos from the ZKM collection Fortier, used words, images, Université Concordia encouraging them to discover on three screens. performance and sound to recent German titles and AppArtAward is an express their admiration for the Thanks to Chantale Laplante’s perhaps find a new perspective international competition Berlin is calling creativity of the German capital. sound installation, Rien en on the world. recognizing the artistic merit Montréal artists Daniel Brière An interpretation of the city like particulier, the library at the of new smartphone or tablet and Évelyne de la Chenelière no other. Goethe-Institut came alive applications. This exhibition were invited by the Goethe- with serendipitous sound at Montréal’s Goethe-Institut Institut to come on site and experiences that inspired featured prizewinners from present Berlin appelle, a unique visitors to approach a new

71 Passionate about PANAM Phyllis Lambert: Engaged and determined

Architect, artist, historian and researcher, Adopted in 2012, the Politique de Phyllis Lambert has greatly contributed reconnaissance des organismes panmontréalais (PANAM) policy to promoting Montréal. underlines the important contributions of organizations that help support Actively involved in the conservation of this city’s heritage and people living with disabilities by offering urban fabric, Phyllis Lambert founded Héritage Montréal in 1975 and, four years later, the Société d’amélioration sports and recreation programs in many de Milton-Parc, the largest non-profit cooperative housing of Montréal’s boroughs. renovation project in Canada.

In 1979, she built the Canadian Centre for Architecture, based This accreditation facilitates the development and delivery of sports on a deep conviction that architecture is a subject that interests and recreational activities adapted to the specific needs of disabled us all. This museum and research centre, of which Lambert is persons that are provided in municipal facilities. Organizations Founding Director Emeritus, is currently a leader in its field, endorsed by PANAM also benefit from professional and technical having built an international reputation on the relevance of its support from the Ville de Montréal and its boroughs. programs addressing important concerns in architecture and the public domain. The Centre’s collection, focusing on the constructed world and featuring drawings and prints, books, Seven Montréal-area organizations were recognized in 2013: photographs and architectural archival holdings, is unmatched.

Phyllis Lambert first distinguished herself in the architectural > Association des sports pour aveugles de Montréal scene in the 1950s, as director of planning for the iconic Seagram’s building in New York City. Since then, her > Théâtre aphasique contributions to the advancement of contemporary architecture have been many. This passionate artist is also known for her > Association de Montréal pour la déficience intellectuelle tireless social commitment to conserving our urban heritage > Corporation l’Espoir and ensuring architecture’s public dimension. > Centre Viomax Lambert has already received numerous honours, including France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Jane Jacobs Prize > Espace Multisoleil and Québec’s Prix Gérard-Morisset. A grant in her name was also created in 2008 to recognize outstanding Montréal > Centre d’intégration à la vie active designers. Hats off to these inspiring and engaged organizations! Acting to take care of the environment Every action counts. Montréal is overflowing with cultural initiatives that care about sustainable development. Here are a few: The 2-222 obtained LEED- The Montréal library network NC (Leadership in Energy is promoting reading and public and Environmental Design transit through the Lire vous – New Construction) transporte campaign. Silver certification, for its environmentally friendly design. The new bibliothèque Marc- Favreau1 is seeking basic The Esplanade Financière LEED certification. Meanwhile, Sun Life at Montréal’s Olympic the equally new bibliothèque Stadium leverages the solar du Boisé is pursuing LEED esplanade to power lighting Gold certification and has for outdoor events and harvest put together a collection rainwater. of documents about environmental citizenship and 1 The Phi Centre has a green sustainable development. and white roof that collects rainwater, as well as energy- The Festival international de efficient windows. jazz de Montréal won the 2013 Grand Vivat prize, awarded The ephemeral work, Jardins by CQEER, to recognize its M4, created by Atelier Pierre sustainable development Thibault in collaboration with efforts. It is THE carbon-neutral Reford Gardens, evokes nature festival in North America! and offers an area of urban respite close beside Château Mosaïcultures Ramezay. Internationales Montréal 2013 – Terre d’espérance3 was the first The Théâtre de Verdure has large-scale event to be certified taken a step towards greater by the Bureau de normalisation environmental responsibility in du Québec for its environmental collaboration with the Conseil responsibility. Quite the feat, québécois des événements considering it welcomed a 2 écoresponsables (CQEER) million visitors in 100 days. and its Scène écoresponsable program. It is now the first Tourisme Montréal has added venue in Québec to undertake a sustainability criterion to such measures. its directory of restaurants, in an effort to recognize 3 The Théâtre du Nouveau Monde environmentally responsible 4 and the circus collective Les 7 practices. doigts de la main integrated tools from CQEER’s Scène Écomusée du fier monde is écoresponsable program into touring an exhibition (Habiter the performance piece entitled une ville durable) on living in Le Murmure du coquelicot. sustainable cities.

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ATIVE INITIA GOOD 40 INNOV 45 LIBRARIES IDEAS 3 AWARDS Montréal libraries Three of these projects really stood out and were recognized ROM ÉAL F NTR are always active in in the following categories: MO RIES LIBRA their communities, but this past year, Library The Lire c’est payant! program, 40 innovative initiatives created by the Rosemont were launched in the library, gives members a fun 45 libraries across the and original way to pay off their late fees. For each minute network, all thanks to spent reading in the library, a contest! they get 10 cents knocked off their fine.

Technology 20-40 CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS The Villeray–Saint-Michel– Parc-Extension borough won a prize for creating Trésor Québec City–Montréal des mères du monde, a CD recording of 40 nursery rhymes The national capital took centre stage during and bedtime stories from all the fifth annual Rencontres culturelles. over the world, but sung by parents living right here in Each year, the Accès culture network invites artists from a city or Montréal. region of Québec to present their work in Montréal. This past year, it was Québec City’s turn to impress Montrealers. Outreach The Côte-des-Neiges–Notre- This program, which included eight exhibitions, 22 artists, seven Dame-de-Grâce borough maisons de la culture (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Marie-Uguay, Pointe- created a library depot for aux-Trembles, Frontenac, Côte-des-Neiges, Plateau-Mont-Royal Sainte-Justine Hospital. Called and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) and one cultural centre (Henri- the “troubadour library,” this Lemieux), helped Montréal art lovers discover—or rediscover—the initiative offers women and work of the province’s visual artists. children staying at the hospital a selection of regularly updated And for the first time, Rencontres culturelles partnered with titles to read. Festival du nouveau cinema to present a round-table discussion on the moving image. The winning boroughs each received an artwork by Norman The line-up also featured literature, dance, music and theatre, McLaren, whose 100th birthday creating an exciting showcase of Québec artists across the island. will be celebrated in 2014. Every year since 2009, the Accès culture network has hosted artists from a city or region of Québec in order to foster creative dialogue and exceptional interactions.

74 12,000 titles available CINEMA AND LIBRAIRIES: A GROWING COLLECTION

A sign of the times, the video club LE SEPTIÈME closed its doors in 2013. Fortunately, however, a generous donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased its complete collection of films to donate to Montréal’s library network. Almost 12,000 titles are available for free to access an extensive collection of Québécois, 1 2 European, American and Asian films spanning more than a century of cinema. CAM A precious asset: The Conseil’s volunteer committees

The Conseil des arts de new members have joined Montréal (CAM) has access to these committees: Nadia a pool of incredibly talented Drouin (circus arts), Sayeh and skilled people, thanks to its Sarfaraz (visual arts), George various volunteer committees. Krump, Priscilla Guy and Its board of directors comprises Tony Chong (dance), Yoël Diaz personalities from the business (music), Ariel Ifergan and world, as well as well-known Philippe Lambert (theatre), artists and administrators who Olivier Sorrentino (digital arts) work hard at developing the and Julie Turconi (literature). Montréal art scene. This year, two new members joined the A CHANGE OF GUARD CAM board of directors; namely, Michel de la Chenelière1, This year, the Conseil honoured President of the Fondation de Danielle Sauvage, who left her la Chenelière, and Annabel position as the CAM’s Director Soutar2, Artistic Director of General after 11 years of FARINE FIVE ROSES: Porte Parole, a theatre company. service. Since July, Nathalie Furthermore, nearly 60 artists Maillé steps into this strategic OUR HERITAGE IN LIGHTS and cultural workers from role. various disciplines volunteer The illuminated Farine Five Roses sign will continue to add colour to the Montréal skyline, thanks their time to participate in to Smucker Foods of Canada Corp., an American company that funded repairs to this iconic sign. evaluation committees (for a The company’s private contribution enabled the preservation of the sign, originally erected in 1948 period of three years) in order and much beloved by all Montrealers, but it also highlighted its historical importance as a symbol of to thoroughly and meticulously our industrial heritage. Let’s celebrate their enthusiasm about preserving the neon sign, as well as assess grant applications the efforts expended by Héritage Montréal in doing so. Amazing things happen when people work received by the Conseil. Ten together!

75 Making people laugh to lend a hand

Louise Richer, Director of To help raise funds, the money was raised for a good to struggle after the major Also of note, ENH celebrated Montréal’s École nationale de gala included a show cause. earthquake. Comedy writing its 25th anniversary in 2013. l’humour (ENH), in partnership featuring comedians from and performance play a big In that time, ENH has helped with the Haitian government, both Haiti and Québec— It’s commonly known that role in society, enabling people almost 500 comedy writers launched an inspired and an outstanding success, cultural expression is important to express their emotions and performers explore their unifying initiative to fill Place creating an opportunity for and, in some circumstances, and their identity, as well talents! des Arts’ Théâtre Maisonneuve the Francophone and Creole essential. Culture and humour as regain their pride. The for a gala benefit. This event communities of North America are always good for you, of project spokesperson, Dany would raise money to finance to get to know something about course, but become more Laferrière, was front and the implementation of a each other’s culture. Many important in places like Haiti, centre that night, helping to training program in Haiti. laughs were had and much where the population continues celebrate cultural diversity.

76 This past fall, the children of These works, created as part of a larger the Centre communautaire artist-facilitator recreational program, will be integrated into a mural entitled Le Hochelaga, with the guidance of CCH à ton image, which will be on display an artist from L’Infusart, created permanently at the community centre. artworks that expressed who they A beautiful example of what community are. groups and the cultural milieu can produce together! “Inside of me, there is…” “Inside

When culture contributes to the democratic life Three cultural organizations stand out from the rest for their commitment to promoting and stimulating citizen action: Culture Montréal, Action terroriste socialement acceptable (ATSA) and Écomusée du fier monde.

Culture Montréal won the top 2013 Prix du maire de Montréal en démocratie award, while the two other organizations were crowned with special mentions. Our city’s current dynamism can be attributed, in part, to the tireless efforts of our citizens and cultural workers. Culture Montréal was particularly skilful in connecting with and motivating people across the island to be more engaged. The activities of this organization inspired considerable citizen participation, which has become one of Montréal’s assets.

77 Jean-François Lisée Manon Gauthier Minister of International Member of the Montréal Relations, La Francophonie Executive Committee, and External Trade and responsible for culture, Minister responsible for heritage, design, Space the Montréal region for Life and the status of women The originality of the Montréal arts scene The Steering Committee and the way in which it is showcased in the city provides a springboard for making the whole of Québec culture known throughout the world. Influential Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal Land of Hope Attracting more than a million visitors in one season is a pretty rare feat for a museum in Canada. The Montréal Botanical Garden and Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal (MIM) came up with a winning mixture of audacity, creativity, know-how and genius in the horticultural arts. In presenting 50 artworks from 20 different countries, their event became the largest and most successful one ever staged at this popular and lively oasis in central Montréal. Certified eco-friendly—showing it is possible to integrate environmental values into a large-scale production—the MIM counted one in five visitors from abroad, proof that it has contributed to Montréal’s popularity as a tourist destination.

Mosaïcultures also represented Montréal at the 9th China International Garden Expo, in Beijing.

Designers for success at the 12th Winter in 21 balançoires from the MONTRÉAL’S LIGHTING DESIGNERS: Luminothérapie, Wonders festival, a popular Daily tous les jours studio the lighting design winter event held in the Belgian (Mélissa Mongiat and Mouna TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC capital. Andraos) and in Mégaphone competition created from Moment Factory (co- especially for the Place This installation first “saw produced with the Quartier des des Festivals, in the the light» for a yearly contest Spectacles and the NFB). heart of the Quartier organized with the Bureau des Spectacles, recently du design. On the strength Tours like this one help local crossed the ocean to of its success, the Quartier artists make their name abroad des Spectacles Partnership while sharing production costs illuminate the Place de hopes to see tours in other with other funding bodies. Now la Monnaie in Brussels. cities by the contest pieces that’s a bright idea to share and Iceberg, an interactive and other installations on enjoy. sound-and-light installation show in Montréal’s cultural by Atomic3 and Appareil district. Many cities have Architecture, was a huge shown an interest, particularly

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acrobats tour the UK! Montréal is recognized around the world for its So it’s not surprising that four circuses from talent in the circus Québec were recently invited to perform in the arts. UK. Les 7 doigts de la main made the trip to the in the capital with its show entitled Norfolk & Norwich Festival last May to but not least, a little troupe called Cirque du iD. Last perform Séquence 8 Soleil was on tour with Alfonse made itself at. In home July, in Cirque four different cities aroundAlegria England., and visitedIn 2014, London and gave 23 shows of its artists will be back to perform Timber! In October, Cirque Éloize, which was celebrating its 20 in London. A busy schedule forQuidam all—but it’s good to know that we aren’t the anniversary, wowed audiencesth only ones who love the acrobatic imaginations of these home-grown talents!

81 (RE)LAX WITH Moment Factory

Celebrating local landmarks as well as travel destinations like Tokyo, Paris—and even the rainforest, this system consists of seven iconic media features that also depict characters such as dancers and Los Angeles residents. Some of the features have sound and Moment Factory was commissioned by Los Angeles World visuals that are triggered by people’s movements or by real-time Airports to work on the transformation of its new terminal. airport information. The focal point is the Time Tower. Its huge motion-sensitive LED surface (6,480 square feet) makes it the The result is the largest immersive multimedia system of world’s largest interactive installation. any airport in North America. Improving the passenger experience, and inspiring dreams of distant locations, the terminal has now become a spectacular and welcoming space.

Our city is a great location for film 4 Every Thing Will Be Fine 6 Brick Mansions (60 days). crews. These films—coming soon to (35 days). Directed by Wim Written by Luc Besson and Bibi the big screen—all have a little touch Wenders, this drama features Naceri, and directed by Camille well-known actors like James Delamarre, this action film was of Montréal. Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, shot entirely in Montréal. Rachel McAdams and Marie- 1 Off-Time (3 days of two rising stars of the silver Josée Croze. 7 X-Men: Days of Future Past shooting). Directed by Robert screen, Anaïs Demoustier and (80 days). One of the most L. Mickles, this indie picture Raphaël Personnaz. 5 Pawn Sacrifice (40 days). eagerly awaited films of 2014, was mostly filmed in the USA, A dramatic and biographical directed by Bryan Singer, it but the crew spent a few days 3 The Last Druid: Garm film directed by Edward chose Montréal for many of working here in Montréal. Wars (24 days). In this work of Zwick. The cast includes Tobey its locations. Hugh Jackman, Take one! science fiction by the Japanese Maguire, Lily Rabe, and a young Jennifer Lawrence and Halle 2 Je suis femme (11 days). author and filmmaker Mamoru Québécoise, Sophie Nélisse. Berry are just three of the Action in Written and directed by Oshii, we see familiar Montréal talented actors who made a Montreal! François Ozon, this French film landscapes recast in a vision of temporary home here while was partially shot in Montréal. the future. shooting scenes at city hall and It features Romain Duris and the Olympic Stadium.

82 Aurores Montréal… in the City of Light

Parisians who love our city recently took on the mission of celebrating Montréal music at a special concert series in the French capital. francophone bands and singers, including Bernard Adamus, The inaugural Festival Aurores Ariane Moffatt, Marie-Pierre Montréal took place over four Arthur and Karim Ouellet, dazzling nights last spring. performing for an enthusiastic The line-up had 14 different crowd of 1100.

Other winners of Québec government prizes for arts and culture tourism in the Montréal region: > International Freeski Film Festival – in the category for festival and tourist events with a budget under $300,000 > Montréal Chamber Music Festival – festival and tourist events with a budget between $300,000 and $1,000,000 OUR MUSEUMS > Montréal en Lumière – festival and tourist events with a budget over $1,000,000 ARE SETTING > Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – tourist attractions with more NEW RECORDS than 100,000 visitors

Montréal’s museums are leading players Rankings for the most-visited temporary exhibitions at Montréal museums in the tourism sector, in addition to their (all artistic disciplines combined) busy schedule of promoting access to 1,000,000 visitors: Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal 2013 arts, culture and science among people (Montréal Botanical Garden) of all ages. 275,000 visitors: Chihuly: Utterly Breathtaking In 2013, the museums outdid themselves and ticket sales were (Montréal Museum of Fine Arts) more astounding than ever. The impressive number of visitors shows there is a strong public interest in arts and culture, and in 245,000 visitors: Samurai – The Prestigious Collection of the growth and influence of our cultural institutions. Richard Béliveau (Pointe-à-Callière)

Graceful Mention… The McCord Museum was able to double its attendance numbers during the summer, thanks to a very popular 130,000 visitors: Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and exhibition: Grace Kelly – Beyond the Icon. The museum reached its the Moon (Montréal Museum of Fine Arts) normal yearly attendance figures in just five months of activity, with more than 75,000 visitors passing through its doors. 95,000 visitors: Planet Shark: Predator or Prey (Montréal Science Centre) P 5 TO MONTRÉAL TALENT MONTRÉAL: IN THE CULTURAL WALKING TALL METROPOLIS IN THE BIG NETWORK APPLE MTL NY Voices in the Tunnel propose to his girlfriend—the message that came Originally from Mexico, but a Montrealer for back was “Yes!”) Voice Tunnel was a big hit with Montréal’s place in various networks more than 20 years, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer locals and tourists alike—a wonderful example of uses interactive, digital and visual arts to create how Montréal talent is resonating abroad. illustrates the growing recognition it startling installations. Freedom of expression is has acquired on the international stage a favourite subject, as we saw with Voice Tunnel, Next-Gen Montréal Artists at VOLTA NY and the strong consensus that focusing a large-scale piece for the Park Avenue Tunnel, For the 2013 Armory Arts Week (New York’s in Manhattan, which was recently opened to annual arts fair), the boutique-exhibition VOLTA on culture is a crucial part of a city’s pedestrians for the first time. NY dazzled art lovers with a show devoted to the development. next generation of installation artists. In all, 6 Once inside the tunnel, visitors could record continents, 38 nations and 95 galleries took part. a short message through an intercom. Their Montréal was well represented by three galleries Montréal is making its mark Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, recordings were then looped through speakers, that gave their artists the chance to be seen on the international network of Toronto and Tokyo. This forum with the amplification triggering spotlights along by a new public. The partnerships included cities that emphasize culture. allows member cities to share the arched roof, according to the tone and volume Patrick Bernatchez with Battat Contemporary, For years it has been a member strategies on common issues of each voice, to produce a cascade of sound and Dominique Blain with Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, of the United Cities and Local and challenges and especially light. (One man even used the intercom to and Mathieu Lévesque with Galerie Trois-Points. Governments Committee on to promote their cultural Culture (UCLG). Since 2012, assets. Although Montréal has it has served as co-president the smallest urban population alongside Mexico and Buenos in the network, it stands out Aires. (Lille is currently the for its percentage of jobs president, while Angers, connected to the creative Barcelona and Milan are sector. serving as vice-presidents.) This commitment embodies The Bibliothèques de Montréal’s desire to link culture Montréal are members of with sustainable development. the International Federation of Library Associations and Recently, our city was invited by Institutions (IFLA). This London to join the World Cities organization comprises Culture Forum (WCCF) and 1,500 members from took its place alongside some around 150 different of the great urban centres nations. and cultural capitals of the world—Amsterdam, Berlin, And let’s not forget that since Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Hong 2006 Montréal has been part Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg- of the UNESCO Creative Cities Gauteng, London, Mumbai, Network, which includes New York, Paris, Rio de 41 other cities from all over Janeiro, São Paulo, Seoul, the world. The Montréal artist Raphaëlle de Groot caused quite a stir on Raphaëlle de Groot the opening day of the 55th Venice The best city Biennale. in Venice in the world Winner of the 2012 Sobey Art In Venice, where masks, all entangled and encumbered crew recorded these unusual for a student? Award and the 2006 Pierre- masquerades and disguises towards the Grand Canal. In scenes for posterity. Ayot Prize, de Groot was the are a perennial part of the city’s the final phase, she boarded a That would be Montréal, only Québec artist at this folklore, de Groot performed gondola and glided through the Her performance, by its according to the Sea Turtle prestigious Italian celebration a three-part work. First, in canals like a figurehead, her visual power and immediacy, Index developed by the of contemporary art. She the gardens of the Biennale, proud silhouette recalling the attracted much attention from Bank of Communications performed a new performance she transformed herself baroque splendour of Venetian art professionals, tourists and (BOCOM) and the Economist piece at the invitation of Louise with blindfolds and a variety ceremonial processions. A film Venetians. Intelligence Unit (EIU). With Déry, head curator of the UQAM of materials, fabrics and a score of 72.4/100, Montréal gallery. prosthetics. Then she paraded surpassed even renowned cities like London, Hong Kong, Paris, New York and Boston. FRANCE’S PULITZER THE ALBERT LONDRES PRIZE AWARDED IN MONTRÉAL The reason for this impressive In 2013, Montréal was honoured to host the ceremony for France’s oldest and most prestigious journalism score: easy access to the award, the Albert Londres Prize, on the 80th anniversary of its founding. (Previous host cities include Beijing, arts, festivals galore, a busy Moscow, Dakar, Marseille and Tunis.) The ceremony took place at the Grande Bibliothèque, the world’s busiest schedule of cultural activities, francophone library. the range of programs on offer, the multiethnic The prize was created in 1933 in memory of Albert Londres, a French journalist who is regarded by many as population and the great For the one of the fathers of modern investigative reporting. It is awarded for outstanding audiovisual and written openness to new ideas give pieces from journalists who risk their lives, as Londres did, to denounce injustice and inform the public. Montréal a boost to the top first of this prestigious list! time ever, For the first time ever, Canadian journalists found themselves on the short list of finalists. Marie-Ève Bédard and Sylvain Castonguay, for their Radio-Canada documentary La nouvelle guerre d’Obama, were among those Canadian chosen by the 23 members of a jury chaired by Annick Cojean, a leading reporter atLe Monde, a major French journalists found daily. The ultimate winners were Doan Bui, correspondent for Le Nouvel Observateur (best written report, Les fantômes du fleuve) and Roméo Langlois, correspondent for France 24 (best audiovisual report, Colombie: themselves on the À balles réelles). Their attendance in Montréal excited much attention in the media. This international event short list of finalists. offered everyone a chance to reflect on the importance of high-quality reporting and the freedom of the press. Quite an honour! 85

Our Montréal wants to be a leader The presence of Montréal at Making culture one of among cities that regard this major event demonstrates the world’s Millennium cultural culture as a major global its firm belief in the importance Development Goals metropolis issue whose benefits must of culture to its development be promoted. Accordingly, it strategy and also exemplifies The debate by the UN was one speaks accepted an invitation from the growing influence of our of the events organized for its for world United Cities and Local cultural metropolis worldwide. review of the United Nations Governments (UCLG) to Millennium Development cities at represent the cities of the world We may recall that the city Goals up to 2015, in line with the United in a major debate before the made a commitment, in its the UNESCO International General Assembly of the United 2007 Action Plan (Montréal, Congress in Hangzhou and the Nations Nations, in New York, on the Cultural Metropolis), to work formal declaration adopted on role of culture in development. within UCLG to increase the that occasion, Placing Culture Montréal was the only city to city’s influence in Québec, in at the Heart of Sustainable speak at this important debate, Canada and abroad. Montréal Development Policies. A strong which was held in the presence is also working to promote its global consensus exists for of Ban Ki-moon, Secretary- status as a UNESCO City of integrating a specific goal General of the UN, Helen Design on the international focused on culture into the Clark, Administrator of the scene. post-2015 UN development United Nations Development agenda. Programme, and Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO.

DIGITAL CREATIVITY: LINKING MINDS + CITIES The Quartier des Spectacles and MUTEK have a new reason to be proud. They are the first North American partners to join the Connecting Cities Network (CCN), a European initiative to build a connected infrastructure of media façades, urban screens and projection sites in public spaces. To achieve this goal, the CCN has laid out a three- phase plan that will conclude in 2015.

By joining the CCN, Montréal consolidates an even stronger position as a leader in the digital arts and new media sector, particularly in the innovative field of digital projections for urban environments and architecture. DOUBLE HONOURS at MONTRÉAL Les Arts et la Ville TALENT UNDER THE MIAMI SUN The Ville de Montréal was honoured twice at the gala awards ceremony for the Four Montréal galleries took part in Miami Art Week, considered one of the biggest events of its type, as it hosts no fewer than a community arts dozen international art fairs at the same time. In just a few days it network Les Arts et offers over 75,000 visitors, including collectors and curators from around the world, the chance to view the work of both established la Ville. The annual and emerging visual artists. event celebrates the cultural engagement Landau Fine Art showed works by international modern masters at Art Basel Miami Beach. Division Gallery presented the work of of municipalities Montrealers Martin Bourdeau, Isabelle Hayeur, Laurent Craste, and elected officials Nicolas Baier, Michel de Broin and Patrick Coutu at the Pulse and Untitled art fairs, while Parisian Laundry showcased paintings by and of the cultural Janet Werner and sculptures by David Armstrong Six at Untitled. and community For its part, Art Mûr was at the Pulse fair with works by David organizations that are Spriggs. their partners.

Johann Sebastian Bach at this festival, which saw concerts hosted at a number of city venues like Bourgie Hall, the Maison Symphonique and Montréal was a winner in the Design and Planning category for producing its Sculpture Garden at the Notre-Dame Basilica. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), and in the Culture and Development category for staging the prestigious guests included Rendez-vous 2012 – Montréal, Cultural Metropolis. one of the oldest choirs for children in the world—the Combining 23 open-air sculptures that visitors can admire and touch, the Sculpture Garden is one of the Thomanerchor, the St. Thomas largest ensembles of public art in the metropolis. The design quality of this achievement was saluted by MONTRÉAL BACH Choir of Leipzig, renowned the award, which lays an important milestone in the recognition of municipal expertise in the creation, FESTIVAL for the perfect harmony of its design and implementation of public spaces. voices. Kent Nagano and the A real success Orchestre symphonique de Held in November 2012, the Montréal, Cultural Metropolis event was a resounding success in terms of story for its Montréal are official partners participation and visibility. In addition to asserting, once again, the cultural vitality of Montréal, some 900 th of the Bach festival, which lets representatives of the cultural, social and business domains came together to discuss the development 7 edition us rediscover the splendour priorities of our cultural metropolis. At the same time, more than 700 people followed the discussions and beauty of baroque music by webcast. Many of the world’s greatest as composed by the giant of classical musicians came the era. to Montréal to pay tribute to

87 FILM Our directors are winning hearts (and trophies) all around the globe

1 Jonathan Ng, a Toronto 4 Denis Côté,and his film 8 Jean-Marc Vallée, has native who now calls Montréal Vic + Flo ont vu un ours won received the Sebastiane THE FIRST STEP TO WINNING AN home, was also in the running the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award at the San Sebastián for Best Animated Short Film, at the Berlin International International Film Festival, with Requiem for Romance Film Festival and the Best for Dallas Buyers Club. In (Kungfu Romance Productions) Screenplay Award at the Namur Rome it was nominated for festival for French-language Best Film and won the BNL 2 Proud mention must also films. Audience Award, the Golden go to Gabrielle, by Louise Butterfly, Best Actor and Best 1 The Legend of Sarila from 2 Jean-Marc Vallée for Best Archambault, which was 5 Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette a Cinematography awards, and Nancy Florence Savard Film with Dallas Buyers Club chosen to represent Canada wowed international audiences the Vanity Fair International earned itself a spot on the in the race for Best Foreign with Inch’Allah, winner of a Award for Cinematic list of semi-finalists for the 3 Win Butler of Arcade Fire for Language Film. Special Jury Prize in Beijing Excellence. 2013 Academy Award for Best Original Score For ‘Her’ and of the FIPRESCI Panorama Best Animated Feature. The 3 Xavier Dolan won the prize in Berlin. 9 Sophie Nélisse was film’s creators, CarpeDiem 4 Malcolm Clarke for Best FIPRESCI Critics Jury Prize at nominated for Best young Film & TV, made history by Documentary Short Subject with the 70th Venice Film Festival 6 Emmanuel Hoss-Desmarais actress at the Critics Choice producing the first Canadian The Lady In Number 6: Music for Tom à la ferme. Another won the Best New Narrative Award for The Book Thief. animated film in stereoscopic saved my life Dolan film,Laurence Anyways, Filmmaker Award at the 3-D. The film was competing won the Jury Prize for Best Tribeca Film Festival, for with big-budget pictures by the Narrative Feature at the Whitewash. industry powerhouses of Pixar, Sarasota Film Festival and was DreamWorks and Disney. nominated as Best Foreign Film 7 Denis Villeneuve has caused for France’s César Award. a real stir with Prisoners. It was second runner-up for the People’s Choice Award for Best Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival.

88 Contemporary architecture unveiled Building our heritage With its awards for excellence, the Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ) draws our attention back to architecture. Our local firms are winning renown at home and abroad. Among the prize winners for 2013 were these buildings that embody the best of Montréal in their categories:

Saint-Zotique Residences (Multi-family Residential Buildings and Complexes) by _naturehumaine

Fondation Guido Molinari (Interior Design) by _naturehumaine

Montréal City Hall (Conservation and Restoration) by Affleck de la Riva Architects

Phi Centre (Conversion and Recycling) by Atelier In Situ + Shapiro Wolfe

Mies van der Rohe Service MAKING THEIR NAME Station (Conversion and … in Vancouver partner Hugues Condon Marler have also won a contest to design the Recycling) by FABG Architects Saucier + Perrotte Architects (Montréal) and Hugues Condon future CESM indoor soccer complex, currently under construction. Centre for Sustainable Marler Architects (Vancouver) received the prestigious Grand Prize Development (People’s for Excellence from the OAQ for the exceptional merit of their Faculty … and in Indonesia Choice Award) by Menkès of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. The Montréal-based firm ACDF Architecture have won two Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Saucier + Perrotte is based in Montréal, where it has completed international contests to redesign two public markets in the Architects innovative buildings such as the Schulich School of Music at McGill Indonesian cities of Batu and Malang. The firm’s architects were University, the Collège Gérard-Godin in the Sainte-Geneviève already active on the international scene, with projects happening borough, and the Philippe Dubuc boutique. The agency and its in Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, and elsewhere.

89 Dancingon the world stage

Classical music C2MTL professionals Commerce + Creativity TAKE 2.0 21 - 23 gather in may 2013 Montréal Montréal C2MTL.com For its first large-scale event to be held outside of Europe, the IAMA In a new HQ inside the Arsenal (formerly (the International Artist an industrial complex, now a contemporary Managers’ Association) art space), the C2MTL business conference chose Montréal as host city. returned with a second edition that was even more dynamic, original and innovative For more than 20 years, the than the first. IAMA has organized this annual conference for classical Barry Diller while attending music professionals from lectures, seminars, crash Cas Public Benoît Lachambre twenty different countries. courses and networking events This is a small dance troupe The year 2013 was a busy The conference was held at that promoted new ideas and that brings great hope and one for Montréal dancer the Maison Symphonique new collaborations. spirit to the stage. They were and choreographer Benoît under a theme of Challenges invited to open the 2013 Seoul Lachambre, with performances and Discoveries, and Successful female International Dance Festival in Montpellier, Florence, welcomed more than 250 entrepreneurs like Bobbi with Variations S, a show based Münster, Regina, Charleroi, participants. Among the Brown, Neri Oxman and Diane on Igor Stravinsky’s legendary Vienna, Stockholm and other various events they attended von Furstenberg were also Rite of Spring but geared for a cities around the world. In were an interview with Kent there, ensuring that the place family audience. Lorraine, for example, at its Nagano, and concerts by of women in business received first Biennale de Danse, he was ensembles and musicians from its due as well. invited to perform his solo show here and abroad. The event entitled Snakeskins. A talented helped everyone reflect on Produced by Sid Lee, Cirque du creator who can bring the spirit the future of classical music During this three-day event, Soleil, Fast Company and Intel, of Montréal dance to the world! and forge links between the 2,500 worldwide entrepreneurs C2MTL will be back once again European, North American rubbed shoulders with famous in 2014. and Asian markets. creative talents like Philippe Starck, Richard Branson and

90 MONTRÉAL FESTIVALS KNOW NO BORDERS Everybody knows it: Montréal is festival country. More than 100 different festivals take place in this métropole every year. But in 2013, some other cities had a chance to join the fun.

MEG Montréal BEAF X Elektra: Focus Québec Started in 1999 by Mustapha Terki and Jacques Primeau, Montréal The BEAF (Bozar Electronic Arts Festival) in Brussels joined forces Électronique Groove (MEG) has seen intense performances by with Elektra, a Montréal festival of digital arts and avant-garde avant-garde musicians like M.I.A, Justice, Chromeo, Santigold and music, to stage a special edition of the BEAF entitled Focus Québec. many other rising stars. More than 20 different Québec-based artists were invited to Brussels last September to perform experimental works like Event For its 15th birthday, the MEG teamed up with other festivals on Horizon by Matthew Biederman, and frequencies (a) by Nicolas the international stage so Montréal bands could reach new eyes Bernier, winner of the Golden Nica at the 2013 Ars Electronica and ears: Festival Martizik (Martinique), Festival Cultural de Mayo Awards in Austria. Focus Québec was a first for both festivals, and a (Mexico) and the Techno Parade (Paris and also celebrating its sweet opportunity to help some innovative local musicians shine on 15th edition). This event was celebrated with a parade float the European stage. circulating throughout the capital. While Montréal-based artists were showing what they could do, the MEG also welcomed talented performers from abroad in exchange.

Dany Laferrière has been PUBLIC ART invited to join the Académie LA FERMIÈRE française—an élite French institution founded in 1635. The The children of «La fermière» famous Haitian-Canadian author go on tour was awarded the Grand Prix du The Ville de Montréal has livre de Montréal, the Prix des made a prestigious partnership libraires du Québec, and the Prix with the National Gallery of Médicis in 2009 for L’énigme du Canada. “L’enfant au poisson” retour. He is also an honorary and “L’enfant au dindon,” two member of the Conseil des sculptures that are part of arts de Montréal. In his career Alfred Laliberté’s monument and his writing, Laferrière La Fermière, will be in the strengthens the close links that National Gallery of Canada’s exist between Montréal, Québec, new show in Ottawa: Artists, Haiti and France. Architects and Artisans: Canadian Art 1890–1918. The same chair once occupied A New by legends like Montesquieu This exhibition explores how in Canada during those the children of La Fermière in Immortal and Alexandre Dumas suits well architecture, monumental prosperous decades. special study activities devoted to our Laferrière which make and decorative sculpture, to this work of sculpture. They in Québec his work known to an even urban planning, mural and Children from École also visited their new friends in larger audience and ranks him decorative paintings, graphic Maisonneuve, in the Mercier– Ottawa, to enjoy the exhibition. among “the Immortals” (as the arts, decorative arts, and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve academy’s members are called). photography were combined borough, have “accompanied”

91 World Cities on the Montréal Stage We know that our artists and arts companies are welcomed at venues, galleries and festivals all over the world. So it’s an honour Jordanian by birth, but for years a resident of Montréal, Rad for us to welcome other cities here as well. Montréal en Lumière Rad Hourani Hourani has carved out a quite a name for himself in the history and Art souterrain recently laid out the red carpet so Montrealers of fashion. He’s the first unisex designer and first Canadian to be could enjoy the creative genius of several different urban centres. granted membership in France’s Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Fashion Couture. Hourani is also behind the first unisex fashion show in Visual artists from Barcelona were given pride of place at the fifth the history of haute couture held in Paris, the capital of fashion. edition of Art souterrain, with guest curator Alexandra Laudo + Sense organizing a group show, La condition narrative, with support from An exhibition entitled Rad Hourani: Seamless was presented La Capella, a Catalonian exhibition centre. Buenos Aires made a at the Phi Centre last fall, along with a clothing boutique and big splash at Montréal en Lumière with a tango-inspired show and performances by artists and friends such as Pierre Lapointe, other great surprises, and Philadelphia was a popular choice at the so we could learn a little more about this highly original designer event as the featured American city. who has quickly made his mark on the history of fashion.

Playing Mathieu at Carnegie Hall: One pianist’s dream Le Fresnoy @ Lille-Tourcoing Alain Lefèvre—a pianist prestigious concert venues. with many honours to his Mathieu himself played the MONTRÉAL credit, including the Ordre same piece at Carnegie Hall du Québec—paid a heartfelt in 1942. Taking place more VISIONS tribute last December to the than seventy years later, the composer André Mathieu Lefèvre concert breathed (1929-1968) by performing new life into music that his Concertino No. 2 in New Mathieu, “le petit Mozart York, at Carnegie Hall, one canadien,” performed when Le Fresnoy – Studio national Bélair-Clément, Patrick exchange network based on of the world’s most just 13 years old. des arts contemporains, in Bernatchez, Dominique Blain, the principals and values of Turcoing, the northern French Olivia Boudreau, Jacynthe the Agenda 21 for Culture. In preparing this metropolis of Lille, held a group Carrier, Manon de Pauw, Jean Lille Métropole is currently commemorative show in the exhibition last autumn entitled Dubois, Pascal Grandmaison, president of the United Cities Big Apple, Alain Lefèvre À Montréal, quand l’image rode. Frédéric Lavoie, Emmanuelle and Governments’ Committee wished to celebrate the Organized by the Montréal Léonard, Aude Moreau, Nadia on Culture, while Montréal value of Mathieu’s work curator Louise Déry, director Myre and Yann Pocreau. serves as co-president. and make his special talent of the UQAM gallery. The In this capacity, Montréal took as a composer better known exhibition presented the work Sometimes described as “a hi- part in the Eurométropole worldwide. Despite his tragic of a generation of Montréal tech Villa Medici,” Le Fresnoy Forum (Is Culture an Added early death, Mathieu remains artists whose explorations are is a major centre in France Value?) organized in June by an exceptional figure in our permeated with the notions for training, research and the French daily newspaper city’s musical history. of reflection, echo and breath. experimentation in digital arts Libération and Belgium’s Le Fourteen different avant- and new media. Soir. The forum was held at the garde Montréal artists were Théâtre du Nord in Lille. represented through their Montréal and Lille are in fact photographs and installations: working jointly on a project Jean-Pierre Aubé, Sophie to build an international

92 Digital artists in Montréal: Plugging into the world

New York, London, Valencia— The MUTEK festival has also Digital Dumbo, a global been busy with its first edition organization choses Montréal of MUTEK_IMG, another At E3 (the Electronic for it’s annual event. conference of artists and Entertainment Expo) in Los professionals from the vast field Angeles, the young developers With support from the Board of of digital visual creation. This Philippe Morin (Red Barrels) Trade of Metropolitan Montréal three-day event, held at the Phi and Jean-François Major and Alliance numérique, Centre, allowed them to share (Tribute Games) unveiled this half-day gathering was new research, new technologies their new games for Windows dedicated to exploring digital and new ideas for software and PlayStation: Outlast and media, creativity and innovation. applications. For example, Mercenary Kings. Moment Factory demonstrated The event featured two panel all the stages involved in its Tiny Brains, from Spearhead discussions: The Art Of Digital sound-and-light spectacle Games, was named by Forbes Marketing: Lessons Learned for the complex façade of the as one of the best games of the & New Perspectives and Sagrada Familia cathedral in year. It was also runner-up for BKLYNxMTL. They proved Barcelona. The studio’s VJs Best Indie Game at the PAX East to be a great way for digital treated everyone to an intimate festival. media professionals based in view of their creative process. New York or Montreal to build In addition to these hit games, bridges between these two Clearly, the digital arts there’s Sang-Froid: Tales of amazing cities. scene in Montréal is faring Werewolves, created by the well—drawing both ideas and author Bryan Perro and Artifice accolades from abroad, and Studio. It draws its inspiration fulfilling its great creative from traditional Québécois promise. Montréal’s indie folklore, which is rare even for a game scene: game produced in Québec. Making (sine) Over the last year, the quality waves round and quantity of independent the world games developed here have been remarkable. Some highlights: Big Action Mega Fight! (Double Stallion), A Already established Fishing Game with Actual as an international Water (Francis Sheridan Paré), MacGuffin Quest centre for major video (Pixel Crucible), Gentlemen… game publishers, Ricochet! (Bïtse Games), Big Story Little Heroes (Vandal Montréal is now Games), Contrast (Compulsion enjoying renown for Games), Chromatose (Martine its independent game Chapuis) and Pocket Mine (Roofdog Games). scene as well.

93 Maka Kotto, Manuela Goya, Minister of Culture and Secretary General, Communications Montréal, Cultural Metropolis

As in all major cities, the vitality of Montréal’s The Steering Committee artistic and cultural scene finds its sustenance in innovation, diversity, and the fusing of influences, an environment that empowers individuals and strengthens neighbourhoods.

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95 GABRIELLE: A COLLECTIVE SUCCESS, A WORK UNIVERSAL IN ITS APPEAL

A film that shows Montréal An open, inclusive Montréal A heart-warming film making waves beyond our borders Saluting Les A universal theme Muses de Montréal and La Gang à Rambrou

The work of director Filmed for the most part But the great achievement of > The Valois d’or for best actor in Montréal, Gabrielle Gabrielle is to have made a (for Alexandre Landry) and and screenwriter features local talents who wide public more sensitive and the Valois Magelis award at Louise Archambault, themselves have disabilities. open to difference. the Festival d’Angoulême The non-professional actors > Best Actor for Alexandre Gabrielle tells the Gabrielle Marion-Rivard plays Landry at Dieppe’s Festival got their start in the school Les Muses de the love-smitten woman of the du film canadien touching story of and workshops run by two Montréal has been Les Muses de film, which has been acclaimed > Best Actor for Alexandre a developmentally organizations: training students with Montréal around the world and garnered Landry at Gijón International , centre des arts de la disabilities in drama, challenged young La Gang à Rambrou the following honours: Film Festival scène, and dance and singing for woman. (2008 recipient of the Prix Paul- 16 years. For its part, The film also represented Buissonneau). > The Audience Favourite La Gang à Rambrou Canada in this year’s race for Award at the Locarno Film is an amateur theatre Robert Charlebois the Best Foreign-Language The music of Festival troupe that combines Film Oscar, making the carries along the incredibly > The Prix du Public at dance, music and shortlist. talented members of a large Namur’s Festival des films the visual arts in its choir, who perform songs, like francophones performances. Lindbergh and Ordinaire, that he made famous and are now part of our cultural heritage. 96 Every week during the summer and fall, some thirty children from the borough of Villeray– Saint-Michel–Parc- Extension learned about music and rhythm at La Petite Maison.

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X E P T a Beat tO tHe wEeK u with Par la Grand’Porte Six- to nine-year-olds developed their creativity and coordination in percussion workshops through improvisations based on traditional African rhythms. In Gumboot workshops, older chidren created choreography and danced to the beat of percussion instruments.

A number of children discovered great freedom of expression, while others learned how to work within a group and be open to others. All of them, both individually and as a group, enjoyed an enriching and empowering creative experience.

Through this cultural project, the local community organization Maison des jeunes Par la Grand’Porte achieved what it set out to do: reduce the isolation of and prevent delinquency among the disadvantaged children from various cultural communities.

All in all, Put a Beat to the Week is a remarkable project in which exposure to making art has helped build vibrant and lasting connections between a community, its children, and culture.

97 GETTING ART OFF THE STREET AND INTO THE MUSEUM

An important part of the St-James Drop-In Centre’s Marie-Hélène mission is to develop and Falcon at the FTA: encourage the creative A priceless legacy talents of people experiencing homelessness. Since 1996, After 30 years of guiding this community organization destinies at the FTA (Festival has helped such individuals TransAmériques), Marie- break out of their isolation Hélène Falcon has decided with workshops enabling them to step down as director of to explore their creativity and the festival, which she helped express themselves through transform into one of the art. world’s most highly regarded dance and theatre events. This year, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) A passionate and tireless put the results of these leader, Falcon programmed workshops—works on canvas, close to 400 shows from 45 and even a video—on view in countries, letting us discover an exhibition entitled Intuition, artists from all over the world tangible recognition for artists and letting local performers from the street by one of the find new stages where they country’s most prestigious could blossom. cultural institutions. If the FTA has become an One way of promoting international benchmark in cultural diversity, the initiative terms of contemporary works demonstrates the MMFA’s for the stage, it is largely openness to artists from every thanks to her work. In 2013, possible background, without the FTA received the Grand exclusion, and we salute it for Prize of the Conseil des arts de its social commitment! Among Montréal. As well as providing other things, it has developed support for the person who will a community action program succeed her, Marie-Hélène known as Sharing the Museum. Falcon will direct the 2014 edition of the festival.

98 Words for sharing A SPRING SHOW FOR FIRST NATIONS ART Acquire a real command of language, have From April to June this year, fun with words, and writeCentre your deown ressources story— the Ville-Marie borough’s that’s the challenge the maison de la culture Frontenac featured the work of First éducatives et communautaires pour adultes Nations artists. Organized by (Créca) set for a group of adults in a Ondinnok, the first professional theatre company in Québec to community-based literacy program. be run by First Nations people, the Printemps autochtone d’art enabled everyone who Through reading and creative The illustrated booklet that attended to meet the artists writing games, the members resulted from the challenge, and learn about their creative of the learning group, most Words for Sharing and Tales of approaches, whether through of whom are immigrants, Our Own, relates the learning the visual arts, theatre, film, gradually got the knack of journey of these men and performances or a seminar. writing. Previously, they had women in their own words, enthusiastically taken part in revealing their courage and This event provided a the Bibliothèque d’Ahuntsic’s perseverance. The writing premium showcase for artists Library to the Rescue program, project increased their self- representing cultural diversity. which is designed to demystify esteem and confidence, and reading and stimulate learning. provides an inspiring and hopeful example for us all.

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This fall, Diversité artistique Montréal (DAM) launched an innovative new magazine, TicArtToc. Aimed at promoting and stimulating thinking about diversity in the arts and culture, TicArtToc includes articles, profiles, illustrations and discussions that provide a showcase for artists and their work. Twenty writers and sixteen artists take part in producing the biannual publication, which is available in both print and digital editions. ticarttoc.com

99 Peace will have a pavilion Montréal The name is intended to pay tribute to the couple, major donors In fact, two of the future pavilion’s six levels will be reserved for The to the museum, while at the same time show support for a cause educational and community activities, including art therapy. Museum of Fine particularly dear to them. Throughout their lives, which have been Arts’ fifth pavilion touched by trials and tragedies, Michal and Renata Hornstein have Offering an informal, welcoming, friendly experience, the steadfastly demonstrated their determination, tenacity, generosity museum’s fifth pavilion will open as part of the celebrations of has been named and love of life. Montréal’s 375th anniversary. This major project will certainly the Michal and continue to drive the museum’s development. Renata Hornstein The new pavilion of international art and education was designed by the Manon Asselin Architecte and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Pavilion for Peace. Architectes consortium, the winner of the international architectural competition launched by the museum. The pavilion will be home to some 600 works of the MMFA collection, from Old Masters to modern art, including those donated by Mr. and Mrs. Hornstein, and will also house an education department.

100 A documentary on immigration During her residency, she also residents and old, relation- by a filmmaker in residence gave a presentation on her pro- ships were built, certain faces As part of a creative residency fession, as well as conducted became more familiar, and at maison de la culture de film workshops introducing their neighbourhood became Notre-Dame-de-Grâce that participants to the latest friendlier and more welcoming. had the support of the Conseil technologies. She also held a Cultural mediator Ève-Lyne des arts de Montréal, docu- screening of her most recent Cayouette was able to forge mentary filmmaker Catherine documentary, Notes on a Road synergies among residents of Hébert worked on stories about Less Taken. the same place, contributing to immigration and the courage a greater sense of belonging. of those who come from afar This unifying social initiative to start a whole new life in Correspondances also stimulated and channelled Montréal. Every year, various cultural the creativity of participants, mediation initiatives provide who, with the help of Paul Tom, Montrealers with direct contact made their own videos. with the arts. People in Notre- Dame-de-Grâce were invited to take part in a project by filmmaker Paul Tom called Correspondances. With the aid of digital communications fos- R&D tering dialogue between new RELATIONSHIPS AND DIALOGUE

This year, by building relationships and fostering dialogue, two innovative initiatives involving the integration of immigrants made the borough of Côte- des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce into one big playground.

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Recreating the wall drawings of Sol LeWitt Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts was the scene of a unique creative exercise last September. Twenty-seven students recreated four wall drawings by Sol LeWitt, a pioneer of minimalism and conceptual art, under the supervision of artist Anthony Sansotta, LeWitt’s long-time studio assistant. The project was the first public event held by the faculty’s Drawing Lab Dessin, a new research group dedicated to ongoing action, analysis and discussion in relation to the wide field of drawing practices.

Les ruches d’art So-called “art hives” have become the research interest of Janis Timm-Bottos, assistant professor of art therapy in the university’s Department of Creative Arts Therapies. For close to 20 years, she has helped set up these small community art studios that are open to everyone—for free. Her latest projects involve La Ruche d’Art, a storefront art studio and science “shop” located in the Montréal neighbourhood of Saint-Henri, and the Studio d’art Saint- Sulpice, found in the Ahuntsic district. Although this art-focused social inclusion initiative welcomes all community members, it is particularly aimed at reaching individuals living on the margins of society. Participants learn from each other, sharing their thoughts on the cultural and social issues concerning them.

102 Vivacité Montréal Since 2006, the support offered Thanks to , the joint newly arrived secondary-school initiative of three arts councils (the CAM, students in welcoming classes CALQ and CCA) and the Conférence by the Centre d’histoire de Montréal’s educational program régionale des élus (CRÉ), immigrant Vous faites partie de l’histoire! and visible minority artists and writers [You’re Part of History!] has constantly been motivated by can carry out personal projects involving social and citizenship values. research, creation, production, outreach and advanced training, no matter what By enabling these teenagers to themselves become figures in their discipline. This financial assistance the history of the city—adding encourages artistic expression by their own stories to it—program facilitators provide them with a Montrealers, as well as promotes way of fully integrating into their cultural diversity. new home and making their heritage part of it.

In 2012–2013, 26 artists and writers, all Held in a spirit of mutual younger than 35, were awarded a grant. THE CENTRE recognition in the city hall hall of honour, the exhibition Moi, mes Established in 2007, this initiative—an D’HISTOIRE racines…, presented the life exceptional means of benefiting from LETS YOUNG stories and “family treasures” the creative contributions of everyone— of program participants, who MONTREALERS hailed from around the world. has become a true asset for our cultural FROM ALL metropolis. BACKGROUNDS It showed the uniqueness of each one of their experiences, SHARE THEIR and how they are now part of the GRANTS FOR ARTISTS REPRESENTING CULTURAL DIVERSITY HISTORY fabric of Montréal.

So that everyone can have 22 classes the opportunity to learn 365 teenagers about these moving stories, which reflect the cultural diversity of Québec today, the program now has its own website: ville.montreal.qc.ca/ vousfaitespartiedelhistoire

Be sure to visit it!

103 Whether during the Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal (MIM) or the 16th edition of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RDIM), the presence of Mexican artists brought parts of this people’s moving history to life.

At the MIM, the international jury’s Bronze Medal and the People’s Choice award went to the 3-D work Au fil de l´eau, by floristMartha Sophia Sosa and her son Francisco, a designer of vertical gardens. For its part, documentary film was ably represented by Gael García Bernal and Gerado Barroso, who were in Montréal to present their respective films,Who is Dayani Cristal? and Calle López.

Located in the heart of CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS downtown, Espacio México is a unique MexiCO multidisciplinary space providing MontrEal a showcase for Mexican culture in November 1, El Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) was the occasion Montréal. for a celebration of the memoirs of Mexican actor and singer Pedro Infante and Québec singer-songwriter Félix Leclerc. Young singers from Mexico and students from Montréal’s FACE school performed works from the Mexican musical repertoire and classics by Leclerc.

The Consulate General of Mexico in Montréal recently presented there Ornementation identitaire, an exhibition spotlighting the results of an artists’ residency partnership between the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and FONCA, the country’s National Fund for Culture and Arts. The works brought together by its curator, Geneviève Goyer-Ouimette, among them architectural reappropriations by the duo Miki Gingras and Patrick Dionne, and poetic reworkings of everyday objects by Mariana Gullco, bear the traces of both home and host countries.

104 Montréal will innovate yet again by becoming the home of the National Centre for Dance Therapy, a new initiative that will explore dance’s beneficial effects on health. HEALTH THROUGH

The pilot project is being run by the Grands Ballets danceCanadiens de Montréal , in association with the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Concordia University’s PERFORM Centre and the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal.

Dance therapy sessions will be provided to over 300 seniors in order to evaluate the effect of dance on their memory, mobility, and physical and brain health. People with eating disorders will also be introduced to movement and rhythm.

The benefits of dance are obvious, and this project will enable its impact to be even better understood.

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13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-106-107_AN Palmares.indd 107 2014-02-10 11:52 AM 2-22 30-73 Atelier Big City 59 Borough of Côte- François Cardinal 12 Atelier Circulaire 63 des-Neiges–Notre- Cardinal Hardy 22 Dame-de-Grâce 21-101 A Atelier in situ 89 Jacques Carpentier 7 Borough of Pierrefonds- Abstergo Entertainment 12 Atelier Pierre Thibault 7-73 Roxboro 16 Jacynthe Carrier 92 Académie française 91 Ateliers créatifs Montréal 63 Borough of Rosemont- Jacques Cartier 35 Accès culture network 27-74 Atlantic City 30 La-Petite-Patrie 16-21 Cas Public 90 ACDF Architecture 89 Atomic3 80 Borough of Rivière- Sylvain Castonguay 85 Action terroriste Jean-Pierre Aubé 92 des-Prairies 16 Ève-Lyne Cayouette 101 socialement acceptable Bryan Audet 26 Borough of Verdun 16 Cégep du Vieux-Montréal 14 (ATSA) 77 Nicolas Baier 20-87 Borough of Ville-Marie 16 Centre communautaire Phillip Adams 16 Anaïs Barbeau- Borough of Mercier- Hochelaga 77 Bernard Adamus 83 Lavalette 88 Hochelaga-Maisonneuve 16 Centre communautaire ADICÎM 27 Borough of Plateau Sainte-Brigide (CCSB) 65 Mont-Royal 8 Aedifi ca architectes 6 B Centre d’art et de Borough of Sud-Ouest 16-21 diffusion Clark 63 Afﬂ eck de la Riva Barcelone 84 Architects 89 Botanical Garden 22-80 Centre d’histoire Louise-Andrée Baril 9 Agora de la danse 58 Rupert Bottenberg 16 de Montréal 36-39-103 Marilyne Baril 8 Philippe Allard 16 Olivia Boudreau 92 Centre d’intégration Gerado Barroso 104 à la vie active 72 Alliance numérique 93 François Bourassa 9 Basilique Notre-Dame 87 Centre de ressources Mouna Andraos 80 Martin Bourdeau 87 Marie-Ève Bédard 85 éducatives et ANEL 21 Louis-Pierre Bougie 70 communautaires pour Nicolas Bednarz 42 Angers (city) 84 Pierre Bourgie 62-63 adultes (Créca) 99 Sophie Bélair-Clément 92 Pierre-Yves Angers 7 Bourgie Hall 87 Centre for Sustainable Frédéric Bélanger 26 Development 89 Ankama 12 Simon Brault 18 Gwenaël Bélanger 7-22 Centre hospitalier de Appareil architecture 80 Brick Mansions 82 Yazid Belkhin 9 l’Université de Montréal Louise Archambault 88-96 Daniel Brière 71 (CHUM) 105 Patrick Bernatchez 84-92 Architectes Labonté Sophie Brochu 63 Centre Viomax 72 Marcil 22 Nicolas Bernier 91 Chrystine Brouillet 62 Champagne Club Luc Besson 82 Susie Arioli 9 Buenos Aires 84-92 Sandwich 11 Bibliothèque d’Ahuntsic 99 David Armstrong Six 87 Doan Bui 85 Pascal Champagne 64 Board of Trade of Arsenal 90 Chapelle historique Metropolitan Montréal 63-93 William Daniel Buller 16 Art Mûr 87 du Bon-Pasteur 39 Bibliothèque du Boisé 22-73 Stéphan Bureau 12 Art Souterrain 31-92 Martine Chapuis 93 Bibliothèque et Archives Bureau de normalisation Robert Charlebois 96 Marie-Pierre Arthur 83 nationales du Québec 60 du Québec 73 Chevalier Morales Artifi ce Studio 93 Bibliothèque Marc- Bureau du design architectes 16 Manon Asselin Architecte 100 Favreau 73-74 de Montréal 80 Tony Chong 75 Association de Montréal Matthew Biederman 91 Daniel Buren 7 Chromeo 91 pour la défi cience Bïtse Games 93 Win Butler 88 intellectuelle 72 Cinémathèque Dominique Blain 84-92 Association des libraires québécoise 38 Pascal Blanchet 62 C du Québec (ALQ) 62 Cirque Alfonse 81 Fanny Bloom 9 Cabaret du Lion d’or 16 Association des sports Cirque du Soleil 81-90 pour aveugles de Montréal 72 Irina Bokova 86 Canadian Centre for Architecture 61-72 Cirque Éloize 81 Association du design Denise Bombardier 35 Cardin Ramirez Julien 6 Cirque hors piste 65 urbain du Québec 60 Jordi Bonet 34 Éric Cardinal 25 Helen Clark 86 INDEX 108

13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-108-115-AN Index-credits.indd 108 2014-02-12 9:41 AM Malcolm Clarke 88 Michel de la ELEKTRA 71-91 Diane Giard 32 I Denis Coderre 4 Chenelière 63-75 En marge 12-17 65 Benoit Gignac 63 IAMA 90 Emmanuel Cognée 21 Raphaëlle de Groot 85 Espace danse Québec 58 Roland Giguère 34 Idée Fixe (CPE) 65 Annick Cojean 85 Catherine de Léan 71 Espace Multisoleil 72 Shelly Glover 32 Ariel Ifergan 75 Commission scolaire de Sieur de Maisonneuve 35 Espace patrimoine Olivier Godin 39 IGLOOFEST 31 Montréal 27 Isabelle de Mévius 70 et histoire 39 Michel Goulet 7 L’Illusion 25 Compagnie Jean Duceppe 38 Manon de Pauw 92 Esplanade Financière Manuela Goya 94 Pedro Infante 104 Sun Life 73 Compulsion Games 93 Jérôme Delgado 10 Geneviève Goyer- Hal Ingberg 59 Eurométropole forum 92 Concordia University’s Anaïs Demoustier 82 Ouimette 104 Institut universitaire de PERFORM Centre 105 Louise Déry 85-92 Europea 35 Pascal Grandmaison 92 gériatrie de Montréal 105 Congrès des milieux Philippe Descôteaux Every Thing Will Be Fine 82 Grand Prix du livre Intel 90 documentaires du Barrette 8 de Montréal 12 Québec 26 International Freeski Benoit Desjardins 14 F Grande Bibliothèque 85 Film Festival 83 Conseil des arts de Montréal 63-75-91-101 India Desjardins 62 FABG architects 89 Grands Ballets Cyril Izarn 15 Canadiens 38-41-58-105 Conseil québécois des Caroline Dhavernas 38 Marie-Hélène Falcon 98 événements Diagonale – Centre Fast Company 90 Françoise Graton 37 J écoresponsables 73 des arts et des fibres Festival Aurores Montréal 83 Robert Gravel 16 Je suis femme 82 du Québec 63 Consulate General Festival du nouveau Grimaldi Forum Monaco 40 Oliver Jones 9 of Mexico in Montréal 104 Yoël Diaz 75 cinéma 74 Georges Groulx 37 Emmanuel Jouthe 60 Contact and Livres dans Céline Dion 35 Festival international Groupe information Estelle Jugant 9 la rue - Bibliothèques Patrick Dionne 104 de jazz de Montréal 73 travail 65 de Montréal 21 Madeleine Juneau 36 Diversité artistique Festival international de gsmprjct 67 Corporation de Montréal (DAM) 99 littérature 12 Justice 91 développement culturel Mariana Gullco 104 du Sud-Ouest 14 DMA architectes 16 FTA (Festival Priscilla Guy 75 TransAmériques) 98 K Corporation l’Espoir 72 Xavier Dolan 88 Festival Omnivore 13 Kanva 11 Cossette 67 Double Stallion 93 Festival Osheaga 31 Ban Ki-moon 86 Denis Côté 88 Nadia Drouin 75 H Jean Dubois 92 Fichten Soiferman Lorraine Klaasen 9 Patrick Coutu 87 et associés 59 Annie Hamel 16-36 Valérie Dumaine 24 Maka Kotto 94 Laurent Craste 87 Filles du Roy 34 Marc-André Hamelin 39 Éric Dupont 12 Marek Krowicki 39 Marie-Josée Croze 82 Fondation Guido Molinari 89 Dan Hanganu 20-21 Parc Luc-Durand 21 George Krump 75 Cultural Quarters André Forcier 38 Adad Hannah 7-21 Implementation Plan 60 Romain Duris 82 Michael Hawrysh 42 Anick Forest-Bonin 42 L Culture Montréal 60-65-77 Isabelle Hayeur 87 Marc Fortier 71 L’Arène 26 E Catherine Hébert 101 Framestore 10 L’Infusart 77 D E3 93 Mélodie Hébert 64 Francofolies de Montréal 31 L’intangible 15 Normand d’Amour 26 EA (Electronic Arts) 26 Héritage Montréal 72-75 Gilles Daigneault 42 Clarence Eckerson 8 L’OEUF 59 G Hôpital Sainte-Justine 105 Michèle Dagenais 42 Éco-quartier de La Capella 92 Gabrielle (movie) 96 Michal and Renata Carlito Dalceggio 16-28 Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie 16 Hornstein 100 La Fermière 91 Division Gallery 87 Danse Carpe Diem 60 École de danse Emmanuel La Gang à Rambrou 96 contemporaine de Ying Gao 15 Hoss-Desmarais 88 La Petite Maison 97 Dazibao – Centre Montréal 58 d’animation et Gael García Bernal 104 Rad Hourani 92 Benoît Lachambre 90 d’exposition photo 63 École nationale de Laurent Gascon 16 l’humour 76 Isabelle Hudon 63 Dany Laferrière 76-91 Évelyne de la Chenelière 71 Manon Gauthier 78 Écomusée du fier Hugues Condon Marler Elizabeth Laferrière 66 monde 36-73-77 Karina Gauvin 39 Architects 89 Alfred Laliberté 7-91 109

13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-108-115-AN Index-credits.indd 109 2014-02-12 9:41 AM Jodoin Lamarre Pratte LNI 16 Mélissa Mongiat 80 Kent Nagano 87-90 Architectes 100 London (Ontario) 30 Francis Montillaud 7 National Centre for Philippe Lambert 75 The Albert Londres prize 85 Montréal joue 26 Dance Therapy 105 Phyllis Lambert 72 Los Angeles 30 Montréal City Hall 89 National Gallery of Canada’s 91 Phyllis Lambert Design Rafael Lozano-Hemmer 84 Montréal Chamber Music Montréal Grant 15 _nature humaine 89 Ludia 12 Festival 83 Landau Fine Art 87 Fernand Nault 41 Greg Lynn 61 Montréal en Alexandre Landry 96 Lumière 31-83-92 Sophie Nélisse 82-88 Roméo Langlois 85 Montréal’s FACE school 104 Alex Nevsky 9 M Chantale Laplante 71 Montréal Fashion Bureau 8 Yannick Nézet-Séguin 39 M.I.A 91 Pierre Lapointe 92 Montréal Galleries 64 NFB’s CinéRobothèque 29-80 Machin-Ô-livres 21 Luc Laporte 70 Montreal International Jonathan Ng 88 Nathalie Maillé 75 Alexandra Laudo 92 Documentary (RIDM) 104 Nouvel ensemble Nelson Mandela 42 Frédéric Lavoie 92 Montréal library moderne 39 Maison de la culture network 21-62-73-74-75 Le Carrousel 65 Nouvelle Compagnie Côte-des-Neiges 41 Montreal Museum théâtrale 37 Le cycle de l’eau 15 Maison de la culture of Fine Arts 29-87-98-100 Nuit Blanche 31 Le Fresnoy (national Frontenac 99 Montréal’s Olympic studio of contempory Maison de la culture stadium 73 arts) 92 O Marie-Uguay 14 Montréal Science Centre 83 Les 7 doigts de la main 73-81 Occurrence – Espace Maison de la culture Montréal’s Goethe-Institut 71 Les Arts et la Ville 87 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 101 d’art et d’essai Aude Moreau 92 contemporain 63 Les Chemins du soleil 65 Maison des jeunes Jean-Pierre Morin 7 Off-Time 82 Les Muses de Montréal 96 Par la Grand’Porte 97 Maison Saint-Gabriel 16-36 Philippe Morin 93 Offi ce municipal Denis Lebel 68 d’habitation de Montréal Maison symphonique 87-90 Les Mosaïcultures Michel Leblanc 56 Internationales (OMHM) 28 Félix Leclerc 104 Jean-François Major 93 Montréal 2013 73-80-104 Olivier Sorrentino 75 Alain Lefèvre 92 Gabrielle Marion-Rivard 96 MU 7-28 Omnivore 13 Francine Lelièvre 40 Alexis Martin 67 MURAL Public Art Festival 17 Ondinnok 99 Marie-Nicole Lemieux 39 matralab, Concordia Musée d’art Opéra de Montréal 38 University 71 Michel Lemieux 6 contemporain Optica 63 McCord Museum 36-40-66 de Montréal 23-38 Emmanuelle Léonard 92 Orchestre symphonique Norman McLaren 74 Musée des maîtres Leroux Beaudoin Hurens de Montréal 87 et artisans du Québec 22 et associés inc. 22 Place Kate-McGarrigle 7-34 Ordre des architectes Musée des ondes Émile Lethbridge 22 MEG Montréal 91 du Québec 89 Berliner 36 Claude-Léveillée 34 Menkès Shooner Dagenais Mamoru Oshii 82 LeTourneux Architects 89 Musée du Sault-au- Mathieu Lévesque 84 Récollet 35 OTHER 16 Mexico 84 René Lévesque 35 Musée Grévin 35 Karim Ouellet 83 Robert L. Mickles 82 Sol LeWitt 102 MUTEK 86-93 Sarah Ouellet 66 Miki Gingras 104 Library Associations and MUVBOX 8 François Ozon 82 Institutions 84 Milan 84 Nadia Myre 92 Liliane Stewart 66 Ariane Moffatt 83 P Guido Molinari 42 Lille Métropole 84 n PANAM 72 Lire vous transporte 62-73 Moment Andréanne Paquin 39 Factory 20-30-35-80-82-93 Bibi Naceri 82 Jean-François Lisée 78 Madeleine Parent 34 Molinari Quartet 39-42 Jean-François Nadeau 62 LNDMRK 17 Parisian Laundry 87 INDEX 110

13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-108-115-AN Index-credits.indd 110 2014-02-12 9:41 AM Pas de la rue 65 R Michael Snow 38 Tourisme Montréal 10-73 Winnipeg 30 Pawn Sacrifice 82 Michel Rabagliati 17 Socalled 9 Toxique Trottoir 64 Winter Wonders festival 80 PAX East festival 93 Jean Racine 37 Société de développement Tribute Games 93 World Cities Culture Éric Pelletier Architectes RADAR (housing commercial du boulevard Tricotons la rue 14 Forum (WCCF) 84 Saint-Laurent 8-17 en consortium 22 cooperative) 65 Julie Turconi 75 Gilles Pelletier 37 Red Barrels 93 Société de transport de X Montréal (STM) 24-62 Luce Pelletier 7 Regroupement U X-Men: Days of Future Pied Carré (Pi2) 63 Société des musées Past 82 Yann Perreau 9 québécois 40 Ubisoft Montréal 12-26 Rendez-vous 2012 – Bryan Perro 93 Société patrimoine UNESCO 86 Montréal, Cultural Y Raphaël Personnaz 82 Metropolis 87 et histoire de l’Île Bizard UNESCO Creative Cities Phi Centre 73-89-92-93 et Sainte-Geneviève 39 Network 84 Y’a quelqu’un l’aut’bord Rendez-vous culturel du mur 16 Philadelphie 92 2013, Rosemont– Geneviève Soly 39 United Cities and Local Jocelyn Picard 24 La Petite-Patrie 64 Martha Sophia Sosa 104 Governments Committee on Culture (UCLG) 84-86-92 Z Pierrefonds-Roxboro Louise Richer 76 Annabel Soutar 75 library 16 Mario Robert 42 Space for Life 6-22 United Irish Societies of ZKM Karlsruhe Montréal 31 (Centre for art and media) 71 Victor Pilon 6 Alys Robi 16-34 SPAG 16 Concordia University’s Edward Zwick 82 Jacques Piperni 41 Michel Robichaud 24 Spearhead Games 93 PERFORM Centre 102 Pixel Crucible 93 Roofdog Games 93 David Spriggs 87 UQAM 15-29 Place des Arts 38-76 Jordi Bonet 34 St-James Drop-In Ulysses Travel Guides 10 Planétarium Rio Tinto Rue89.com 21 Centre’s 98 Alcan 22 St. Patrick’s Parade 31 V Yann Pocreau 92 Stewart Museum 66 S Dominique Valade 7 Pointe-à-Callière Marie Saint-Pierre 24 Gabor Szilasi 35 museum of Archaeology Jean-Marc Vallée 88 and History 8-9-36-40 Saint-Zotique Residences 89 Vandal Games 93 T Pointe-aux-Trembles Saison de la lecture 12-62 Herman J. van der Heide 7 Alexandre Taillefer 56 historic centre 25 Salon du livre de Mies van der Rohe 89 Montréal 12-21 Tangente 58 Gabriel Poirier-Galarneau 15 Victoria and Albert Portes Ouvertes Design Javier San Juan 68 Technicolor 10 Museum 40 Montréal 34 Anthony Sansotta 102 Iro Tembeck 59 Louise Viger 10 Derek Price 66 Santigold 91 Mustapha Terki 91 Gilles Vigneault 35 Jacques Primeau 91 Sayeh Sarfaraz 75 The Last Druid: Garm Denis Villeneuve 88 Wars 82 Prix du maire de SAT 13 La Vitrine culturelle de Montréal en démocratie 77 Saucier + Perrotte Théâtre aphasique 72 Montréal 27-30 Projet Bottines 64 Architects 89 Théâtre de Verdure 73 Vivacité Montréal 103 Provencher Roy + Danielle Sauvage 75 Théâtre Denise-Pelletier 37 VJs 93 associés 20 Scène écoresponsable Théâtre du Nord de Lille 92 Voies culturelles des program 73 Théâtre du Nouveau faubourgs 67 Q SDK et associés inc. 22 Monde 73 Quartier des Le Septième 75 Théâtre Le Clou 65 W spectacles 14-29-30-58-86 Shapiro Wolfe 89 Théâtre Maisonneuve 14 Dick Walsh 35 Quartier des Spectacles Francis Sheridan Paré 93 Théâtre Paradoxe 61 Partnership 35-80 Warner Bros. Games 12-26 Sid Lee 90 Berthel Thorvaldsen 7 Québec City’s 74 Wim Wenders 82 Bryan Singer 82 Janis Timm-Bottos 102 Janet Werner 87 Smucker Foods of Paul Tom 101 Robert Wilson 7 Canada Corp. 75 111

13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-108-115-AN Index-credits.indd 111 2014-02-12 9:41 AM CREATIVE Page 4 Denis Coderre, photo : Ville de Montréal Page 6 Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium; exterior; From The Earth To The Stars and Continuum, photo: Space for Life, Daniel Choinière Page 7 1. Adad Hannah, Constellation en Sol, 2013, photo: Richard-Max Tremblay, 2013; 2. Luce Pelletier, L’Étreinte, 2013, photo: Guy L’Heureux, 2013 ; Francis Montillaud, Carrefour, 2013, photo: Guy L’Heureux, 2013 Page 8 Refreshment and planning, photo: Plateau-Mont-Royal borough; Jacket by Marilyne Baril photo: Vasco design Page 9 Idea-O-Rama, street lights in Mount Royal Avenue, Turn me On design, photo: Bernard Fougères, Société de développement de l’avenue du Mont-Royal (SDAMR); Yann Perreau on piano, photo: Marie-Anne St-Denis Page 10 Allison Moore and Étienne Rochon as Arthur Desmarteaux, Invitation to dialogue, Mosaic of ceramic on chair, 2013, for the exhibition Anagramme d’une chaise, photo: Kiran Ambwani ; Guide du Montréal Créatif, Ulysses Guide Page 11 Entre les rangs, place des festivals, Kanva, photo: Cindy Boyce Page 12 Youth playing video games, photo: Aremar-123RF photo stock; Monument at Émilie Gamelin (Raoul Hunter, 1999) during Montreal’s reading season La Saison de la lecture de Montréal, photo: Delphine Rocher-Lewis, Ville de Montréal Page 13 Food Truck, Place du Canada, photo: Antoine Amnotte-Dupuis Page 14 Tricotons la rue, photo: pictures taken from video of Benoit Desjardins ; Lights on CVM by Alexis Laurence, photo: Martine Doyon, Quartier des spectacles Page 15 Le cycle de l’eau, photo: Nathalie St-Pierre Page 16 Produced by MU ; Laissez-la toujours chanter, Rupert Bottenberg and William Daniel Buller; Printemps, photos: Marie-Eve Bonneau, Ville de Montréal ; Pierrefonds Public Library, photo: Chevalier Morales and DMA Page 17 Paul Wall, photo: Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough; The muralists of MURAL public art festival, works by Ashop, Roa, Dan Buller (En Masse), Reka and Pancho ; Paint party, photo: Daniel Esteban

ACCESSIBLE Page 18 Simon Brault, photo: Maxime Côté Page 20 Mariners’ House, staircase from the entrance hall leading to the fi rst ﬂ oor and the Museum Shop, photo: Caroline Bergeron Page 21 Machin-Ô-Libres, photo: South West borough ; Bibliothèque Marc-Favreau, photos: Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie borough Page 22 Bibliothèque Du Boisé, photos: Ville de Montréal, Patrick Lozeau, Jonathan Laporte; Continuum, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, photo: Space for Life, Daniel Choinière Page 23 Front of MAC, photo: Peter Hutchins Page 24 (Map) picture: Tourism Montreal ; Museum of costume and textile, Tapis rouge : Fashion at the Museum, photo: Alexis K. Laﬂ amme Page 25 L’Illusion, photo: Michel Pinault; parcours riverain, photo: Ville de Montréal; 3D view Village Square of Old Pointe-aux-Trembles picture: Ville de Montréal Page 26 Hands and arcade, Montréal joue, photo: Ville de Montréal Page 27 Orchestre Métropolitain, photo: Philippe Jasmin; Junkard ; Paradise, Mayday, photo: Jacques Poulin-Denis, Nicolas Patry ; Girl in a library, photo: Ville de Montréal, Antoine Perreault Page 28 Harmony, Carlito Dalceggio, photo: Royal Canadian Mint; portrait Dalceggio : Elizabeth-Ann Doyle; Murale Le meilleur des mondes nouveaux, photo : MU ; Nuit Blanche, photo : Frédérique Ménard-Aubin Page 29 Chihuly, Glass Forest #5, photo: Scott M. Leen ; Chihuly, The Sun, photo: Terry Rishe l; Mille Fiori , photo: David Emery Page 30 Lights on 2-22, photo: Moment Factory, Adrien Williams Page 31 IGLOOFEST, photo: Miguel Legault

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13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-108-115-AN Index-credits.indd 112 2014-02-12 9:41 AM MEMORABLE Page 32 Shelly Glover, Diane Giard Page 34 6th Design Montréal Open House – Luc Laporte Tribute, Café du Nouveau Monde and Leméac, photo: Michael April ; Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Kate McGarrigle’s children are sitting on the artwork entitled Kate & Nora, donated to Ville de Montréal by the family, photo: Ville de Montréal ; Parc Alys-Robi, photo: Ville de Montréal Page 35 Guided tour, photo: Cité Historia, musée du Sault-au-Récollet; Robert Charlebois, photo: Musée Grévin Montréal; Gabor Szilasi Exhibition, photo: Damien Thiberge Page 36 The Fabric of Pioneers, muralist Annie Hamel, photo: Maison Saint-Gabriel, Daniel Bertolino ; Square Dorchester, photo: Ville de Montréal, Denise Caron Page 37 Facade (1977), photo: Josée Lambert ; Salle Denise-Pelletier and Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers, photo: Robert Etcheverry Page 38 Opening night of the Grande Salle (September 21st, 1963) on the photo: the conductor and artistic director of the OSM, Zubin Mehta, the mayor of Montréal, Jean Drapeau and the conductor, Wilfrid Pelletier ; Construction field ; Interior view of the theatre which includes 3,000 seats (1963), photos: Fonds d’archives de la Société de la Place des Arts ; Exterior facade, photo: Cinémathèque québécoise Page 39 Photo: CHM (2013) ; François Gendron, minister for Planning and Regional Development, Clément Richard, minister of Cultural Affairs and Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montréal, Opening of Centre d’histoire de Montréal (November 18th, 1983), photo: Archives de Montréal ; Concert hall, Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, photo: Ville de Montréal ; Maison Joseph-Adéodat-Chauret, photo: L’Île Bizard-Saite-Geneviève borough Page 40 Grace Kelly Exhibition, photo: McCord Museum ; Francine Lelièvre, photo: Michel Julien ; Page 41 Au P’tit Trot, photo: maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges ; Archives of the Nutcracker; The King of Sweets, photo: Damian Siqueiros, Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal Page 42 Quand les archives racontent Montréal : 100 pièces d’exception (cover) ; Guido Molinari Foundation, _naturehumaine architecture and design, photos: Guido Molinari Foundation, Adrien Williams

REARVIEW Page 46 Interior (before), photo: unknown, Photo: L’Arsenal (after) Page 47 Interior (before), photo: unknown, Phi Centre (after) photo: James Brittain Page 48 Square Dorchester (before and after), photo: Ville de Montréal ; SAT (before and after), photo: Société des Arts Technologiques Page 49 Construction of Maison Symphonique, photo: Ville de Montréal ; OSM concert (after), photo: Jean Buithieu Page 50 Rue Jeanne-Mance, photo: Ville de Montréal; Foutain (after), place des Festivals, photo: Ville de Montréal Page 51 The nave (before), interior of the Erskine and American heritage church (1938), photo: Library of McGill University; Bourgie Hall (after), photo: Paul Boisvert Page 52 Exterior (before), photo: Segal Centre ; lobby (after), photo: Segal Centre Page 53 Place d’Armes (2007 - 2013), photo: Ville de Montréal ; Place Norman-Bethune (before), photo: Groupe IBI-CHBA; (after), photo : Concordia University Page 54 Gas station, ARQ 1969 (before) ; Conversion of Mies van der Rohe Gas Station (after), Architectes FABG, photo: Steve Montpetit Page 55 Dow Planetarium (1993), photo: Denis Labine, Archives de Montréal, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium (2013), photo: Raymond Jalbert

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13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-108-115-AN Index-credits.indd 113 2014-02-12 9:41 AM ORGAnIZED Page 56 Michel Leblanc, Alexandre Taillefer Page 58 Espace danse Québec, photo: Société québécoise des infrastructures Page 59 Hall and forecorut, NDG Cultural Centre picture: Atelier Big City + Fichten Soiferman et ass. + L’Oeuf Page 60 Rue Saint-Paul, photo: Ville de Montréal, Denise Caron; PPU cover, Ville de Montréal ; picnic, photo: Culture Montréal Page 61 Views of exhibitions, Archaeology of the Digital, 2013, photo: CCA ; Facade and hall, photo: Théâtre Paradoxe Page 62 Tour d’aiguillage Wellington, photo: Ville de Montréal ; (cover) Vivement, pour une culture philanthropique au Québec !, 2013, Government of Québec; Lire vous transporte, photo: STM Page 63 Artists’ studios launch, Mile-End, photo: Pi2 ; Bovril building, photo: Ville de Montréal, Marie-Eve Bonneau; (cover) La culture, faites-en votre affaire !, 2013, Board of trade of metropolitan Montréal Page 64 Rendez-vous culturel 2013 of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, photo: Ville de Montréal, Geneviève Auclair ; Montréal Galleries, photo: Justin Bromberg Page 65 La culture dans mon quartier, j’y contribue (sticker), picture: Culture Montréal ; 3D model, picture: Beaupré Michaud et associés + Lapointe Magne et Associés Page 66 Exterior, McCord Museum, photo: McCord Museum ; Exterior, Stewart Museum, photo : Stewart Museum ; Videoprojections of Saint-Laurent, photo: Elizabeth Laferrière and Sarah Ouellet Page 67 Code Souvenir Montréal at C2MTL, photo: Mathieu Rivard ; Strategic forums on creative industries, photo: CCMM, Daniel Marchand ; Sommet arts et culture, photo: Voies culturelles des faubourgs

UnITED Page 68 Denis Lebel ; Javier San Juan Page 70 Isabelle de Mévius ; 1700 rue de La Poste, photo: Alain Lefort ; Louis-Pierre Bougie inauguration, photo: Frédérick Duchesne Page 71 Berlin appelle, photo: Goethe-Institut Page 72 Phyllis Lambert, photo: CCA Page 73 Bibliothèque Marc-Favreau, photo: Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie borough ; Mosaïcultures, photo: Guy Boily ; 2-22, photo: Moment Factory, Adrien Williams ; Jardins M of Métis-sur-Montréal by Atelier Pierre Thibault, photo: Alain Laforest Page 74 Lire c’est payant, photo: Bibliothèque de Rosemont; Rencontres culturelles Québec-Montréal, Exhibition of Manifestation internationale d’art du Québec, maison de la culture Frontenac, photo: Christina Alonso Page 75 A walk on the bike path, Farine Five Roses, photo: André Vandal AV dezign; CAM: Michel de la Chenelière ; photo: Pierre Longtin; Annabel Soutar Page 76 Eddy King ; Rachid Badouri, photo: École nationale de l’humour Page 77 « À l’intérieur de moi, il y a… », photo: Hochelaga community center ; Activities of members of Culture Montréal, photo: Sylvain Léaré PHOTOS CREDITS PHOTOS 114

13019_MMC_Coup d'oeil-108-115-AN Index-credits.indd 114 2014-02-12 9:41 AM influential Page 78 Jean-François Lisée ; Manon Gauthier, photo : Ville de Montréal Page 80 Mosaïcultures internationales de Montréal, photo: Space for Life, photo: Guy Boily ; Iceberg, Brussels, photo: Quartier des spectacles, Eric Danhier ; Marie-Pierre Arthur Page 81 iD photo : Cirque Éloize Page 82 LAX airport, photo: Moment Factory ; Filming X-Men at city hall, photo: Ville de Montréal, Marie-Eve Bonneau Page 83 Child and jaw, photo: Montréal Science Center; ornament in the shape of human head, photo: 2011 Joaquín Rubio ; Marie- Pierre Arthur, photo: Festival Aurores Montréal Page 84 City of Manhattan, photo: Rudi1976, 123RF photo stock Page 85 Place de la Laurentienne, photo: University of Montréal ; Raphaëlle de Groot, En exercice à Venise, Venice Biennale 2013, photo: Galerie de l’UQAM and Raphaëlle de Groot ; Roméo Langlois and Doan Bui, laureates 2013, Albert Londres Prize Page 86 Headquarters of the United Nations Office in New York, photo: UN, photo: Master Slave by J. Bailey at Bauhaus, photo: Ruthe Zuntz Page 87 Miami fair, works of Nicolas Baier, Black Star, Réminiscence 2 and Météorite 7, Wanda Koop, Home and Native Land, Patrick Coutu, Cristalmath 2, photo: courtesy of Division Gallery ; RV 2012 Montréal Cultural Metropolis at TOHU, photo: Ville de Montréal ; The Sculpture Garden of Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Overview, photo: Michel Dubreuil Page 88 The Legend of Sarila, photo: CarpeDiem Film & TV Inc. ; Gabrielle (photo from the film), filmmaker Louise Archambault, Microscope Inc. Page 89 City Hall, photo: Alain Laforest, 2012 ; Mies van der Rohe Gas Station, photo: Steve Montpetit; Saint-Zotique Residences _naturehumaine, photo: Adrien Williams; Phi Centre, photo: James Brittain Page 90 Variations S, 2010, photo: Cas public, Hélène Blackburn ; IAMA Montréal 2013, photo: CINARS, Michel Pinault ; C2MTL Event ; Shed, photo : Agnieszka, P. Starck, photo: McEachern, C2MTL Page 91 Techno parade, photo: MEG ; Dany Laferrière, photo: Éléanor Le Gresley; moving La Fermière, A. Laliberté (1915) photo: Chamsi Dib Page 92 Rad Hourani, portrait and exhibition, photo: Phi Centre; France Dubois, Nébuleuses, Art souterrain, photo: Kyle Ruggles ; Olivia Boudreau, Intérieur, 2012, Exhibition, photo: Olivier Anselot, Le Fresnoy-Galerie of UQAM; Alain Lefèvre, photo: Montréal en Lumière Festival 2013 Page 93 Mercenary Kings image: Tribute Games ; Period. by Baillat Cardell & Fils, MUTEK 2011, photo: Raphael Titsworth-Morin

OPEN Page 95 Maka Kotto ; Manuela Goya Page 96 Gabrielle (photo from the film) and poster, filmmaker Louise Archambault, Microscope Inc. Page 97 Tam tam, photo : Caroline Laberge Page 98 St-James Centre, photo: MBAM ; Marie-Hélène Falcon, photo: Neil Mota Page 99 Messages à partager ; Printemps autochtone (poster), Ville de Montréal ; TicArtToc (cover), DAM Page 100 The Fifth Pavilion Project of Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, pavilion of international art and education, pictures: Doug&Wolf Page 101 Correspondences, photos: NDG Cultural Centre Page 102 La Ruche, photo: ARH ; Atelier Sol Lewitt, photo: Concordia University Page 103 Photo: TOHU ; Voice to young people, photo : Ville de Montréal, Centre d’histoire de Montréal Page 104 Celebration of death - Altar de Muertos ; Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal, photos: Consulate General of Mexico in Montréal Page 105 National Centre for dance therapy, photo: Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Marie-Reine Mattera

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