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Exhibition: Under the ice in Quebec
The immersive exhibition Beneath the Arctic Ice with Mario Cyr extends until March 13, enough to warm the hearts of little vacationers until spring break. The ambulatory course installed at the Quebec City Convention Center since December 18 takes visitors on a journey through the Canadian Arctic, under the documentary gaze of Madelinot adventurer Mario Cyr. On the virtual ice floe: polar bears, walruses, narwhals and other large marine mammals. The exhibition, presented by Cirque Éloize, was designed by Lilli Marcotte and Benoit Landry based on an original idea by Jeannot Painchaud. Some 25,000 tickets have already found takers.
Podcast: The Back Seat Podcast
PHOTO MAXIME CÔTÉ, PROVIDED BY THE THEATER OF THE BACK BANQUET
Scene from the play La fête sauvage
The theater company La Banquette rear is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. For the occasion, four shows taken from his original repertoire are offered in audio version with the launch of the podcast On the back seat. A unique opportunity to (re)discover through the ears the hard-hitting texts that are The Wild Party, Radio silence, Province and Damnatio Memoriae. The production of these pieces, enhanced by an immersive sound staging, is by Laurier Rajotte. Episodes will be uploaded at the rate of one per week until February 24.
On the Web : Damnation on the Modern Cinema platform
Pending the reopening of its hall on boulevard Saint-Laurent, the Cinéma Moderne is offering a few new releases online, including films SlowMachine, spencer and Titanium. We also notice a restored 4K version of the feature film Damnation (1988), by Hungarian Béla Tarr. At Titanik, the bar he frequents, the bleak Karrer develops an obsession for an unnamed cabaret singer, to the point that the man thinks of eliminating her husband. This film is described as “a poignant allegory on communist Hungary”.
On the Web: Black History Month at the NFB
Since Tuesday, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has been marking Black History Month on its website and YouTube channel. It presents a program of short and feature films, documentaries and animation, signed by black directors, as well as discussions between filmmakers and the publication of an educational guide. Among the works on offer, see among others the documentary feature film Stateless persons by Michele Stephenson. The filmmaker examines the fate of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent living in the Dominican Republic, where their civic and legal status is very fragile.