PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, THE PRESS
fruit woman, one of eight paintings of the exhibition Holoscenes presented last summer at the Esplanade Tranquille in the Quartier des spectacles, in Montreal, as part of the TransAmériques festival. The performances created by the artist Lars Jan have toured the world. They take place in a giant aquarium that can hold 12 tons of water. Each tableau features performers in scenes of everyday life who are quickly overwhelmed by rising and falling water.
PHOTO MARTIN TREMBLAY, THE PRESS
Inspired by excerpts from his book The cigar at the edge of the lipspublished last winter, our photojournalist Martin Tremblay accompanied the writer Akim Gagnon and his brother Karl during a drunken evening.
PHOTO OLIVIER JEAN, THE PRESS
An accordionist at work during the general rehearsal of the project The songs of the island, which last summer brought together choirs from nine cultural communities in Montreal. The big show was presented at the Théâtre de Verdure, in La Fontaine Park, in July.
PHOTO CATHERINE LEFEBVRE, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Hubert Lenoir, crowned male performer of the year, and his accomplice Noémie D. Leclerc, backstage at the ADISQ gala last November. The singer was the big winner of the evening which celebrates the music industry in Quebec. In total, he won seven Felixes.
PHOTO MARCO CAMPANOZZI, THE PRESS
Image of the virtual reality journey of artist Marco Brambilla presented at the PHI Center in Montreal, last summer and fall. The exhibition titled Heaven’s Gate is intended to be an exploration of Dante’s seven stages of purgatory. The videographer uses images from pop culture and Hollywood movies to create lush work that challenges the hyperactivity of the image-obsessed modern world and overconsumption.
PHOTO CATHERINE LEFEBVRE, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Many country music fans attended the first edition of the Lasso festival, which was held last summer at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène in Montreal. About 35,000 festival-goers came to the site to see the shows of some thirty Quebec, Canadian and American country artists. The second edition of Lasso will be held on August 18 and 19, 2023.
PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, THE PRESS
On the eve of a concert presented at the Esplanade of Olympic Park last summer, the conductor of the Orchester symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare, is rehearsing with soloist Sergio Tiempo at the Maison symphonique.
PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, THE PRESS
The painter Mephisto repaints a piece of furniture in the L’Original gallery in Montreal, where five artists have their studio and paint on objects of all kinds to give them a second life.
PHOTO MARCO CAMPANOZZI, THE PRESS
Étienne Béchard, of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, in rehearsal for Carmen