Final Holds draws on the world of professional wrestling as a metaphor for care, absence, and grief, where the final move of a match echoes the last gesture of holding a loved one.
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To Embody: Joyful Militancy and Irresistible Activism
2026-2027 programRead moreMichelle Caron-Pawlowsky
Finishing HoldsRead moreÆlab
Entre branches, bronches et rayons.Read moreThe duo Ælab, part of the Interventions component of the 2026–2027 program, is presenting two bike-and-audio activities with the Mobile Station, as well as an AV performance featuring modular synthesis, exploring the combined power of plants and mobility.
Jad Orphée Chami
Residency
Micro-residency at La HALTE: l’appel du rhapsodeRead moreAs part of a two-day micro-residency at La HALTE de DARE-DARE, Jad Orphée Charmi is offering a workshop exploring the memory of a place and the objects that embody it, as well as a storytelling evening.
Caroline Gagné
Peupleraie - Corps social et corps sonoreRead morePeupleraie invites us to explore the soundscape of a community of trees, poplars, in the urban fabric of the Petite-Bourgogne neighborhood and the Lachine Canal, as a metaphor for the “living environment” and the social body. Anyone passing through the South-West neighborhood with an internet-connected device and a pair of headphones can experience the project. Various connectors are available at the HALTE or at the DARE-DARE offices.
Andréanne Martin
Les seins ballants, je m'en vais au ventRead moreLes seins ballants, je m’en vais au vent is a micro-edition of nomadic artist books that explore the idea of wandering from a feminist and decolonial perspective, and are designed to evolve over the course of a year.
Ventology Training and Sensing
Read moreWhat does the air above your neighbourhood actually smell like? What sounds are escaping through the vents on your block? Ventology Training and Sensing invites you into a world full of blowing hot—and sometimes pulpy—air.
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DARE-DARE Dépôt 2003
fundraising eventRead moreShannon Cochrane and Jacob Wren
Five Important BooksRead moreThe academic community and the general public often debate the criteria for recognition of literary work. The importance given to a book reflects the values of a society. The Five Important Books project takes these issues out of the realm of normative discourse and places them in the hands of readers who still appreciate a good book.
Adrienne Spier
Waiting Rooms and OfficesRead moreThe installation is composed of two generic spaces: a waiting room and an office. These spaces are occupied by institutional furniture.
Denise Hawrysio
In the Full Light of ReasonRead moreDenise Hawrysio's (London, England) project consists of a deconstruction of the architecture of the gallery space.
BUREAU© (Agnès Aubague and Thomas Lanfranchi)
Sieste de BUREAURead more"BUREAU©" presents during the weekends of July a series of five flying tents and BUREAU installations near the Lachine Canal.
Sally Lee Sheeks
Fontaines-CroquisRead moreIn Montreal, Sally Lee Sheeks sketched three fountains: the large fountain in the Lafontaine Park basin, Jocelyne Alloucherie's fountain-sculpture Tables de jours, and the fountain basin at Place des Arts.
Thomas Bégin
ConstructionRead moreThe project consists of the construction of a small building and the development of a gallery space.
BINGO ! funky
Read moreCome join DARE-DARE's fundraising Bingo at the Lajeunesse Community Recreation Centre. Bubble Boogaloo and Zipertatou will host an evening of lively bingo set to the infectious sounds of 1970s dance music. Lots and lots and lots of prizes to be won!
Manon De Pauw
Au travailRead moreAu travail is the result of a singular residency: a series of in situ shootings carried out at DARE-DARE with the complicity of its team.
Interstices 4 x 5 à 7
François Quévillon, Lynn Hughes & Simon Laroche, Adad Hannah, Manon de Pauw, Alexandre Castonguay & Mathieu BouchardRead moreInterstices is a research group formed by artists exploring the aesthetic and poetic scope of human-computer interfaces in media arts.
Lance Blomgren, Annika Grill and Yvette Poorter
The Complete Owner's ManualRead moreThis collaborative project is based on the concept of the owner's manual. The gallery intervention consists of a variety of three-dimensional objects scattered throughout the space, images and texts displayed on the walls.