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.
Programming
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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.
Archives
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Read moreIt’s with great pleasure that we invite you to our upcoming General Assembly this coming October 27th at Chat des artistes, at 6pm.
Satellite - Tijuana
SATELLITE
Read moreTo start its 26th birthday with a bang, DARE-DARE is programming an ambitious project entitled SATELLITE. DARE-DARE will travel to Detroit and Tijuana for three-week “artist-organization-in-residencies” in each city.
VIVA! Art Action
3rd editionRead moreVIVA! Art Action is a shared initiative between the artist-run centers articule, Clark, DARE-DARE, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Praxis art actuel and Skol, which gave rise to the first international live art event in Montreal in the fall of 2006.
Satellite - Detroit
SATELLITE
Read moreTo start its 26th birthday with a bang, DARE-DARE is programming an ambitious project entitled SATELLITE. DARE-DARE will travel to Detroit and Tijuana for three-week “artist-organization-in-residencies” in each city.
Écocité - sur le terrain
Read morecelebrates the diversity of new artistic practices that invest in non-traditional contexts and resonate with the challenges of eco-responsibility.
Javiera Ovalle Sazie
Anagramanicure - spontaneous supportRead moreThis action consists of displaying anagrams of the word revolution, created with the help of an experimental manicure.
GRAF' Roulotte
Read moreThe project will peak by the realization of a collective mural on the outer surfaces of DARE-DARE’s trailer office.
Dominique Sirois
Kiosk of the InvisibleRead moreUsing the framework of the Ontario Promenade sidewalk sale, Dominique Sirois continues to research presentation models inspired by the kiosk form.
Noémi McComber
New Flags for old MonumentsRead moreNoémi McComber’s interest in monuments and national emblems is through re-examining their place and pertinence in the face of today’s geopolitical and social realities.
Damien Beguet
PresentationRead moreDARE-DARE is pleased to welcome French artist Damien Beguet on Wednesday, April 13. Beguet will give a presentation on his artistic practice about infiltrating the industrial environment, an approach linking art and business as an artistic commerce.