To celebrate the center's 40th anniversary, DARE-DARE invites emerging artists to propose an ephemeral intervention for a festive, explosive 40-hour event.
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METHODS AND GAMES IN SPACE : HABITABLE ZONES II
Programming 2025-2026Read moreCALL FOR PROPOSALS
CELEBRATION AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMING for the 40th anniversary of DARE-DARERead moreSteve Giasson
NOUVELLES NOUVELLES PERFORMANCES INVISIBLESRead moreFrom November 25, 2025, to May 14, 2026, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, artist Steve Giasson will present a series of minimalist performances based on conceptual statements.
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.
CATHERINE LEVASSEUR-TERRIEN
Il y a ...Read moreThe project “Il y a...” is a stylistic exercise, a humorous narration that assembles trios of words and rearranges them into a formally informal, aphoristic proposition.
Archives
2019 two thousand and nineteen
Nady Larchet and Stéphanie Nuckle
Laliberté & BoisjolyRead moreNady Larchet and Stéphanie Nuckle's Duology project takes the form of soundtracks and furtive interventions in the public space.
ESTELA LÓPEZ SOLÍS
SATELLITE
MONTRÉAL ~ HABANA : Encounters in contemporary artRead moreExchange project aiming to foster exhibits, production and dialogues between artists and cultural workers from Cuba and Montreal.
VIVA! ART ACTION
Read moreOnce more this year were favoured practices of site-specific action art which incorporate an awareness of space and duration as formal and conceptual aspects of the work.
Nicholas Dawson and Gabrielle Giasson-Dulude
LA COURRead moreAfter investing DARE-DARE's public poetry billboard for several months with their own words, Gabrielle Giasson-Dulude (G) and Nicholas Dawson (N) begin their duology by gradually stitching together a common poetic backyard from those known throughout their lives.
Víctor Piverno
Residency
MONTRÉAL ~ HABANA : Encounters in contemporary artRead moreAn exchange project aiming exhibits, production and dialogues between artists and cultural workers from Cuba and Montreal, which will unfold in two moments : in Montreal (Spring and fall of 2019) and in Havana (Fall 2019).
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Read moreWe invite you to our upcoming General Assembly this coming Friday, September the 20th at 6.00 pm. @ Les Ateliers Jean-Brillant.
Villa — véhicule d’arts actuels et numériques
Spontaneous supportRead moreDARE-DARE hosts Villa, the contemporary art truck supported by Verticale Centre d'artiste.
Recap on SATELLITE MEXICO
SATELLITE
Read moreA friendly meeting to trace the retrospective of a fantastic experience. with Patrick Beaulieu, Sylvie Cotton, Martin Dufrasne, Nicole McDonald-Fournier, Estela López Solís, Sonia Pelletier and Jean-François Prost.
Helena Martin Franco
ALTÉROPHILIE ou Les Jeux de Force de Fritta Caro | Second occupation : PUTTING THE SHOULDERRead moreFritta Caro picks up the weightlifter's first movements, to create the Altero(s)philie; a treaty on the love of others.
Season opening of the HALTE
Documentation CentreRead morePavilion of reference and reflexion on art in Public Space.
GABRIELLE GIASSON-DULUDE
RuminantesRead moreOn the billboard will lay beasts, half asleep beasts, attentive to the to and fro movements of their stomachs.
LES SABINES
Message for the future (unsolicited 1%)Read moreEmboldened by their ten-year long collaboration, Les Sabines are thrilled to donate a monumental piece of art to the citizens of the South West district of Montreal.
Programming Launch
DUOLOGIE 2019-2020Read moreDARE-DARE launches its annual DUOLOGY program with a festive happy hour on Friday, June 21, Solstice Day.
202 500 steps in the city
Public screeningRead moreCome and take part in the reflexions of artists following their experimentation in the contemporary city, as seen through different theoretical lenses as well as spatial, social et political practices.
BOOK LAUNCH
Hugo Nadeau's new fanzinesRead moreMontreal launches of "Trop de réalité" and "Le Sauna-Rin 150W".
Fabuler l'École
Fabuler l'école
Experimental school projectRead moreDARE-DARE launches its experimental school project. This first, six-day laboratory will gather 15 people under the directive Fabuler l’école (Fantasize the School), as a way to imagine and experiment alternative pedagogies.
Jean-François Prost
Workshop — Spaces and situations in the contemporary cityRead moreParticipants of this workshop will explore the contemporary city through different spatial, political and social theories and practices.
Aménager-Communiquer
Neighborhood experience and innovationRead moreThis conference-experience is dedicated to the issues of communication in public space. The discussion between representatives of the academic, community and artistic communities is accompanied by a visit to the DARE-DARE artist-run center.
Gourmet READING GROUP
Reading circle
La généalogie du déracinement : enquête sur l'habitation postcolonialeRead moreThe Gourmet reading group comes with a gastronomic exploration inspired by the book and prepared by artist Érick d’Orion. At each meeting, a little group shares analysis and thoughts on an essay that they had been reading in the month leading to the gathering of the group.
Nicholas Dawson
Nous : tembloresRead moreDARE-DARE begins with the Montreal writer a new cycle of Public Writings
DUOLOGIE I
First runRead more"DUOLOGIE" consists in forming original duos, to activate our programming by this twinning and by the richness of the encounter of artists' sensitivities and singularities.
LIEVEN MEYER
Phony Monuments - Hygienic update May 2020Read moreThe heart of the "Phony Monuments" project is an audio-guided tour in the south of Montreal, which follows an itinerary comprised of different stops in the neighbourhoods of St-Henri, Griffintown and along the Lachine Canal.
Écritures Publiques
Chantal Neveu, Gabrielle Giasson-Dulude, Jonathan Lamy Beaupré, Marie-Paule Grimaldi, Maude Veilleux and Sébastien B. GagnonRead moreFollowing the (de)possession Evening of Poetry, DARE-DARE concludes the 2018-19 cycle of Public Writing with proposals from the 6 participating authors : Sébastien B. Gagnon, Gabrielle Giasson-Dulude, Marie-Paule Grimaldi, Jonathan Lamy Beaupré, Chantal Neveu and Maude Veilleux.
(dé)possession
Poetry eveningRead moreSébastien B. Gagnon, Gabrielle Giasson-Dulude, Marie-Paule Grimaldi, Jonathan Lamy Chantal Neveu and Maude Veilleux are the poets who will read, accompanied with sound ambience by Marie-Douce St-Jacques.
BOOK LAUNCH
Resisting Object - Dis/appearing SubjectRead moreThe zine collects, in the form of a publication, the documentation produced by the invited persons to a series of actions of the artist, so that the memory of the experience shared with the participants is the only trace of the realized performances.