Image : Mathieu Labrecque

Image : Mathieu Labrecque

Room 1

Khoa Lê

Dans nos villes

EVENT /
JUNE 23 TO 28, 2018

OPENING AT CLARK /
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 7PM

FREE, WITH RESERVATION :
BIT.LY/DNV_23JUIN

Video Artists : Félix-Antoine Boutin, Julie Favreau, Scorpion Dagger, Khoa Lê, Jean-François Lesage, Diane Obomsawin, Julie Tremble  
Stage Direction : Khoa Lê  
Narrative : Macha Limonchik  
Text : Jonathan Bernier  
General Coordination and Assistant Direction : Caroline Boucher-Boudreau
Scenography : Odile Gamache
 

Following a preview during the OFFTA in front of a packed house at Restaurant Mon Nam, the happening Dans nos villes is kicking off its series of free performances throughout Montréal, from June 23 to 28.

Filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Khoa Lê gathered twenty artists around this project. Writer Jonathan Bernier wove a tale inspired by the legends of Vietnam - the actress Macha Limonchik performs it live - seven artists illustrated it in video segments - a scenography that adapts the projections and the show’s mechanic to every venue - and seven audio artists take turn creating the soundscape of the installation.

By adapting to its venues and the work of its artists and designers, Dans nos villes becomes a festive and eclectic encounter between the artists and the public in a mix of genres, art forms, artistic approaches and cultures.

TRAILER : vimeo.com/270007630

// SCHEDULE //

Saturday June 23 at 7 p.m. at Centre CLARK – 5455 De Gaspé Avenue #114

Adapting its scenography to the context of an art gallery, Dans nos villes separates its narrator and its musician for a performance/installation carried by the beats and soundscape designed by artist Ouri. Presented in collaboration with the Centre d’art et de diffusion CLARK.
Information and reservation : bit.ly/DNV_23juin
 

Sunday June 24 juin at 7 p.m. in an apartment – 6836 St-Denis Street

Dans nos villes sets up in an apartment where people live, leaving traces of their daily routine, for an intimate, ambulatory performance during which some 50 spectators will be transported by the voice of performer Gabriel Dharmoo.
Information and reservation : bit.ly/DNV_24juin
 

Monday June 25 at 9 p.m. at the Molson Park – Beaubien Street / Louis-Hébert Avenue

Dans nos villes invites families to a picnic performance under the stars, at the Molson Park in the heart of Rosemont, where it will be projected on a big screen with a film music backdrop by Foxtrott. Presented in collaboration with Cinéma sous les étoiles de Funambules Médias, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and l’arrondissement Rosemont Petite-Patrie.
Information and reservation : bit.ly/DNV_25juin
 

Tuesday June 26 at 7 p.m. at Quan-Am pagoda - 3781 De Courtrai Avenue

Dans nos villes is imbued with the sacred character of the Quan-Am pagoda and the sound design of Simon Gervais, exposing the narrative, geographic, sensible and poetic territories present in this tale.
Information and reservation : bit.ly/DNV_26juin
 

Wednesday June 27 at 7 p.m. at the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) – 3680 Jeanne-Mance Street

In the MAI theatre, Dans nos villes places the musicians of Dear Criminals and its narrator on stage, in front of an audience, under 3 giant screens for a stage performance of its evolving event. Presented in collaboration with the Festival de Nouveau Cinéma (FNC).
Information and reservation : bit.ly/DNV_27juin

 

Thursday June 28 at 7 p.m. at la Société des arts technologiques [SAT] – 1201 St-Laurent Blvd.

For its evening at the SAT, Dans nos villes becomes a large-scale installation with the simultaneously ambient and interactive electronic sounds of musician Ben Shemie. Presented in collaboration with la SAT and Les Enfants.
Information and reservation : bit.ly/DNV_28juin

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Production Direction (Field) : Bertrand Caussé  
Technical Direction and Lighting : Mathieu Denoncourt  
Sound Design : Jean-François Blouin  
Costume : Kate Lecours  
Make-up : Janick Sabourin-Poirier  
Graphic Design : Le Séisme  
Illustration : Mathieu Labrecque  
Video Editing : Mathieu Grondin
 

Dans nos villes is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter program. With this $35M investment, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.

The project has also benefited from the support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), and its partners : Le Centre d’art et de diffusion CLARK, Cinéma sous les étoiles de Funambules Médias, OFFTA, Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montreal International Documentary Festival, Vidéographe, PRIM, Post-Moderne, Les Enfants, Main Film, Société des arts technologiques [SAT], the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), l'arrondissement Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, MUTEK, Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui and Festival international du film sur l’art.