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do you hear your eye vibrate? (copie)

19 sept 2026, 2 pm to 5:30 pm
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Artist

Patrick Bérubé

Location

à la Maison de la culture Marcel-Robidas (14h) et à Plein sud (15h30)

Price

Entrée libre

Double exposition

Cet automne, deux lieux en dialogue : la Maison de la culture Marcel-Robidas et Plein sud, centre d’exposition en art actuel à Longueuil, invitent le public à découvrir l’œuvre fascinante de Patrick Bérubé, figure marquante de l’art actuel québécois. 

Dans ses installations immersives et ses sculptures d’assemblage, Patrick Bérubé transforme des matériaux du quotidien, récupérés, organiques et industriels, en véritables écosystèmes visuels qui interrogent nos rapports à l’environnement, au vivant et à la société. 

À la Maison de la culture Marcel-Robidas, plongez dans un parcours rétrospectif à travers plus de vingt ans de création. À Plein sud,  découvrez le chapitre final d’une trilogie artistique ambitieuse.

 

Vernissage en deux temps : 19 septembre, dès 14h

Pour souligner l'ouverture de cette double exposition, nous vous invitons à un vernissage se déployant dans les deux lieux.

Les festivités débuteront à 14h à la Maison de la culture Marcel-Robidas, puis se poursuivront à 15h30 à Plein sud, centre d'exposition en art actuel.

Afin de faciliter vos déplacements, une navette gratuite assurera un aller-retour entre les deux lieux. Vous pourrez ainsi profiter pleinement de cet événement et célébrer l'ouverture de la double exposition en présence de l'artiste.

Vin, bières Boldwin et popcorn gracieusement offerts.

Entrée libre. Tout le monde est bienvenu.

 

 

Et ainsi de suite ...

À la Maison de la culture Marcel-Robidas

Dans le cadre de la double exposition Et ainsi de suite…, la Maison de la culture Marcel-Robidas présente une rétrospective consacrée à Patrick Bérubé. À travers une sélection d'œuvres marquantes réparties en trois salles, l'exposition explore les grands axes thématiques d'une pratique développée depuis plus de vingt ans : les mécanismes de répétition qui traversent nos sociétés, notre rapport ambigu au temps et à la mémoire, et la puissante métaphore du mycélium — comme réseau souterrain qui relie les êtres vivants au-delà des frontières visibles. Avec ironie et dérision, Patrick Bérubé pose un regard critique sur le capitalisme, la surconsommation et la vulnérabilité des écosystèmes. Cette rétrospective invite à tisser des liens, à suivre les indices et à se perdre dans son vaste rhizome d'idées.

À Plein sud

Troisième et dernier volet de la trilogie Écho/Système, l'installation de Patrick Bérubé à Plein sud se déploie comme une projection vers l'avenir et une méditation sur les devenirs possibles du monde et de la matière. Une grande sculpture de cuivre et de mycélium évoque un bloc erratique, témoin silencieux d'un monde en transition. Une vidéo générée par intelligence artificielle, diffusée sur un imposant écran LED translucide, trouble la frontière entre réel et virtuel. Un tapis vert au sol convoque l'incrustation cinématographique et ses illusions. Organiques et technologiques, les œuvres interrogent les réseaux — naturels, numériques et sociaux — qui reconfigurent notre rapport à l'écosystème, au temps et à la mémoire.

 

Exposition du 19 septmebre au 20 décembre 2026

Chih-Chien Wang.Residues

Publication launch
14 may 2026, 5 pm to 7 pm
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Artist

Chih-Chien Wang

Location

Galerie de l’Université de Montréal

Price

Free

Plein sud éditions and the Galerie de l'Université de Montréal are pleased to invite you to the launch of the publication Chih-Chien Wang, Residues, a monograph co-published by Plein sud éditions and EXPRESSION, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, available in bookstores from May 14, 2026 and in the Plein sud éditions online shop.

The launch of this publication takes place as part of the exhibition Chih-Chien Wang. Archéologie de l'infime / Archaeology of Insignificance presented at the Galerie de l'Université de Montréal.

Chih-Chien Wang. Residues

Bilingual French-English edition
Hardcover and exposed-spine binding
Format: 20.3 x 25.7 cm
Featuring texts by Katrie Chagnon, Céline Huyghebaert, and Ariane De Blois, as well as an interview conducted by Sylvain Campeau.
 

Regular price: $70
Launch price: $67

Launch venue

Galerie de l’Université de Montréal
2940, ch. de la Côte-Saint-Catherine,
Pavillon de la faculté de l’aménagement
Room 0056

This work is a co-publication by Plein sud, centre d’exposition en art actuel in Longueuil, and EXPRESSION, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe. It was produced by Plein sud éditions and directed by Ariane De Blois, Artistic Director of Plein sud from 2020 to 2024, and curator of contemporary art at the Musée d’art de Joliette since 2024.

The launch of this publication takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Chih-Chien Wang. Archéologie de l’infime / Archaeology of Insignificance presented at the Galerie de l’Université de Montréal until May 30th.

Plein sud, centre d’exposition en art actuel in Longueuil, and EXPRESSION, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, warmly thank the Galerie de l’Université de Montréal for hosting this launch.

Chih-Chien Wang is represented by Galerie Pierre-François Ouellette in Montreal.

 

A Practice at the Crossroads of Documentary and Fiction

Since arriving in Montreal from Taiwan twenty years ago, Chih-Chien Wang has established himself as one of the most distinctive artistic voices of his generation through his photographs, video works, and installations. His work, situated at the intersection of documentary and fiction, explores themes of identity, exile, and memory, and questions with rare sensitivity the relationships we maintain with others and with the natural world. A keen observer of his surroundings, Wang has the ability to uncover poetry in the interstices of everyday life and to elevate what might, at first glance, appear entirely ordinary. His works linger on elements that, concealed within the turbulence of contemporary life, tend to escape us. They invite us to contemplate, to slow down, to attend to whispers and silences, and compel us, inevitably, toward a deeper reflection on the meaning of life. How do the traces of our past (personal as much as collective) shape our present and our sense of what lies ahead?

Trained initially as a documentary filmmaker in Taiwan, Wang turned to photography upon settling in Montreal, making image-making a means of familiarizing himself with an initially foreign place. This attentive practice, close in spirit to a phenomenological stance, runs through his work as a whole: whether in his still-life series featuring tropical fruits (which he himself describes as cognitive self-portraits), his relational projects documenting spaces inhabited by others, or his performative videos exploring the construction of identity and the mechanisms of memory and forgetting, Wang continually seeks to establish common ground from which to enter into relation with the world and with others. His work has earned him the Prix Louis-Comtois, awarded by the City of Montreal and the AGAC, in 2020, as well as the Canada Council for the Arts Photography Prize (Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography) in 2017, two distinctions that attest to the recognition his practice has garnered within the contemporary art community.

 

A Publication Form That Reflects the Artist’s Approach

This 340-page publication sets itself apart through its form, conceived in keeping with Wang’s own practice. Rather than following the conventional monograph structure, chronological and primarily text-driven, Residues takes certain formal liberties in order to offer an embodied understanding of the artist’s practice, rather than a strictly intellectual perspective.

The publication takes the form of two volumes housed in an elegant slipcase: one devoted to texts, the other to images. Designed to be read separately or together according to each reader’s preferences, the two volumes encourage unexpected encounters and free association between the writings and the works. The 150 photographic reproductions gathered in the image volume were selected intuitively, drawing from different bodies of work to create a renewed, poetic reading experience that echoes the sensory dimension of Wang’s practice itself. Rather than exhibition documentation, it is the works themselves that take centre stage, enabling an intimate engagement with the artist’s practice.

 

Three Texts, Three Perspectives

The text volume brings together three contributions of different genres, each approaching the richness and complexity of Wang’s work in its own way.

Katrie Chagnon, associate professor in the art history departments at UQAM and Université Laval, and editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine Spirale since 2021, opens the volume with an essay titled Chih-Chien Wang: In Search of Shifting Ground. Drawing on a phenomenological approach, Chagnon explores the quest for belonging, spatial, temporal, and identitary, that underlies the artist’s practice. She examines how the recurring motif of water evokes a Benjaminian image of origin as something irreducible to rootedness, and considers how imagination and the notion of becoming are mobilized in Wang’s work to explore an existence woven from affects and multiple interactions.

Céline Huyghebaert, artist and writer, recipient of the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2019, contributes an original fiction text composed in response to Wang’s works. This literary piece extends, on a formal level, the invitation to free association that runs throughout the publication, offering entry into the artist’s universe through a sensory and narrative mode rather than through analysis.

Finally, an interview conducted by Sylvain Campeau, poet, art critic, essayist, and curator of some forty exhibitions, gives the artist direct voice, offering readers privileged access to his own thinking about his trajectory and the enduring questions that run through his practice.

do you hear your eye vibrate?

Opening
23 may 2026, 2 pm
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Artist

Nada El-Omari

Location

Plein sud

Price

Free entry

New Exhibition at Plein sud!

Plein sud is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition do you hear your eye vibrate? by Nada El-Omari, on Saturday, May 23, at 2 p.m., in the presence of the artist.

Wine, Boldwin beers, and popcorn graciously provided.

Free admission. Everyone is welcome!

do you hear your eye vibrate?

Artist Nada El-Omari presents do you hear your eye vibrate?, an immersive installation in which image, sound and text dialogue in disjunction, exploring the acoustic imaginary of incarceration and the regimes of perception that shape our existences. Recipient of the Plein Sud 2025 Grant, she proposes a project rooted in contemporary concerns related to memory, diasporas, and systems of control, both visible and invisible.

Starting from the idea that sound acts both as a tool of power and a space of resistance, El-Omari expands the notion of incarceration beyond the prison cell and prison complex, considering it as a diffuse condition. The prisons she evokes are material, political, and affective. They manifest in the soundscapes we forget to listen to, in imposed silences, and in dominant narratives. A 20-minute looped soundscape composes an immersive environment in which familiar textures gradually morph, revealing the porosity between comfort and constraint.

The installation is structured around five “windows” of moving images drawn from archives collected over the past two years in both analog and digital formats. Rooted in a process-driven approach to cinema, the artist privileges fragment, repetition, and disjunction over linear narration. The eye is invited to inhabit duration, to become a witness to the tensions between urban movement, everyday gestures, and predefined freedom.

Scattered texts throughout the space—poems, phrases, notations—activate an embodied and mobile reading. Writing operates as trace and projection, between memory and becoming. At Plein Sud, the exhibition transforms the gallery into a site of critical resonance, where listening and looking become acts of awareness and resistance.

May 9 to June 27, 2026

Creative workshop with Nadège Grebmeier Forget (copie) (copie)

13 june 2026, 1 pm to 4 pm
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Artist

Gabrielle Dagenais

Location

Plein sud

Price

Entrée libre

Material

Matériel fourni
Reserve

Atelier de création animé par Marilou Lyonnais Archambault

La vie d’artiste — Atelier de création de bas-reliefs en papier 
13 juin 2026, 13h-16h

Activité gratuite — tout public (7 ans et +) 
Places limitées — réservation requise

Réservation

Pour toute question, contactez-nous à education@plein-sud.org

L’atelier de création est accompagné d’une visite guidée de l’exposition en cours à Plein sud, animée par Romy Lepage.

Cette activité est offerte uniquement en français.

Offert gratuitement à Plein sud grâce à l’appui de la Ville de Longueuil, La vie d’artiste est un programme d’activités de médiation culturelle axé sur la pratique artistique. Il invite le grand public — enfants et adultes dès sept ans — à venir créer aux côtés d’artistes professionnel·les, le temps d’un atelier favorisant la découverte, l’échange et le partage des démarches et savoir-faire artistiques.

Atelier de création d'une sculpture sonore - Ondes sensibles

Samedi 13 juin 2026 de 13h à 16h à Plein sud 

Travaillant à l’intersection du son, de la sculpture et de l’installation immersive, Marilou Lyonnais Archambault propose l’atelier Ondes sensibles. Les participant·es y réalisent une sculpture sonore intégrant un dispositif électronique DIY. Après une initiation à l’écoute créative et à l’électronique simplifiée, chacun façonne une forme en argile destinée à accueillir un haut-parleur miniature. L’activité se conclut par une écoute collective, où les sculptures chantantes deviennent autant d’objets hybrides qui traduisent le son en matière.

·Atelier – Par une approche techno-artisanale, les participant·es réalisent une sculpture sonore intégrant un mini-haut-parleur et un circuit électronique DIY. Après une introduction à l’écoute active et à l’électronique simplifiée, chacun choisit un son à partir d’une banque de captations sonores. Guidés par la technique du modelage en argile, ils façonnent une forme biomorphique destinée à accueillir le dispositif sonore. L’activité se conclut par une écoute collective, où les sculptures chantantes deviennent des objets hybrides qui traduisent le son en matière.

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Les participant·es prendront part à une courte visite guidée de l’exposition présentée à Plein sud (local D0626) dès 13h. L’atelier se tiendra ensuite dans l’Espace créatif de Plein sud, situé au 150, rue De Gentilly Est, local C056, jusqu'à 16h.

Les places étant limitées, les réservations sont obligatoires et ce, avant jeudi 10 juin 2026. 

Biography

 

Photo : Lawrence Fafard


Marilou Lyonnais Archambault est une artiste multidisciplinaire, musicienne et éducatrice. Titulaire d’un baccalauréat en éducation des arts visuels et médiatiques de l'UQAM, elle poursuit actuellement une maîtrise en Intermedia à l'Université Concordia. En solo ou au sein de son duo Saudade, elle a participé à des festivals tels que Suoni Per il Popolo, MUTEK et FIMAV, partageant la scène avec des artistes tels que Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Oliver Coates, CS+Kreme et Nadah El Shazly. Elle anime les émissions musicales Dreams and Tales sur CKUT et Saudade sur N10.AS, explorant des univers sonores éclectiques et des dialogues entre musique, nostalgie, atmosphère brumeuse et rêverie. Ses œuvres ont été présentées à PHI, Eastern Bloc, Expression et Never Apart, et soutenues par le Conseil des arts du Canada

Démarche artistique

La pratique de Marilou Lyonnais Archambault se situe à l’intersection de la sculpture, du son, de l’image en mouvement et de l’installation somatique. Elle explore des thèmes tels que la mémoire, le vivant et les espaces liminaires, à travers une approche techno-artisanale mêlant matériaux traditionnels (céramique, métal, textile) et technologies électroniques (circuits sonores, projections).

Inspirée par la science-fiction spéculative (Ursula K. Le Guin, J.G. Ballard), les artistes femmes du surréalisme, l’écoféminisme ainsi que les théories de l’écoute (Pauline Oliveros, Ione, Daphne Oram), elle crée des environnements contemplatifs, souvent musicaux, invitant à la décélération, à la rêverie active et à une attention sensible au monde.

Son travail se déploie à travers des sculptures-haut-parleurs, des installations audiovisuelles et des environnements immersifs, où elle interroge le potentiel poétique et relationnel du son, de la lumière et de la matière. Elle privilégie des temporalités lentes, organiques et affectives, en résonance avec les rythmes du vivant, afin de proposer des expériences collectives où écoute, douceur et présence deviennent des gestes politiques porteurs de soin, mémoire et réenchantement.

 

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Creative workshop with Nadège Grebmeier Forget (copie)

25 apr 2026, 1 pm to 4 pm
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Artist

Gabrielle Dagenais

Location

Plein sud

Price

Entrée libre

Material

Matériel fourni
Reserve

Atelier de création animé par Gabrielle Dagenais

La vie d’artiste — 
25 avril 2026, 13h-16h

Activité gratuite — tout public (5 ans et +) 
Places limitées — réservation requise

Réservation

Pour toute question, contactez-nous à education@plein-sud.org

L’atelier de création est accompagné d’une visite guidée de l’exposition en cours à Plein sud, animée par Romy Lepage.

Cette activité est offerte uniquement en français.

Offert gratuitement à Plein sud grâce à l’appui de la Ville de Longueuil, La vie d’artiste est un programme d’activités de médiation culturelle axé sur la pratique artistique. Il invite le grand public — enfants et adultes dès cinq ans — à venir créer aux côtés d’artistes professionnel·les, le temps d’un atelier favorisant la découverte, l’échange et le partage des démarches et savoir-faire artistiques.

Atelier de création — 

Samedi 25 avril 2026 de 13h à 16h à Plein sud 

Artiste et pédagogue, Gabrielle Dagenais explore la sculpture et le dessin en valorisant des techniques accessibles et durables, comme le papier mâché et le collage. Son atelier propose la création de bas-reliefs en papier à partir de moules façonnés en pâte à modeler végétale réutilisable. Les participant·es développent un dessin préparatoire, puis explorent le modelage et le moulage pour réaliser une œuvre collective et écoresponsable. Cette activité ludique et inclusive met en avant la matérialité du papier et l’importance de la réutilisation des matériaux.

Atelier : Les participant·es découvrent une technique durable et DIY développée par l’artiste pour produire des bas-reliefs en papier. Après avoir créé un dessin préparatoire sur le thème de la nature, ils sculptent leur image dans de la pâte à modeler, puis appliquent de la pâte à papier réutilisée. Les œuvres sont démoulées après séchage. Cet atelier met de l’avant l’aspect cyclique des matériaux et sensibilise à la réutilisation, tout en ouvrant un espace ludique et accessible où chacun peut explorer les possibilités sculpturales du papier.

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Les participant·es prendront part à une courte visite guidée de l’exposition présentée à Plein sud (local D0626) dès 13h. L’atelier se tiendra ensuite dans l’Espace créatif de Plein sud, situé au 150, rue De Gentilly Est, local C056, jusqu'à 16h.

Les places étant limitées, les réservations sont obligatoires et ce, avant jeudi 23 avril 2026. 

Biography

 

Gabrielle Dagenais

Photo : Justine Latour

Gabrielle Dagenais est une artiste multidisciplinaire basée à Tio’tia:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal et diplômée en Arts visuels et médiatiques à l’Université du Québec à Montréal dans le profil enseignement des arts (2021). À la fois artiste et pédagogue en arts visuels au primaire, ses pratiques d’enseignement et de création se nourrissent mutuellement, autant dans les thématiques abordées que dans les techniques employées. La place faite à l’intuition et au plaisir dans sa pratique résulte aussi de cet échange. Son travail a été diffusé dans le cadre d’expositions collectives à Arprim, au Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides et à la Galerie de l’UQAM.

 

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General registration opens for Art Soleil camps 2026

Art soleil
7 mar to 19 june 2026
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Location

Plein sud

Price

Variable

General registration for Art Soleil 2026 camps is now open.

Camp 2 are already full, but there are still places available for Camps 1 & 3.

You can fill out an online form right away via the following link:

Registration form

Or, if you are new to Art Soleil, you can find all the details about the day camps offered by Plein Sud on our dedicated page:

Discover Art Soleil

Closing event – Configurations

26 mar 2026, 6 pm to 9 pm
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Artist

Nicolas Grenier

Location

Plein sud

Price

Entrée libre

Plein sud is pleased to invite you to the closing event of Configurations, an exhibition by Nicolas Grenier, on Thursday, March 26, starting at 6 p.m., in the presence of the artist and curator Marianne Cloutier.

Wine, Boldwin beers, and popcorn will be generously provided.

Free admission. Everyone is welcome!

 

 

Configurations

Configurations presents the evolution of Grenier’s practice over the past fifteen years through a body of work composed of preparatory drawings, a selection of small studies, and four paintings. The exhibition reveals the strong influence of his formative years at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles, the conceptualism characteristic of the West Coast, and the stark social inequalities typical of this major American city. Following his time in the United States, his work adopted a decidedly political stance, focusing on the structures that organize our lives, our societies, and our cities. By examining economic systems as well as their connections to political doctrines and ideologies, Grenier casts a joyfully cynical eye on the power relations at work within these systems, including those of the art world itself. He illustrates the ways in which these configurations do—or do not—accommodate certain realities, and even certain individuals, and how each person’s experience of the world depends on them. In doing so, he exposes the intrinsic absurdity of the very foundations of these systems, often built on principles of exclusion, as well as the fragile shifts that can occur from one idea to another, one conviction to another, and one social status to another.

Curator: Marianne Cloutier
Exhibition: January 24 to March 28, 2026

Photography: Guy L'Heureux

Creative workshop with Nadège Grebmeier Forget

La vie d'artiste
7 mar 2026, 1 pm to 4 pm
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Artist

Nadège Grebmeier Forget

Location

Plein sud

Price

Entrée libre

Material

Matériel fourni
Reserve

(French only)

Atelier de création animé par Nadège Grebmeier Forget

La vie d’artiste — Matière à éprouver, mémoire cuisinée
7 mars 2026, 13h-16h

Activité gratuite — tout public (6 ans et +) 
Places limitées — réservation requise

Réservation

Pour toute question, contactez-nous à education@plein-sud.org

L’atelier de création est accompagné d’une visite guidée de l’exposition Configurations, en cours à Plein sud, animée par Romy Lepage.

Cette activité est offerte uniquement en français.

Offert gratuitement à Plein sud grâce à l’appui de la Ville de Longueuil, La vie d’artiste est un programme d’activités de médiation culturelle axé sur la pratique artistique. Il invite le grand public — enfants et adultes dès six ans — à venir créer aux côtés d’artistes professionnel·les, le temps d’un atelier favorisant la découverte, l’échange et le partage des démarches et savoir-faire artistiques.

Atelier de création — Matière à éprouver, mémoire cuisinée

La pratique de Nadège Grebmeier Forget se situe entre performance, installation et image, avec une attention particulière à la transformation du corps. En accumulant gestes et matières, elle interroge la représentation de soi et la mémoire du regard.

L’atelier qu’elle propose à Plein sud invite les participant·es de tout âge à explorer la nourriture comme matière artistique et sensorielle. À l’aide de substances sucrées, collantes ou volatiles, chacun·e « cuisine » une cartographie sensible inspirée d’émotions, de souvenirs et de perceptions corporelles.

L’activité transpose son approche performative en engageant la nourriture comme prolongement du corps. Par une exploration intuitive des textures, des couleurs et du geste, les participant·es créent une œuvre éphémère, suivie d’un rituel collectif favorisant l’écoute, la liberté sensorielle et la créativité intergénérationnelle — une expérience où la trace devient mémoire.

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L’atelier se tiendra dans l’Espace éducatif de Plein sud situé au 150, rue De Gentilly Est, local D0626, de 13h à 16h. Les places étant limitées, les réservations sont obligatoires et ce, avant jeudi 5 mars 2026. 

Biography

 

Photo : Justine Latour

Nadège Grebmeier Forget développe une pratique interdisciplinaire alliant performance, installation et image. Par des dispositifs où le corps, le regard et la temporalité se répondent, elle met en jeu la construction de soi et la tension entre visibilité et effacement. Son travail a été présenté au Canada et à l’international, notamment à la Fondation PHI, à la Fonderie Darling, au Musée d’art de Joliette, chez Basement (Berlin) et Astérides (Marseille). Lauréate du Prix Pierre-Ayot (2019), ses recherches ont été diffusées par AWARE et Routledge.

À mi-chemin entre le travail corporel et matériel, la pratique interdisciplinaire de Nadège Grebmeier Forget explore la transformation du corps et de l’image à travers la performance, l’installation et l’image en mouvement. Ses œuvres prennent la forme de mises en scène sensibles où le corps devient surface de projection, et l’écran, un espace pictural entre le privé et le public.

Elle performe souvent dans l’intimité de l’atelier ou face à la caméra, accumulant gestes et matières pour interroger la représentation de soi, le regard et les mécanismes de médiation. Objets, miroirs, maquillage ou nourriture deviennent des catalyseurs de métamorphoses troublantes. En superposant les couches, pigments sur la peau, images découpées, reflets démultipliés, elle produit une esthétique de la surabondance, évoquant la dysmorphie, le désir et la frénésie de consommation.

Naviguant entre réel et irréel, ses performances oscillent entre visibilité et effacement. Qu’elles soient diffusées en ligne ou vécues dans la fugacité du présent, elles questionnent la pérennité de l’image et de la présence. Nourrie par les féminismes, sa démarche s’ancre dans le corps et la psyché comme lieux de connaissance et de résistance, où la lenteur, l’intensité et la dissolution deviennent des formes de pensée.

 

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Configurations

Opening
24 jan 2026, 2 pm
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La nouvelle gauche
Photography: Nicolas Grenier, La nouvelle gauche, 2020. Huile et acrylique sur toile.

Artist

Nicolas Grenier

Location

Plein sud

Price

Admission is free

Plein sud is pleased to invite you to the opening of Nicolas Grenier's exhibition Configurations on Saturday, 24 January, at 2 p.m., in the presence of the artist and curator Marianne Cloutier.

Free wine and popcorn will be served.

Admission is free. Everyone is welcome!

Configurations

Drawing from a selection of significant works alongside a series of studies, most of them previously unknown to the public, Configurations offers a look back at the last fifteen years of Nicolas Grenier’s painting practice. The exhibition highlights both the technical progression of one of Québec’s foremost painters of his generation and the evolution of a fundamentally conceptual approach. Rooted in a reflection on political systems and the organization of our lives, societies, and cities, Grenier’s art subtly underscores, with a touch of irony, the inherent absurdity of the structures in which we live.

Curator: Marianne Cloutier
Exhibition from January 24 to March 28, 2026

Results of the fundraising draw and Recap of the Plein Sud 40th Anniversary Celebration

Fundraising event
4 dec 2025, 5:30 pm to 10 pm
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Soiréee 40e
Photography: Guy L'Heureux

Location

Plein sud

A memirable celebration !

Plein sud wishes to warmly thank the entire community for attending its 40th anniversary festive evening last Thursday, December 4th. Thanks to your presence, this major event successfully celebrated four decades of contemporary art and cultural commitment in Longueuil.

The evening began with the screening of the film Cozic, presented in collaboration with the Longueuil Arts Council, in the presence of Monic Brassard and co-director Céline B. La Terreur. The celebration then continued in Plein sud's exhibition hall, where guests enjoyed delicious local products and collectively celebrated the vitality of contemporary art within our community.

The evening concluded with a highly anticipated moment: the drawing of the fundraising raffle winners, which generated great enthusiasm and connection among the participants.

A successful evening

Thanks to the generosity of participants, ticket sales for the fundraising draw and silent auctions raised a total of $14,500 for Plein sud's activities.

Congratulations to all the winners of the eleven artworks in the draw, as well as to the lucky buyers in the silent auction.

Draw results

Mathilde Varanese
Gagner tout le temps, pleurer souvent II (2025)

Ticket drawn : Varanese 002
Winner : J. Métivier

Amanda Préval
Cercles de tresses bicolores (2023–2024)

Ticket drawn : Préval 001
Winner : J. Métivier

Daria Elas
Fleur des murs (2025)

Ticket drawn : Elas 014
Winner : R. Lebeau

Émile Riopel
En trot (2025)

Ticket drawn : Riopel 011
Winner : N. Berger

Karen Tam
Bubbles and Sea Anemones (2024)

Ticket drawn : Tam 002
Winner : L. Séguin
Pierre Ayot
White Swan (1968)

Ticket drawn : Ayot 005
Winner : L. Meunier

Anne Ashton
El Conejo (2015)

Ticket drawn : Ashton 004
Winner : G. Goyer-Ouimette
Chih-Chien Wang
We need to start from somewhere – Hand (2018–2024)

Ticket drawn : Wang 023
Winner : M. Hakim

Marc Séguin
Tête aimée (2003)

Ticket drawn : Séguin 010
Winner : N. Belanger

Luce Meunier
Dégel no 12 (2024)

Ticket drawn : Meunier 038
Winner : I. Raymond

François Lacasse
Petits spectres VI (2022)

Ticket drawn : Lacasse 052
Winner : H. Lacasse

 

Acknowledgement of the City of Longueuil

 

Lyette Bouchard (member of the executive committee), Catherine Fournier (mayor), and Hélène Poirier (executive director). Photo: Guy L'Heureux

The evening also featured a wonderful surprise: an official gesture of recognition from the City of Longueuil. Plein sud had the honor of receiving a certificate highlighting its importance in the community, presented by Mayor Catherine Fournier and Lyette Bouchard, member of the executive committee responsible for culture. This gesture highlights the significant place that Plein sud occupies in the history and cultural life of Longueuil.

Acknowledgments

Plein sud and its board of directors would like to express their deep gratitude to artists Anne Ashton, Bertrand Carrière, Daria Elas, François Lacasse, Luce Meunier, Amanda Préval, Émile Riopel, Karen Tam, Mathilde Varanese, and Chih-Chien Wang, as well as donors Robert Lebeau and Suzanne Lemire, who generously donated works to mark the 40th anniversary.

We would also like to thank our valued partners—Kombucha Gutsy, Boldwin beers, Les Subversifs, and Fromagerie Hamel de Boucherville—for their delicious beverages and products, which helped make the evening even more enjoyable and memorable.

Finally, a big thank you to the mayor of Longueuil, Catherine Fournier, and Lyette Bouchard for their presence, as well as to the Longueuil Arts Council for its financial support for the screening of the film Cozic. We would also like to thank all the individuals and organizations who helped make the event a success, including the Théâtre de la Ville, Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, and Guy L'Heureux for taking photos of the evening.

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Creative workshop with Noémie Sauvageau

La vie d'artiste
15 nov 2025, 1 pm to 4 pm
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Location

Plein sud

Price

Free

Material

Materials provided

Creative workshop with Noémie Sauvageau

La vie d’artiste — Jouer avec le vivant
November 15, 2025, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Limited admission — Reservations required

Reservation

If you have any questions, please contact us at education@plein-sud.org

The creative workshop is accompanied by a guided tour of the Corps Saumâtres exhibition, currently on show at Plein sud, led by Amanda Préval.

This activity is offered in French only.

La vie d’artiste is back with a brand new program! This edition offers four creative workshops throughout the year, inviting participants to meet, experiment, and discover current artistic practices.

The workshop Jouer avec le vivant (Playing with Life), designed and led by visual artist Noémie Sauvageau, kicks off the season!

Offered free of charge at Plein sud thanks to the support of the City of Longueuil, La vie d'artiste is a program of cultural mediation activities focused on artistic practice. It invites the general public—children and adults aged six and up—to come and create alongside professional artists in a workshop that promotes discovery, exchange, and sharing of artistic approaches and know-how.

Workshop Jouer avec le vivant

Inspired by ecopoetics and writing, Noémie Sauvageau creates ephemeral installations and site-specific works using locally harvested plant materials. Her workshop Jouer avec le vivant (Playing with Life) transposes this approach by offering a sensory and poetic experience centered on working with natural materials: clay, wood, herbs, dried flowers, and fibers. A large table laden with natural materials invites participants to experiment freely through modeling, rubbing, assembling, or printing. Introspective writing also plays an important role and accompanies the process, inviting everyone to connect sensations, gestures, and reflections.

The workshop encourages improvisation, curiosity, and play, while creating a collective map of living things and inviting participants to reconnect with their sensitive relationship to nature.

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The workshop will be held in the Plein Sud Educational Space located at 150 De Gentilly Street East, room D0626, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Space is limited, so reservations are required and must be made before Thursday, November 13, 2025.

Biography

Noémie Sauvageau

Picture : Thomas Loiselle, 4 year-old

Noémie Sauvageau cultivates a deep love for life in all its forms. Her career, marked by a wide range of experiences—including teaching, coaching, creation, and research—has nurtured a sensitive understanding of our connections, our vulnerability, and the subtle forces that link us to nature. Trained in philosophy, she approaches thought as an embodied, porous gesture.

Rooted in her hypersensitive relationship with the world, her artistic practice is first and foremost a way of inhabiting the world. Poetry, experimentation, and play become tools for interaction and understanding. She considers play to be a form of gentle resistance, a space for discovery where we learn to dialogue with living things rather than constrain or dominate them. The creative act is a way of listening, of connecting, in the same way that she gardens, approaches a stranger, or cooks.

 

 

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Celebration Night

Fundraising event
4 dec 2025, 5:30 pm to 10 pm
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Plein sud

Price

Admission is free

Plein sud celebrates 40 years of contemporary art in Longueuil!

To mark its 40th anniversary, Plein sud warmly invites you to a festive evening on Thursday, December 4. To celebrate four decades of contemporary art and cultural engagement in Longueuil, a special program has been prepared:

  • Screening of the film Cozic

  • Wine, cheese, and chocolate served

  • Silent auction of two iconic artworks (Cozic and Bertrand Carrière)

  • Sale of art books from Plein sud éditions, special 40 years for 40 dollars promotion

  • Exclusive sale of limited edition Christmas cards signed by Marc Séguin (set of five)

  • Draw and announcement of the winners of the raffle for eleven artworks

  • Door prizes

  • Free admission

Join us as we celebrate this milestone moment in our collective history.

 

Evening Schedule

5:30 p.m. — Screening of the film Cozic
Directed by Etienne Desrosiers and Céline B. La Terreur
A. Lassonde Cinema (C30), Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
180 De Gentilly Est Street, Pavillon Le Caron
With Monic Brassard (Cozic) and co-director Céline B. La Terreur in attendance
Free admission, no reservation required

7:00 p.m. — 40th Anniversary Celebration at Plein sud
Plein sud exhibition space (D0626), Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
150 De Gentilly Est Street
With Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier in attendance
Free admission, no reservation required

8:30 p.m. — Closing of raffle ticket sales

9:00 p.m. — Draw and announcement of the winners of the benefit raffle for eleven artworks

 

Screening of Cozic — 5:30 p.m

Premiering in Longueuil, Plein sud and the Conseil des arts de Longueuil present the screening of the film Cozic by Etienne Desrosiers and Céline B. La Terreur. This 70-minute feature offers a sensitive and poetic glimpse into the world of artists Monic Brassard and Yvon Cozic, major figures in Quebec contemporary art whose playful and engaged practice blends ecology, color, and imagination.

The screening will take place on Thursday, December 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the A. Lassonde Cinema (C30) at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
180 De Gentilly Est Street, Pavillon Le Caron

With Monic Brassard and co-director Céline B. La Terreur in attendance.
Free admission, no reservation required.

The screening of Cozic was made possible in part thanks to the valuable support of the Conseil des arts de Longueuil.

 

Fundraising Draw — Eleven Artworks

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Plein sud is holding a benefit raffle featuring contemporary artworks generously donated by artists closely connected to the center’s history as well as by supporters who share its mission. Together, their contributions highlight the vitality of the center and the essential role of contemporary art in our community.

Eleven unique artworks are up for grabs. Each piece will have its own separate draw, giving eleven participants the chance to win an artwork.

Raffle tickets are available now on the Plein sud website for $40 each and will be on sale until December 4 at 8:30 p.m.

Only 100 tickets are issued per artwork.

The total value of the prizes exceeds $30,920.

All proceeds will go toward supporting Plein sud’s activities.

Please note: You do not need to be present to win.

Raffle Artists:

François Lacasse
Luce Meunier
Marc Séguin
Chih-Chien Wang
Anne Ashton
Pierre Ayot
Karen Tam
Émile Riopel
Daria Elas
Amanda Préval
Mathilde Varanese

Discover the artworks and buy your raffle ticket.

 

Silent Auction of Two Iconic Artworks

Alongside the raffle, Plein sud is also presenting two artworks in a silent auction, chosen for their strong connection to the center’s history.

The first piece is by Cozic, an essential duo in contemporary art. Plein sud dedicated a major retrospective exhibition to them in Longueuil in 1998, as well as the most comprehensive monograph on the duo to date. Monic Brassard (of Cozic) also served as chair of Plein sud’s board for more than ten years, leaving a lasting mark through her commitment and vision. The artwork up for auction comes from a private donation, reflecting the esteem and long-standing relationship between Cozic and Plein sud.

Cozic, Petits bâtons, 2000
Bamboo sticks, cork, brass, acrylic paint, pins
59 × 63 cm
Unique artwork

The second artwork is generously offered for the occasion by Bertrand Carrière, a prominent figure in contemporary photography in Quebec with whom Plein sud has maintained a long-standing relationship. In 2007, he created an ambitious photographic project for the center to mark the 350th anniversary of Longueuil, resulting in a body of work highlighting the dialogue between art, history, and urban space. A major monograph published in 2020 traced his work up to that point, showcasing the richness, coherence, and evolution of his practice. His entire body of work, attentive to memory, territory, and visual storytelling, holds a significant place in the history of Plein sud as well as in that of Longueuil.

Bertrand Carrière, from the series Réinvention d’un lieu
Motel Oscar, Longueuil, 2009
Inkjet print
43.2 × 55.8 cm
Edition 5/10, 2025

How to Participate in the Silent Auction

You can place bids in two ways:

1. On site, during the festive evening

  • Write your name and bid amount on the form associated with the artwork you are interested in.

  • Bids must be made in minimum increments of $100.

  • You may place as many bids as you wish.

  • The auction closes at 8:30 p.m. on December 4, 2025.

  • The highest bid recorded before the closing time wins the artwork.

2. In advance, in writing

  • You can send your bids in advance by email to: plein-sud@plein-sud.org

  • Clearly indicate the title of the artwork, your bid amount (in $100 increments), and your contact information.

  • Your bid will be recorded on the official form the evening of the event.

  • You do not need to be present to win: absent winners will be contacted the following day.

Important reminders

  • All bids must respect the $100 minimum increment.

  • In case of a tie, the earliest submitted or recorded bid takes priority.

  • Winning bids must be paid the same evening.

Remerciements

Plein sud wishes to express its deep gratitude to the artists Anne Ashton, Bertrand Carrière, Daria Elas, François Lacasse, Luce Meunier, Amanda Préval, Émile Riopel, Karen Tam, Mathilde Varanese, and Chih-Chien Wang, as well as to donors Robert Lebeau and Suzanne Lemire, who generously contributed artworks to celebrate the 40th anniversary.

We also thank Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier for her presence, the Conseil des arts de Longueuil for its financial support of the screening of Cozic, and everyone who participated in this event.

Your contribution helps sustain the vitality of the center and supports the promotion of contemporary art in Quebec.

 

 

 

Plein Sud’s 40th Anniversary Fundraising Draw

Fundraising event
1 oct to 4 dec 2025
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Location

Plein sud
 
$40 each / one single draw for all 11 artworks
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From October 1, 2025, to December 4, 2025, at 8:30 p.m.

Plein sud's 40th anniversary is being celebrated with an artwork fundraising draw to benefit its exhibition, publishing, and educational activities. Eleven unique works, donated by artists connected to the center's history, are being put up for prize. Each will be the subject of a separate draw, giving 11 participants the chance to win a work of art.

Tickets, priced at $40 each, are on sale on this page from October 9 to December 4, 2025, inclusive. Only 100 tickets are available per work.

The draws will take place on Thursday, December 4, at 8:30 p.m., at the Plein Sud center, during the 40th anniversary Celebration Night (free entrance).

It is not necessary to be present: winners who are absent during the draws will be contacted the following day.

The total value of the prizes is estimated at $30,920.

 

List of the 11 artworks in order of drawing

Mathilde Varanese
Gagner tout le temps, pleurer souvent II (2025)

Ceramic (white stoneware and glazes)
Dimensions: 30 cm in diameter
Value: $550

Learn more and participate in this draw

Amanda Préval
Cercles de tresses bicolores (2023–2024)

Installation (three elements)
Dimensions: 9 x 21 cm in diameter per element
Value: $770

Learn more and participate in this draw

Daria Elas
Fleur des murs (2025)

Light sculpture
(Porcelain, cement, colored pigments, wood, LEDs, electrical components)
Dimensions: 12.7 × 10.8 × 3.1 inches
Value: $900

Learn more and participate in this draw

Émile Riopel
En trot (2025)

Sculpture (three elements)
Sandstone, maple wood
Dimensions: 23.9 × 8.9 × 5.9 inches
Value: $900

Learn more and participate in this draw

Karen Tam
Bubbles and Sea Anemones (2024)

Printed fabric (scarf type)
Printed mulberry silk habotai. Inv: KT2024TX002
Limited edition of 20 copies (here 2/20)
Dimensions: 135 × 31 cm
Value: $900

Learn more and participate in this draw
Pierre Ayot
White Swan (1968)

Assemblage of colored cardboard (framed)
Silkscreen and mixed media. Edition: 28/35
Dimensions: 46,4 × 53,7 cm
Value: $4,000

Learn more and participate in this draw

Anne Ashton
El conejo (2015)

Oil on wood
Dimensions: 30 × 25 cm
Value: $1,500

Learn more and participate in this draw
Chih-Chien Wang
We need to start from somewhere – Hand (2018–2024)

Photograph (framed)
Inkjet print. Edition: 3/25
Dimensions: 30,48 × 38,1 cm
Value: $1,500

Learn more and participate in this draw

Marc Séguin
Tête aimée (2003)

Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 12 x 10.6 inches
Value: $5,000

En apprendre plus et participer à ce tirage

Luce Meunier
Dégel no 12 (2024)

Acrylic paint on canvas
Dimensions: 92 × 77 cm
Value: $6,000

Learn more and participate in this draw

François Lacasse
Petits spectres VI (2022)

Acrylic paint on canvas
Dimensions: 91,4 × 76,2 cm
Value: $8,900

Learn more and participate in this draw

Number and cost of tickets

  • 100 tickets will be available for each artwork in the draw, for a total of 1,100 tickets.
  • Each artwork is associated with 100 unique tickets, numbered from 001 to 100.
  • All tickets are sold at a fixed price of $40 each and provide one entry per draw.
  • The odds of winning are 1 in 100 for each artwork if all tickets are sold. If fewer tickets are sold for a given artwork, the odds improve proportionally (1 in the total number of tickets sold for that artwork).
  • All ticket purchases are final and non-refundable.

Ticket sales

Tickets are distributed exclusively by Plein sud and can be purchased from its staff, representatives, or through Plein sud’s secure online store (https://plein-sud.org). Ticket sales begin on October 1, 2025, and end on December 4, 2025, at 8:30 p.m., or earlier if tickets sell out.

Date, location, and procedure of the draw

The draws will take place at Plein sud, contemporary art exhibition center, on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 8:30 p.m., as part of the 40th anniversary Celebration Night, in the presence of witnesses. A separate draw will be held for each of the 11 artworks, starting with the piece of the highest value, following the order announced in these rules. Any ticket deemed ineligible will be immediately discarded and replaced by another draw for the same artwork.

Claiming prizes

Winners will be notified by phone and email within 48 hours of the draw. Their names will also be published on Plein sud’s website and Facebook page. Prizes must be claimed no later than January 15, 2026, at Plein sud’s office (150 De Gentilly East, Longueuil). After this date, Plein sud reserves the right to conduct a new draw under the same conditions for any unclaimed artworks.

Eligibility

pen to all residents of Québec aged 18 and over. Employees, board members of Plein sud, and individuals living in the same household are not eligible.

General conditions

Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred or exchanged. By participating, entrants agree to the raffle rules and to Plein sud’s final decision. This draw is subject to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (RACJ). Any dispute will be submitted to the RACJ, whose decision is final.

The purchase of a ticket for the Plein Sud artwork fundraising draw constitutes participation in a game of chance offering the possibility of winning a prize. In accordance with current tax regulations, this purchase is not considered a donation. Therefore, no official receipt for tax purposes can be issued for the purchase of a draw ticket, since there is a consideration in return: the real chance of winning a work of art or one of the prizes offered.
Your participation directly contributes to supporting Plein sud's programming, cultural mediation and artistic activities. We thank you for your support.

Brackish Bodies

Opening
18 sept 2025, 6 pm to 9 pm
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Artist

Maria Simmons

Location

Plein sud

Price

Admission is free

Double event!

Plein sud is pleased to invite you to the opening of Maria Simmons' exhibition Brackish Bodies on Thursday, September 18, from 6 to 9 p.m., in the presence of the artist and the curator, Maude Johnson. This evening will also be an opportunity to celebrate the launch of the new issue of ESPACE art actuel magazine, Minerals.

Complimentary wine and popcorn will be served.

Admission is free. Everyone is welcome!

 

Brackish Bodies

Fascinated by bogs and wetland environments, Maria Simmons explores concepts of contamination, fermentation, and preservation through works that intertwine science, folklore, and mythology. The exhibition Brackish Bodies, presented as part of Manifestation JE/US 2025, creates a liminal space where past and present, surface and underground, the living and the non-living intersect. Rooted in the artist’s experience of the
St. Lawrence River and peatland ecosystems, this new installation combines ceramics, reeds, seaweed, tannic water, saltwater, and freshwater. Brackish Bodies opens up possible ways of reconnecting with our environment and with the immemorial natural phenomena that shape it.

Curator: Maude Johnson
September 13 to November 22, 2025

Launch of ESPACE art actuel's new issue, Minerals

Launch of ESPACE art actuel's new issue, Minerals. Issue 141 bears witness to the emergence of a geological consciousness in contemporary art, attentive to memories and past lives buried in rocky mountains, open-pit quarries or manufactured goods. Artists are inquisitive and critical when considering the presence of minerals, their expressiveness and their ability to act on and modulate their environments. More than just landscape elements, the study of these minerals and stones reveals the surprising itineraries of matter and the interdependence of the globe’s regions and the bodies covering it.

ESPACE art actuel is a bilingual (French and English) magazine founded in Montreal in 1987 by the Centre de diffusion 3D (CDD3D), a non-profit organization. Dedicated to promoting artistic practices related to the notion of spatiality, the magazine publishes three issues a year (January, May, September) and holds an online platform. It also organizes activities such as discussions, round tables, and conferences that contribute to sharing knowledge and stimulating reflection regarding the status of art within an ever-changing cultural landscape.

demi-mesure

Closing event
3 july 2025, 5 pm to 9 pm
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Artist

demi-mesure

Location

Espace transmission

Closing Event – demi-mesure

Thursday, July 3, from 5 to 9 PM at Espace Transmission

Satellite Exhibition – Plein sud at Espace Transmission

EXHIBITION + DEMI-MESURE BOOK LAUNCH + ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2025 PLEIN SUD GRANT RECIPIENT

After being presented at Plein sud, centre d’exposition en art actuel à Longueuil, from May 17 to June 28, the demi-mesure exhibition continues in Montréal with a special satellite edition at Espace Transmission, from July 3 to 6, at 5435 des Érables Avenue, Montréal.

Free admission. Everyone is welcome!

This return to Montréal brings the artist duo back to the very place where they first met in 2020, during a creative residency that marked the beginning of their collaboration. Since then, the building that houses Espace Transmission has been revitalized—just like the duo’s practice, which now embraces new material explorations. This re-presentation becomes an opportunity to bring together the works, the artists, and their place of origin in a renewed temporality, where space and matter are transformed.

The demi-mesure artist book will be available for purchase at a cost of 50$ on-site throughout the event.

Plein sud warmly invites the public to the closing event on July 3 at Espace Transmission where the recipient of the 2025 Plein sud Grant we also be announced.

Program and Schedule :

Thursday, July 3, from 5 PM to 9 PM

  • 5 PM – Closing event and book launch, with the artists and the Plein sud team
  • 6 PM – Announcement of the 2025 Plein sud Grant recipient

July 4 to 6, 2025, from 12 PM to 7 PM – Free admission

Extended presentation of the exhibition at Espace Transmission in Montréal

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