Qu'est-ce qu'on peut construire sur un sol en mouvance

In CONVERSATION between Anouk VERVIERS and Didier MORELLI at OPTICA, on April 29, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Link of the event: here

The Chicken Is Just Dead First

Opening: April 22 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., in the presence of the artist. Commented visit of the exhibition by the artist in English, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Artist at School Program is Relaunched with Anouk Verviers!

OPTICA is pleased to announce the return of Artist at School, a program that allows elementary-school children to discover contemporary works of art accompanied by the centre’s cultural mediator and the artist on the program. At the end of April, a welcoming class for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders at the Iona School in Montreal will take part in two workshops in connection with Anouk Verviers’s exhibition, Qu’est-ce qu’on peut construire sur un sol en mouvance.

MOMENTA x OPTICA | Masquerades: Drawn to Metamorphosis; Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes, Visions on the Pond

Opening: Friday, September 8, 2023 - 5PM to 10pm
Guided tour of the exhibition by Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes: to be announced soon

MOMENTA x OPTICA | Masquerades: Drawn to Metamorphosis; Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde, Gemini: TEHNIKHEN (twins)

Friday, September 8, 2023
Opening: 5PM to 10pm
Performance of Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde: 7pm

Designed by curator Ji-Yoon Han, Masquerades: Drawn to Metamorphosis aims to explore the dynamics of visibility and invisibility that shape representations of the self and the other from the metamorphic potentials of mimicry. The exhibitions, the publication, and the public programs will be organized around this theme. Like a parade, the exhibitions form a sequence of surprising scenarios: humans who converse through mimicking parrots; a cephalopod that sways to the music of Whitney Houston; people with a complex about singing who form a choir; a scorpion, a bat, and a snake who unite their voices in a satirical musical comedy; and more.

OPTICA: 50 YEARS of HISTORY

Founded in 1972, OPTICA has sought to promote Canadian contemporary art and to raise awareness among diverse audiences about the issues underlying the discourses and practices in the visual arts through a varied program of exhibitions and critical and educational activities. The centre celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.