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27/9/2000

Biennale de Montreal

Palais du Commerce, Montreal

The Biennale de Montréal is an event bringing together contemporary artists in the fields of visual arts, as well as architects, town planners, and artists working with video and electronic media.

With its first edition in 1998, the Biennale de Montréal was launched as a follow-up to Les Cent jours d'art contemporain de Montréal, an unforgettable yearly event that allowed hundred of artists to gain recognition all through its eleven years of existence.

For its second edition, which will be held between the 28th of September and the 29th of October 2000, the Centre international d'art contemporain surrounded itself with a team of intuitive and enthusiastic curators, each of whom selected in their respective field of expertise a series of artworks representative of the current production in contemporary art.

In the visual arts component, for the most imposing exhibition in terms of number of participants as well as for the space it will occupy at the Palais du Commerce, the curator Peggy Gale gathered 35 artists from 11 countries around a proposition dealing with the relationship to " time ". Film, video, sculpture, photography, installation : all these mediums are bringing their contribution to the reflexion of this exhibition called Tout le temps/Every Time.

For his part, the curator Georges Adamczyk invited 16 Canadian architecture firms to exhibit their plans, models and sketches proposing a view of the house of today, the one which could be meeting all our modern requirements. In all, 24 housing projects will be on display.

Finally, Sylvie Parent, the curator for electronic arts, was interested in this "other world", which sometimes represents the virtual world, sometimes the beyond. The public will be able to peruse ten artworks conceived for the Web at the Internet café of the Biennale.

For the Montreal cultural milieu, this is the chance to witness a stimulating meeting of the minds between local creators and those from abroad. The Biennale de Montréal wants to be an occasion for exchange and discovery, not only for the artists themselves, but also for the public that wishes to get acquainted with new ways of expression in contemporary art and architecture.

It should also be noted that the Biennale will give the public the opportunity to see for the first time the projects and models submitted by the five finalists for the Grande bibliothèque du Québec architectural contest.

Peggy GALE will be the Visual Art Curator of the Biennale de Montréal 2000.

The CIAC - Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal - is a non-profit organisation dedicated to presenting visual arts exhibitions and events.It also produces publications and audio-visual documents. CIAC is very much concerned with the audience for contemporary art. For that reason special attention is given to groups wishing guidance during their visit of the exhibitions.

After ten years of being solely an office for the organization of the annual event Les Cent jours d'art contemporain de Montréal, CIAC opened a permanent venue at 314 Sherbrooke street East in a building designed by the famous Canadian architect, Ernest Cormier, in 1920.

On January 31st, 1999, CIAC closed his exhibition space at 314, Sherbrooke Street East. As an Office for Contemporary Art, CIAC remains as active as ever. At present, CIAC prepares La Biennale de Montréal 2000, among other projects.

La Biennale de Montreal 2000 - Tél. : (514) 288-0811 - Téléc. : (514) 288-5021

OPENING HOURS: Monday to Sunday, from 12h to 20h

Biennale organization office: 405, Sherbrooke St E., room 505, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2L 1J9

Exhibition Site: Le Palais du Commerce, Berri St, corner of Maisonneuve St E., Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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