Of things just around the corner…

by kit on January 20th, 2009

And in this case, I mean JUST around the corner, at Fairmount and Parc, aka where that fancy lady always waits for the 80, everyday, with the fur and the pearls and the dog(s) and the coke-induced glares.

On her way to her stop, she passes Articule, one of Montreal’s beloved local Artist Run Centres, currently hosting ARTARTAR it’s first ever Members’ Exhibition in its new space, a giant cacophony of art meets food meets fancy lady barfing up her dinner on her dog as she gets on the bus.

There are 2 events coming up for it over the next few weekends, a film screening to do with gastronomical-esque themes on the 24th of January at 7pm (which also includes a bowl of soup oh yeah, did someone say free hot dogs?) and InTerreArt, in collaboration with articule Special Projects, a performance event curated by Nicole Fournier (happening on the 1st of February at 3pm).

The members exhibition includes works from over 22 Montreal artists, and the events happening over the weekend(s) will present works by Nicole Fournier, Eric Letourneau and Tagny Duff, along with other performers including dogs, (did someone say free hot dogs?) plant food, micro-organisms and other interconnected matter. And yeah yeah, I’m in it too, so this is clearly a cheap plug, which is what 98% of my life consists of anyhow, so no surprise there.

And on a completely (un)related note, I know the image here is kindof small and maybe a bit thematically awkward but it was the first image I found googling, “fancy coke lady”, so it’s staying.