MOMENTA Creative
The MOMENTA Creative cultural mediation program invites you to discover a series of creative and reflective workshops, to participate in guided tours of our exhibitions, and to take advantage of our on-site cultural mediation. Available free of charge to groups and the general public, these activities offer creative ways to delve into the biennial’s theme, embracing the richness and diversity of our identities in a personal and engaging way.
For bookings, please contact us at: mediation@momentabiennale.com
Guided tours
Our guided tours are focused on discovering the biennial’s various exhibitions, and exploring societal issues through didactic and inclusive approaches. Tours are available in French, English and Spanish.
For bookings, contact us here.
On-site mediation
The MOMENTA Creative team will be available every Saturday at our various exhibition sites to answer your questions and engage in discussions around the artworks.
Join us at the following venues, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.:
Location: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Dates: September 9 and 16
Location: Centre Clark | Dazibao | Diagonale | OPTICA | Occurrence
Dates: September 16 and October 14
Location: Galerie de l’UQAM | VOX | Artexte
Dates: September 23 and October 21
Location: Fonderie Darling
Dates: September 30
Location: Galerie B-312
Dates: September 30 and October 21
Location: Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery | FOFA Gallery
Dates: October 7
Accessible Language
For each edition of the biennial, MOMENTA Creative explores new ways of making contemporary art more accessible. For the first time, the majority of our exhibitions will be accompanied by a text designed to facilitate the understanding of the exhibitions and ensure an inclusive environment for all.
Creative and reflective workshops
Our educational team has prepared 7 workshops based on the artworks exhibited during the biennial. In addition, an eighth workshop will be offered by our exhibition partner, daphne. Open to everyone, these workshops invite participants to creatively reflect on the role of the image today, as well as the perception of oneself and the other in the construction of our identities.
Find out more about our workshops and how to register below.
Galerie B-312
Workshop for all.
October 5, 2023
Join us for a discussion workshop around Michèle Pearson Clarke’s artwork Quantum Choir. Participants will get the opportunity to reflect on the notion of vulnerability linked to the expression of their identity, and to transform this feeling into a space for encounter. You will then have a chance to explore the liberating, self-affirming potential of singing by taking part in a karaoke session.
Workshop open to everyone: no reservation needed, limited spots available
Community and school groups: For bookings, contact us here.
Credit: Michèle Pearson Clarke, Quantum Choir, 2022
VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine
Workshop for community and school groups only.
Through the game of exquisite corpse, you will create a new narrative that draws on your family legends, making a story that is both distinct and collective. Inspired by the work of Tuan Andrew Nguyen, this exercise aims to demonstrate that each memory contains multiple layers and perspectives. Written by multiple hands, these composed memories will give rise to a story that is both shared and personal, blending imagination and reality.
Community and school groups: FULLY BOOKED.
Credit: Tuan Andrew Nguyen, The Specter of Ancestors Becoming, 2019
Workshop for all.
October 11, 2023
In this listening workshop led by Rémi Belliveau, a trans non-binary Acadian artist, you will be invited to participate in a discussion nourished by music. Inspired by Belliveau’s work L’Empremier live at Beaubassin (1970), you will travel back in time as you listen to songs imbued with nostalgia.
Workshop open to everyone: no reservation needed, limited spots available
Community and school groups: For bookings, contact us here.
Credit: Rémi Belliveau, L’Empremier jam, février 1969 [2022], radio Panasonic RF-7270, demo tape.
Occurrence
Workshop for all.
October 12, 2023
Immerse yourself in a reflection on the notion of the gaze, in dialogue with Chris Curreri’s Self Portrait with Luis Jacob. During a session of speed drawing and crossed portraits, explore the limits and links between seeing and being seen, being and seeming.
Workshop open to everyone: no reservation needed, limited spots available
Community and school groups: For bookings, contact us here.
Credit: Chris Curreri, Self Portrait with Luis Jacob, 2022 (detail).
McCord Stewart Museum
Workshop for all.
September 24, 2023
Give free rein to your creativity in this mask-making workshop. Bring out different facets of your personality and blur the boundaries of identity. Inspired by the work of Séamus Gallagher and led by artist and educator Maria Ezcurra, this workshop will give you the opportunity to express yourself freely by using a variety of materials to create an alter ego. You will also get the chance to embody your persona during a photographic session.
Workshop open to everyone: no reservation needed, limited spots available
Community and school groups: FULLY BOOKED
Credit: Séamus Gallagher, Terrified, Oh What Horrors!, Picture Me Better, 2020
daphne
Workshop for all.
September 20, 2023
Produced by the daphne art centre
Created and facilitated by Jobena Petonoquot and Meky Ottawa
A medicine bag is a small pouch, often worn around the neck, that may contain objects or materials considered important or sacred to the wearer. The artists present will be instructing participants on how to create, care for, and wear the bags they will create using moose (mos) leather. Though some medicines will be provided, the bags are often personal items, and as such participants are encouraged to bring their own medicines or other items to include.
Limited number of participants: 8
Recommended donation of $10 per participant to cover the costs of the materials
Reservations: please email daphne.artcentre@gmail.com to make your donation via e-transfer and reserve your place.
Credits: Rassemblement d’images: Mos, 2022, digital illustration for the publication of the play Akuteu (Soleil Launière, Éditions du Remue-ménage, 2023) © Meky Ottawa