PHI consists of the PHI Centre, PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, PHI Studio and artist residency programs. PHI also operates an editorial platform, Antenna, to engage with its community.
At the intersection of art, cinema, music, design and technology, the PHI Centre strives to push the boundaries of creative production and art consumption through its unique, unclassifiable, engaging and ever-evolving programming.
The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art (est. 2007 as DHC/ART) is a non-profit organization dedicated to contemporary art. The PHI Foundation presents major exhibitions, public events, education programs and public engagement initiatives.
PHI Studio specializes in the production and development of original content, as well as the marketing and distribution of immersive experiences. It is a catalyst for innovation that brings together artists, creators, directors and producers.
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The Antenna blog is an online editorial hub that reflects, explores, and questions the contemporary ethos through the lens of tomorrow's art.
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NEW INITIATIVE
Free Programming
Ready for a new artistic outing?
Discover the PHI Centre's endless selection of free programming all year round.
PRESENTING NOW
Screening
Film
Larry Achiampong: Film Screenings of the Relic Series ↗
Dec 3 → Dec 5
Discover the Relic short film series by Larry Achiampong online
Discussion
Society
Live
PHI Sessions 2021
Probing the Potential of Cultural Institutions
Dec 3 → Dec 10
<em>PHI Sessions 2021 </em>will be a two-day gathering of a range of voices concerned with the arts and culture milieu
Virtual reality
Music
Free
PHI-X Place des Arts ↗
Sep 14 → Dec 10
A musical journey in virtual reality
Installation
Contemporary Art
Larry Achiampong: PAN AFRICAN FLAGS FOR THE RELIC TRAVELLER’S ALLIANCE ↗
Sep 9 → Jan 1
This public art project is the Montréal iteration of the PAN AFRICAN FLAGS FOR THE RELIC TRAVELLERS’ ALLIANCE series
- Installation
- Contemporary Art
Larry Achiampong: PAN AFRICAN FLAGS FOR THE RELIC TRAVELLER’S ALLIANCE ↗
Sep 9 → Jan 1
Exhibition
Contemporary Art
Larry Achiampong: Relic Traveller ↗
Sep 9 → Jan 9
For Larry Achiampong’s first major solo exhibition in the Americas, the PHI Foundation presents Relic Traveller, an iterative, large-scale, multidisciplinary project ongoing since 2017
Exhibition
Film
Initiative
In Flux: Poetry Films
How Does Black Creativity Manifest?
Nov 13 → Jan 9
Discover a new series of short films made by Montreal's emerging Black artists
Exhibition
Contemporary Art
PHI MONTREAL Residency
… AND ROOM IN THE BAG OF STARS ↗
Sep 22 → Jan 9
A group exhibition that presents works produced in the context of the inaugural PHI MONTRÉAL residency, launched by PHI and carried out in the summer of 2021
Exhibition
Contemporary Art
MOMENTA Biennale de L'image
SENSING NATURE ↗
Sep 9 → Jan 9
For its 17th edition, MOMENTA Biennale de l’image invites us to consider environmental justice and its intersections with social justice as a matter of sensing and feeling as much as of analysis and grassroots activism
Virtual reality
Nature
We Live in an Ocean of Air
Sep 29 → Jan 16
Follow the path of your own breath in an immersive multi-sensory installation that will reveal the invisible connections between you and the forest - 15 minutes of pure meditation
Virtual reality
Space
Location
PHI VR TO GO ↗
Oct 8 → Jan 16
Virtual Reality at home, a unique way to escape by exploring multiple universes
Installation
Music
Free
Living Sound
Oct 27 → Jan 16
Tune out the everyday noise and lose yourself in a landscape of pure sound
Augmented reality
Technology
Free
Apparition
Oct 27 → Jan 16
A captivating augmented reality tour in collaboration with Acute Art, taking you from the main entrance to the rooftop terrace of the PHI Centre
Performance
Music
serpentwithfeet
Feb 19
The Brooklyn artist is thrilled to bring his new album DEACON to the PHI Centre stage, with Apollo Mighty as his opening act
Performance
Music
Laurence-Anne - Musivision
Apr 23
Laurence-Anne presents songs from Musivision in a unique show
Installation
Public Art
Free
Water Road
Nov 24 → May 24
The PHI Centre building comes to life with an interactive multimedia installation of a motion-activated river on its four-story windows on Saint-Pierre Street
Exhibition
Contemporary Art
Larry Achiampong: Relic Traveller ↗
Sep 9 → Jan 9
For Larry Achiampong’s first major solo exhibition in the Americas, the PHI Foundation presents Relic Traveller, an iterative, large-scale, multidisciplinary project ongoing since 2017
IN Session
PHI Residencies – IMMERSIVE
Develop, plan, and prototype an interactive artwork or immersive experience in this eight-week residency with PHI Studio
PHI Residencies - MONTRÉAL
Montreal artists: create an artwork during this 60-day production residency, which will be followed by an exhibition
FROM THE ANTENNA
Essay
Cultural Mediation
Memory: a Landscape of Moments, Each a Smoldering Ember
- Learning ,
- Contemporary Art
Essay
Cultural Mediation
Memory: a Landscape of Moments, Each a Smoldering Ember
- Learning ,
- Contemporary Art
Vaccine Passport
→ Effective September 1st
Following a decision by the Quebec government aimed at ensuring the safety of public events, proof of vaccination will be required for activities taking place at the PHI Centre. Only the PHI Foundation is not subject to the vaccine passport application.