Free
Centre
Chromatic Myriad
August 15 → July 31
The PHI Centre showcases a light installation with evolving content, adapting to the seasons and exhibitions
PHI Centre
Space A
315 Saint-Paul St West
Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2M3
Doors: 7 pm
Show: 8 pm
General admission*: $20.44
Taxes and fees not included
*Seating not guaranteed
All visitors will be required to present their valid vaccination passport + 1 piece of ID upon arrival in the building. The vaccination passport is required to enjoy the facilities.
More information here.
An experimental music show featuring artists that iterate that very well in their work.
presents The Turning Centre Of A Still World with live visuals by Guillaume Vallée
The Turning Centre Of A Still World is Sharp’s first purely solo record and his most lucid, poignant, integral work to date. Following two acclaimed albums composed around particular collaborators and guest players, Sharp conceived his third as an interplay strictly bounded by his own body, his acoustic instrument, and his evolving bespoke electronic system. The Turning Centre... is a singular sonic exploration of human-machine calibration, interaction, expression and biofeedback.
A mainstay of Montreal’s avant-jazz, experimental and improv music community for many years, Jason Sharp is a saxophonist and electro-acoustic composer whose increasing focus on solo work since 2015 has yielded a unique corpus of music that fuses technology and the human body. Sharp blends a mastery of extended saxophone technique with customized microphones and electronics that translate his horn, breath and physical pulse into an array of triggers, samples and modular synthesis – resulting in formidable, visceral, highly evocative, and unfailingly musical works of electroacoustic biofeedback. Across three albums for iconic experimental music label Constellation, Sharp has been charting a singular soundworld embedded in his unique compositional processes, which rely on a combination of exceptional instrumental performance on baritone and bass saxophones, prefiguration/configuration of bespoke technology, discipline/control of corporeal bloodflow, and responsiveness to the stochastic variability of each performative iteration.
Sam Shalabi is an Egyptian- Canadian composer and improviser, living in Montreal, Quebec. Beginning in punk rock in the late 70s, his work has evolved into a fusion of experimental Arabic Music that incorporates traditional Arabic, shaabi, noise, classical, text, free improvisation, electronics and jazz. He has released 6 solo albums, 6 albums with Shalabi Effect, a free improvisation quartet that bridges western psychedelic music and Arabic Maquam and 4 albums with Land Of Kush (an experimental 30 member orchestra, for which he composes). He has appeared on over 60 albums and toured Europe, North America and North Africa. Recent projects include albums with Dwarfs Of East Agouza, a Cairo-based trio with Alan Bishop and Maurice Louca; albums with Karkhana, a group featuring members from all over the Middle East; the debut album by Moose Terrific (an electronic duo with Tamara Filyavich); collaborations with vocalist Nadah El Shazly, Oren Ambarchi; and a quartet with Brahja Waldman, Liam O Neil and Morgan Moore. He has also composed music for over 20 films in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
Symphony for Cutlery
Projections by Anthony Piazza
Annie-Claude Deschênes lives and works in Montreal. She is a visual artist, singer, keyboardist and singer-songwriter with the music group Duchess Says (Bonsound, Alien8 Recordings, Slovenly Recordings) and the band PYPY (Slovenly Recordings). She also studied sound design at Musitechnic and visual arts at Université Laval. The visual and performative aspect is a dominant part of all her projects. On stage, she is in a trance, she experiments and has fun making music visually palpable. She interacts with the audience, animates the space by improvising with the available objects and tries to distort the conventions of the show in an effort to capture the imagination of the crowd. Each musical performance becomes an immersive multidimensional experience where the audience is as much energized by the sound as by the visual and performative aspects. For her, visual art and music are inseparable.
Free
Centre
The PHI Centre showcases a light installation with evolving content, adapting to the seasons and exhibitions
Off-Site Location
The immersive experience Horizon of Khufu, presented in the Old Port, is a unique VR expedition to discover the wonders of Egypt
Free
Centre
A monthly gathering of live performances where art comes to life
Centre
An immersive exhibition that encourages you to explore the frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) through two unique and captivating experiences
At Place Des Arts
Off-Site Location
An augmented reality storybook that draws from advancements in augmented reality to transport you to the heart of a timeless tale
Free
Foundation
The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present Oma-je, the largest North American exhibition to date by acclaimed French artist Laure Prouvost
Free
Foundation
The PHI Foundation is pleased to present Spaces of Resonance, a public engagement project by artist My-Van Dam
Free
Foundation
Our Visitor Experience Coordination team offers guided tours in French and English of the exhibition Laure Prouvost: Oma-je during our opening hours