Free
Centre
Water Road
November 24 → June 12, 2023
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
Free
Centre
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
Centre
Lashing Skies, is a captivating 45-minute immersive audio journey of 5 imagined stories on the edges of disaster during the events of September 11th, 2001 designed and directed by multidisciplinary artist Brigitte Poupart
Centre
Presented for the first time in Canada, ETERNAL is a 20 minute immersive audio experience for one person, alone in a bed
Foundation
The PHI Foundation will present the Canadian premiere of Douglas’s series Penn Station’s Half Century, and for the first time in Québec, the Disco Angola series
Series
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The Creating at Home series offers two video vignettes where the PHI Foundation’s educators present art activities proposed in the Activity Kit — Stan Douglas
Collaboration
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A multi-faceted project consisting of drawings, texts, posters and the powerful and moving short documentary film Pouvoir, directed by Paul Tom
Foundation
Nesting is an installation conceived to be experienced from two points of view: from our Education Room and from the street
Centre
An exhibition at the intersection of music, art, pop, media and technology in relation to the multifaceted techno scene, genres and political projects stemming from the subcultures of the 1980s to today and traces the processes of cultural and economic appropriation
Limited Places
Foundation
Inspired by the work of Stan Douglas, join us for an arts and crafts activity by playing with negative and positive space!
Centre
The Canadian artist presents the songs of her new album Ideas of Space
Centre
The veteran Chicago producer offers up cuts from her album Painful Enlightenment, along with other slabs of experimental ghetto house and twisted footwork
Collaboration
Foundation
The PHI Foundation, in collaboration with Onishka Productions and the Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui (CTD’A), presents the sound walk Marguerite: la pierre
Centre
Jardins Dispersés music series: Circuit des Yeux debuts new songs from her latest album -io
Free
Foundation
Caroline Sinders will be offering an online workshop as part of People’s History of the Internet, a research project which aims at producing a decentralized and global narrative of the network’s presence and impact in our daily lives
Centre
Two immersive Renaissance tableaux for our hyper-mediated digital era, these artworks by Marco Brambilla will engulf you in landscapes of pop-culture iconography
Centre
A special selection of award-winning VR works that will draw you into four distinct worlds sharing unique and powerful stories
Free
Foundation
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present an exhibition by Yayoi Kusama
Free
Foundation
bleu de lieu is a participatory installation that invites the public to stay, to rest, to meditate and to interact with the different elements found in our Education Room
Foundation
As part of the Papier 2022 Art Fair programming, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents the panel discussion Making Contradictions Visible: Artistic Practices in the Public Sphere
Foundation
In the performance FatherDaughter, Florencia Sosa Rey builds on a reflection about the circularity of relationships with the other. FatherDaughter connects two bodies, structured by the action of running
Collaboration
Foundation
In collaboration, the PHI Foundation and FIFA (International Festival of Films on Art) present Kusama: Infinity, a documentary on the life and work of artist Yayoi Kusama
Centre
The European music trios are crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time to bring their powerful energy to the beautiful city of Montreal
Centre
Celebrated Canadian artist presents experimental folk songs from latest album Say Laura
Foundation
In collaboration, the PHI Foundation and Film POP present a special double bill of Jack Smith’s titles I Was A Male Yvonne De Carlo (1967) and in 16mm Normal Love (1963)
At Place Des Arts
Off-Site Location
As Water Falls is a virtual interactive waterfall that explores various aspects of water and its metaphorical concepts. Admission is free
Centre
By proposing a collage of sound textures, La Chica brings together two worlds: Europe and Latin America
Centre
In the midst of an election campaign, Enfabulation brings you stories in French of alliances and battles, struggles of the personal or societal
Outside
Off-Site Location
The House of Murmurations is a public activation project where light and sound highlight and celebrate the historical architectural elements of this special site
Free
Foundation
Caroline Sinders will be offering an in-person workshop as part of People’s History of the Internet, a research project which aims at producing a decentralized and global narrative of the network’s presence and impact in our daily lives
Centre
Join us for a rare solo piano performance with Collis Browne
Foundation
In collaboration with Film POP, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents RASSEMBLEUR, a film program based on the power of gathering, whether to be guided through a moment together or to protest
Off-Site Location
To celebrate the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art’s 15th anniversary and the PHI Centre’s 10th anniversary, we invite you to an outdoor festive happy hour in collaboration with POP Montréal
Centre
An in situ performance by a loving duo presented on a soundtrack made from testimonies of citizen’s love stories
Foundation
As part of the Journées de la culture 2022, the PHI Foundation invites families to take part in a creative activity facilitated by the collective doux soft club
Centre
Exploring synthetic frontiers of utopia
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PHI invites you to celebrate the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art’s 15th anniversary and the PHI Centre’s 10th anniversary at its Retrospection-themed party
OFF Jazz Festival
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The two jazz groups will respectively present Musique d’Ailleurs and From the Astral
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An immersive audio / visual experience presenting the new body of work by Sika Valmé. Incorporating performance, artwork, a listening session, panel discussion, and opportunity for audience interaction with the artist
FIKA(S) Festival 2022
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Women in the music industry: Comparative views Québec / Nordic and Scandinavian countries & music showcase
FIKA(S) Festival 2022
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Safia Nolin will perform unique covers of Scandinavian and Nordic artists followed by a concert of her compositions
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The Brooklyn artist is thrilled to bring his new album DEACON to the PHI Centre stage, with Apollo Mighty as his opening act
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Hybrid hip-hop multi-disciplinary artist Emma Beko presents her two-part album Superficial Stains and Digital Damage on stage for the first time
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Four VR works to discover that were produced or co-produced by Luxembourg
Free
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Kultur | lx and the Arts Council Luxembourg invite you to discover creative works from Luxembourg that combine music, performance and dance
Sold Out
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Taking influence from 1950's Latin America Sound, Hermanos Gutiérrez will transport audiences through beautiful landscapes on their El Bueno y El Malo 2022 Tour
Centre
An immersive installation taking you through a symbolic journey around the concept of a minute stretched out in time
Webinar
Foundation
Join us for this talk with art historians Jennifer Sorkin and Alexander Dumbadze, who will discuss key aspects of Kusama’s body of work, as well as her massive impact and intense popularity
Centre
In the middle of the Month of the Dead, Enfabulation brings you stories in French about fear in all its forms
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A series of conversations at the PHI Centre with Canadian queer cinema, TV and game creators that challenge, engage and entertain us while offering up diverse representations of queerness across the media landscape
Centre
A panel discussion addressing the realities facing Indigenous languages throughout the world today
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Foundation
Share your dot of love invites participants to continue Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s goal of sharing love and spreading peace. After the workshops, participants are invited to visit the Yayoi Kusama exhibition DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE.
Foundation
In How to Stay Sleepy, visitors will be invited to experiment with their own experiences at the edge of sleep, the hypnagogic state and the remix of dreams, imagination and the everyday.
Centre
A night of new media performances from the Kohlenstoff collective by avant-garde musicians paired with video creators
Free
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An ongoing collection of contemporary artworks, accessible and free at the PHI Centre
Pop-Up
Foundation
The Holiday Market is an initiative that presents the artistic practices of employees of the PHI Foundation and some special guests
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Foundation
To highlight the end of the bleu de lieu project, doux soft club and the PHI Foundation invite you to état des bleus, a performative finissage
Last Chance
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AVALANCHE WARNING! Extreme conditions are expected for the 15th anniversary of Igloofest. Let's meet in the storm
Centre
The electro-pop duo present songs off their third album Chrysalism
Live
Foundation
Presented as part of the Nuit blanche à Montréal, The Left Space is a performance by Brendan Fernandes that will be presented in a special iteration at the PHI Foundation
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PHI proposes an evening at the museum for the 20th edition of the Nuit blanche à Montréal
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This conversation explores how interactive elements can reshape a piece, reinterpret the space, and reinvent the artist-audience dynamic in radically different ways
Free
Foundation
As part of the exhibition Terms of Use, Quentin VerCetty and the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art invite you to take part in the Missing Black Technofossils Here augmented reality (AR) walking tour
Free
Foundation
Terms of Use brings together works that explore the impact of technologies on the definition, construction, and (re)framing of individual and collective selves
Centre
Stories of best friends, co-conspirators, and partners in crime
Free
Foundation
I WILL NEVER FINISH REMOVING ALL THESE FACES. (GUIDED REFLECTION) is a public engagement project conceived by Nadège Grebmeier Forget and presented in dialogue with the exhibition Terms of Use
Past Event
Centre
An exhibition comprising a British immersive installation and four award-winning Taiwanese virtual reality works that take us through personal, empirical and historical experiences
Centre
The electronic artist presents her debut LP and self-directed short film, GOOD LUCK
Limited Places
Foundation
Daniel Fiset and Cheryl Sim, curators of the exhibition Terms of Use, will conduct four free guided tours for the general public
Centre
The artist stops in Montreal to present her latest tour Bless this Mess
Webinar
Foundation
In this online lecture, scholar Mikhel Proulx will consider how the landmark Indigenous internet art platform CyberPowWow offers a self-determined counterpoint to the cyberutopian discourse that has accompanied digital culture since the 1960s
Centre
Two full days of in-depth lectures focused on 3D animation
Sold Out
Foundation
During this event moderated by co-curator Daniel Fiset, you will learn more about Francisco González-Rosas, Nico Williams, Mara Eagle, and Chun Hua Catherine Dong
Past Event
Off-Site Location
The immersive experience Space Explorers: THE INFINITE, presented in the Old Port, is back in Montreal featuring new captivating content captured in space
Centre
The Montreal artist unveils his new album in a powerful immersive audiovisual performance
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The Toronto R&B artist will present the soul-filled songs from her album When Flowers Bloom.
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MTL 24/24 is proud to present the 4th edition of Montreal Night Summit at the PHI Centre and will focus on the theme NOX ✦ SPATIUM — the infinite space of the night
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A night of music, dance, and battles awaits you for this fourth edition
Foundation
For Dissections: Terms of Use, the PHI Foundation is delighted to present #theoryplushouseworktheory, a 12-hour online performance imagined by writer and artist Joanna Walsh
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The artist returns with her critically acclaimed debut album Mascarade on British Black-owned label Rhythm Section and brings fellow Montrealers along for the ride for a North American premiere of her live band performance
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A performance at the crossroads of contemporary dance, digital arts and design. Created by the transdisciplinary BEATS Collective to question our relationship with work and technology
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An exploration into the transformative power of music and sound
Limited Places
Foundation
For our Open House event, you are invited to participate in a creative activity with the artist who designed our public engagement project
Centre
Project Immersed presents two unique audio experiences by talented local and international artists in the Habitat Sonore listening room for one day only
Past Event
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A discussion on Taiwan’s multidisciplinary approach to extended reality (XR) and its leading role in highlighting local artists on the international stage
Centre
Take part in a live podcast recording discussing online hate and journalism in Canada with the journalist and host of Détours Emilie Nicolas
Sold Out
Foundation
Aerial Skin is a two-part video and performance program that examines how artists use the image to dissect notions as wide-ranging as identity, indigeneity, and queerness; space, safety, and belonging; community and the fragility of otherness
Centre
The Fury is a striking and moving tale about the enduring trauma experienced by a fictional female political prisoner
Limited Places
Foundation
As part of the public engagement project I WILL NEVER FINISH REMOVING ALL THESE FACES. (GUIDED REFLECTION), Nadège Grebmeier Forget will present a performance, titled REFRACTIONS, HOW TO ELEVEN
Past Event
Foundation
As part of the exhibition Terms of Use, Quentin VerCetty and the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art invite you to take part in the Missing Black Technofossils Here interactive guided tour with the artist
Past Event
Centre
An immersive exhibition that explores the connections between sexuality and technology
Past Event
Foundation
The exhibition marks the end of Wickramasinghe and Brisson-Darveau’s PHI Montréal public engagement residency, realized between September 2022 and June 2023
Past Event
Foundation
The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Moridja Kitenge Banza: Inhabiting the Imaginary
Free
Centre
The PHI Centre showcases a light installation with evolving content, adapting to the seasons and exhibitions
Past Event
Foundation
A program of gatherings with Kerstin Honeit, The Society of Affective Archives, and Rodolfo Andaur, that is grounded in historical references that problematize the notion of place and public art
Past Event
Foundation
Join artist Moridja Kitenge Banza and Cheryl Sim, Managing Director and Curator of the PHI Foundation for a guided tour and discussion of the exhibition Inhabiting the Imaginary
Past Event
Foundation
The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art invites Montréal cultural workers to discover the exhibitions Inhabiting the Imaginary by Moridja Kitenge Banza and Forgotten Traces by artists Amélie Brisson-Darveau and Pavitra Wickramasinghe
Past Event
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Montreal’s own duo, Pelada, returns to our stage to present their new album Ahora Más Que Nunca
Past Event
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The artist will perform her tracks combining 19th century Egyptian musical concepts and electronic idioms
Past Event
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Join us for a film and conversation on AI and the future of artistic creation with director Thibaut Sève and the Obvious collective
Past Event
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An immersive sound and mixed media experience, performed by Paramirabo, that explores the silent formation of icicles
Past Event
Centre
The artist will perform her tracks combining 19th century Egyptian musical concepts and electronic idioms
Past Event
Centre
Join us for a film and conversation on AI and the future of artistic creation with director Thibaut Sève and the Obvious collective
Past Event
Centre
An immersive sound and mixed media experience, performed by Paramirabo, that explores the silent formation of icicles
Past Event
Centre
The artist will perform her tracks combining 19th century Egyptian musical concepts and electronic idioms
Past Event
Centre
Join us for a film and conversation on AI and the future of artistic creation with director Thibaut Sève and the Obvious collective
Past Event
Centre
An immersive sound and mixed media experience, performed by Paramirabo, that explores the silent formation of icicles