Check out the exhibitions and cultural activities featured at the PHI Centre and the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art.
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An immersive exhibition that encourages you to explore the frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) through two unique and captivating experiences
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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
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The PHI Foundation is pleased to present Spaces of Resonance, a public engagement project by artist My-Van Dam
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A Dolby Atmos listening experience of the new album, Wild God
Centre
An immersive exhibition that encourages you to explore the frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) through two unique and captivating experiences
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
Centre
A Dolby Atmos listening experience of the new album, Wild God
Centre
An immersive exhibition that encourages you to explore the frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) through two unique and captivating experiences
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
Centre
A Dolby Atmos listening experience of the new album, Wild God
Discover a world of creativity at PHI! We offer a wide array of cultural activities, including exhibitions, immersive experiences, live music shows, free events, and much more. Whether you're visiting the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art or the PHI Centre, you’ll find vibrant programs that create unforgettable contemporary art experiences in Old Montreal.
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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
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An ongoing collection of contemporary artworks, accessible and free at the PHI Centre
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Terms of Use brings together works that explore the impact of technologies on the definition, construction, and (re)framing of individual and collective selves
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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
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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
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An exhibition comprising a British immersive installation and four award-winning Taiwanese virtual reality works that take us through personal, empirical and historical experiences
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Daniel Fiset and Cheryl Sim, curators of the exhibition Terms of Use, will conduct four free guided tours for the general public
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The immersive experience Space Explorers: THE INFINITE, presented in the Old Port, is back in Montreal featuring new captivating content captured in space
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Project Immersed presents two unique audio experiences by talented local and international artists in the Habitat Sonore listening room for one day only
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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
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Take part in a live podcast recording discussing online hate and journalism in Canada with the journalist and host of Détours Emilie Nicolas
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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
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The Fury is a striking and moving tale about the enduring trauma experienced by a fictional female political prisoner
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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
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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
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An immersive exhibition that explores the connections between sexuality and technology
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The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Moridja Kitenge Banza: Inhabiting the Imaginary
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The exhibition marks the end of Wickramasinghe and Brisson-Darveau’s PHI Montréal public engagement residency, realized between September 2022 and June 2023
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The PHI Centre showcases a light installation with evolving content, adapting to the seasons and exhibitions
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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
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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
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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
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Montreal’s own duo, Pelada, returns to our stage to present their new album Ahora Más Que Nunca
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Presented at Place des Arts, New Media Pioneers celebrates the work of Michel Lemieux of 4D ART and Édouard Lock
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This is not a fashion show. This is not a drag show. This is PARADE!
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The rapidly rising DJ presents an exhilarating performance that fuses styles in his own unique way
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In collaboration with Film POP, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents Fictional Revolutionary Leaders, a double bill including Gloria Camiruaga’s Popsicles (1984) and Beatriz Santiago Muñoz’s Oriana (2022)
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The London-based DJ and singer will get you moving with her grooves celebrating soundsystem music
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The American singer and pianist performs her new album HIGH PRIESTESS
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A discussion imagined by Club Sexu in conjunction with the exhibition Sex, Desire and Data
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Elektra Festival invites the public to three evenings of audiovisual performances embracing this year's theme: Monde Futur.e World
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The past and the future are colliding and it is shifting our present moment. Elektra Festival invites the public to an afternoon where we will collectively reimagine the world of tomorrow
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Stories of goosebumps, ghostly encounters and the things that still haunt you
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The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents a conversation between artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Melissa Karmen Lee PhD, curator of the exhibition JOUEZ/PLAY
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The PHI Foundation is pleased to present JOUEZ/PLAY, a solo exhibition by artist Rirkrit Tiravanija
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The Bureau of Noncompetitive Research is a public engagement project by the collective of the same name. Taking place in the PHI Foundation’s Education Room
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The Montreal artist presents her soulful debut album, Perennial
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Experience Jon Hopkins' acclaimed beatless record in all its immersive glory at these Pitchblack Playback listening sessions in total darkness
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Drag artist Bijuriya will offer a reading of children’s books, followed by a creative activity led by an educator from the PHI Foundation
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Join us in celebrating the first anniversary of Habitat Sonore's creation, and the start of our brand-new programming
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The artist presents a mixture of haunted pop and hot-blooded R&B from her new album XO SKELETON
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During this ongoing activity offered by members of the Bureau amidst their installation, the public is invited to make their own demotivational posters
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To celebrate the release of the album, we invite you to an immersive performance by the artist. A new experience presented under our Habitat Sonore brand
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A night of music, dance and battles as the DJs journey from Jazz to House music
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The PHI Foundation invites you to participate in a guided tour led by our team of educators in order to discover the exhibition JOUEZ/PLAY by artist Rirkrit Tiravanija.
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The return of a cherished tradition: building up the courage to face the holidays by telling ourselves stories (in French) about family. An inexhaustible subject!
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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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In this public performance that probes the interview process to reveal all of its absurdity, the group proposes to meet potential candidates in order to find the ideal employee
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As part of the exhibition Rirkrit Tiravanija: JOUEZ/PLAY, the PHI Foundation offers zootherapy sessions in collaboration with the organization Flair Thérapie
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The PHI Foundation’s Education team is offering a sound exploration workshop for young visitors, designed and led by guest artist Magali Babin.
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A selection of influential albums from Montréal will be curated by three special guests: Marilou Lyonnais Archambault, Patti Schmidt, and Marie-Douce St-Jacques
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An immersive experience that traces the story of Claudette Colvin and her fight for civil rights in 1950s Alabama
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An interactive virtual reality adventure that takes audiences back to the heyday of the UK’s illegal Acid House rave scene of the late 1980’s
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Come and have a beer or a Coca-Cola with the three artists of the Bureau of Noncompetitive Research and learn more about their collective and individual practices as artists and pedagogues
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The Montreal multidisciplinary artist will be performing the ethereal bangers from her sophomore album In The End
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The immersive experience Horizon of Khufu, presented in the Old Port, is a unique VR expedition to discover the wonders of Egypt
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A night of new media performances by avant-garde musicians paired with video creators, invited by the Kohlenstoff collective
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Unknown stories from Montreal's Black communities, with panelists Will Prosper, Cassandra Exumé and Carla Beauvais
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Over the course of two days of dialogue, artists, educators and researchers will come together to present their research, offer workshops, reflect on the successes and failures of their respective practices, and discuss failure as a generative tool in the work of public engagement
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For their intervention, the Very Low Frequency Dub Collective will explore the space of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s untitled 1996 (rehearsal studio no. 6) (2023) for very low frequency radio signals
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A monthly gathering of live performances where art comes to life
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Through the free programming, you'll be offered a quest. If you're lucky, you'll get a chance to try your hand at fortune-telling. Stay tuned! A guide will be on hand to help you find it...
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The Plateaux of Mirror is an evening of sonic and musical performances organized in conjunction with the exhibition Rirkrit Tiravanija: JOUEZ/PLAY, as part of Nuit blanche à Montréal’s 21st edition
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An immersive sound and mixed media experience, performed by Paramirabo, that explores the silent formation of icicles
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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
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The artist will perform her tracks combining 19th century Egyptian musical concepts and electronic idioms
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3 nights. 3 different setlists. 6 guests (2 per night). 100 seats. April 3-4-5, 2024
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Come listen to stories (in French) on being gullible or the butt of a joke, on pulling a fast one or taking the bait. These stories of trickeries large and small will be told with all the humour of a good April Fools’ prank
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As part of Plural Art Fair’s programming, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents the panel: Diaspora and Disappearance in Contemporary Art: Plural Identities, with Eddy Firmin, Anahita Norouzi, and Yen-Chao Lin, moderated by Cheryl Sim
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Come celebrate Forward Music Group's 16th anniversary at the PHI Centre, featuring Backward Music artists Sarah Pagé, Nick Schofield and Charbonneau/Amato
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The multidisciplinary artist presents the minimal pop and electronic sounds of her first solo project, Les manières de table
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The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents a conversation with artists Sonia Boyce, Rajni Perera, and Marigold Santos, hosted by Cheryl Sim, Managing Director and Curator at the PHI Foundation
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The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present the North American premiere of FEELING HER WAY by Sonia Boyce DBE RA
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The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos: Efflorescence/The Way We Wake, an exhibition featuring recent paintings and sculptures produced by each artist from 2021 to 2024
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What is it like to immigrate to North America as an Arab? Wake Island explores this question in a tryptic featuring an immersive live performance with Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, a spatial audio listening experience and a role-playing video game
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Reflexive Constructions is a public engagement project by artist Natacha Clitandre taking place in the PHI Foundation’s Education Room, in parallel with the exhibitions Sonia Boyce: FEELING HER WAY and Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos: Efflorescence/The Way We Wake
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This drop-in activity invites the public to share names of BIPOC women who have contributed and contribute to the music scene locally and nationally, and to share anecdotes, testimonies and recollections of their importance in music history
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The artist presents her album launch show: a powerful solo experience on piano, where she sings her potently raw lyrics and talks to the audience about what it means to heal
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Our Visitor Experience Coordination team offers guided tours in French and English of the exhibitions Sonia Boyce: FEELING HER WAY and Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos: Efflorescence/The Way We Wake during our opening hours
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A discussion on how inclusion can build bridges without boxing us in, featuring Jorge Camarotti, Émilie Nicolas, Preach and Miryam Charles as panelists
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Two nights of music, dance, and battles await you for this fifth edition
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Go to the heart of Amazonian deforestation through this immersive video installation by artist Richard Mosse
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PHI Foundation educators will offer guided tours in both French and English of the exhibitions Sonia Boyce: FEELING HER WAY and Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos: Efflorescence/The Way We Wake
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The Montreal producer combines guitar, voice, and electronic production on the tracks of her new album, Spine
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The PHI Foundation offers guided tours and activities from the Creating at Home series for children and adults
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Presented at the PHI Centre: The PHI Foundation invites you to discover the results of the PHI Montréal 2024 residency through public engagement projects by artists Jacqueline van de Geer and Annie Baillargeon
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Presented at the PHI Centre: Cartography of Mutations is a performative encounter with artist Annie Baillargeon as part of the PHI Montréal 2024 exhibition
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Join a member of the Education team and artist Natacha Clitandre for a guided visit of our exhibitions followed by a creative activity
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Presented at the PHI Centre: Becoming is a performative encounter with artist Jacqueline van de Geer as part of the PHI Montréal 2024 exhibition
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KALLITECHNIS presents her most immersive project yet. MOOD RING - the live experience, is a meditation on multiple forms of love
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Presented at the PHI Centre: Intergenerational Tea Dance is an event from artist Jacqueline van de Geer as part of the PHI Montréal 2024 exhibition
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Presented at the PHI Centre: Meet Joy & Glittering Gloss is a performance with artists Annie Baillargeon and Jacqueline van de Geer as part of the PHI Montréal 2024 exhibition
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In the heart of Sonia Boyce’s exhibition, FEELING HER WAY, the PHI Foundation will host interviews with legendary television host Sonia Benezra and Rick.
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The PHI Foundation offers guided tours and activities from the Creating at Home series for children and adults
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Cheryl Sim, curator of the exhibitions Sonia Boyce: FEELING HER WAY and Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos: Efflorescence/The Way We Wake, will conduct guided tours of the exhibitions for the general public
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PHI celebrates the 25th anniversary of the MUTEK festival with an exclusive listening experience inside Habitat Sonore. The artists: Jonathan Kawchuk, Sofie Birch, Flabbergast and more
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This guided tour of the exhibitions Sonia Boyce: FEELING HER WAY and Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos: Efflorescence/The Way We Wake is intended for individuals of the D/deaf and hard of hearing community
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Sentient | Disobedient is a screening program of videos that evoke art history and the feminist practices that have marked it
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The PHI Foundation is pleased to present Stretching the Unison, a performance organized by Adam Kinner, featuring Erin Hill, Naomi McCarroll-Butler, and Frédérique Roy
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The atomic duo of Malika Tirolien and Caulder Nash is back to present their new album at the very place where this project was born
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The artist presents her debut album Motherland live for the very first time in the format of a one-woman show
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The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents a conversation with between artist Laure Prouvost and Aileen Burns, curator of the exhibition Oma-je
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The Montreal-based group led by composer Jason Sharp and poet Kaie Kellough launches its debut album
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The atomic duo of Malika Tirolien and Caulder Nash is back to present their new album at the very place where this project was born
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The artist presents her debut album Motherland live for the very first time in the format of a one-woman show
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The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents a conversation with between artist Laure Prouvost and Aileen Burns, curator of the exhibition Oma-je
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The Montreal-based group led by composer Jason Sharp and poet Kaie Kellough launches its debut album
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The atomic duo of Malika Tirolien and Caulder Nash is back to present their new album at the very place where this project was born
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The artist presents her debut album Motherland live for the very first time in the format of a one-woman show
Past Event
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The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents a conversation with between artist Laure Prouvost and Aileen Burns, curator of the exhibition Oma-je
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The Montreal-based group led by composer Jason Sharp and poet Kaie Kellough launches its debut album
