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The Partnership’s productions

One of the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership’s mandates is to animate the Quartier with cultural activities that complement other productions, with the aim of giving audiences exceptional experiences that change the way they see the city.

The Partnership also manages eight public spaces, enhancements to the overall cultural offering and the general promotion of the Quartier. Productions are grouped into five categories: participatory installations, urban design, animation, architectural video projections and exhibitions.

Learn more about the Partnership here.

Installations

Installations

A variety of art installations based on sound, light, interaction or participation, produced by the Quartier des Spectacles, animate the district.

Urban design and activities

Urban design and activities

Eight public spaces and Sainte-Catherine Street host numerous events and festivals, as well as the Partnership’s own productions.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

The public can choose from a number of art walks and outdoor exhibitions in the Quartier, often featuring photography.

Architectural video projections

Architectural video projections

Architectural video projections are a signature feature of the Quartier des Spectacles. Year round at nightfall, several building façades come alive with original artistic creations.

Tribute video projection

September 13 to November 12, 2023

Tribute video projection

Each year, an architectural video projection – a signature art form of the Quartier des Spectacles – will salute a person important to the Quartier, to be selected through an annual call for nominations issued to partners in the district. The initiative is the result of a process undertaken by the Partnership’s board of directors together with an advisory committee focused on recognition.

Luminothérapie

November 30, 2023 to March 10, 2024

Luminothérapie

This event gives Montrealers an original interactive winter experience in the Quartier des Spectacles for over 10 years.

Jardins Gamelin

From May to October since 2015

Jardins Gamelin

This green, welcoming public space is ideal for small and medium-size cultural events. A charming location in the heart of downtown, it has become a favourite spot for outdoor lunches or evening cocktails. By night, a luminous ambiance unique to the Quartier des Spectacles will complement the decor.

Surfaces, l’expo d’art urbain

August 23 to October 28, 2018

Surfaces, l’expo d’art urbain

This summer, the Quartier des Spectacles is taking the pulse of Montreal’s street-art scene. Surfaces, l’expo d’art urbain, running from August 23 to October 28 on the Promenade des Artistes, presents a group of unique urban artworks – they type of art usually seen in back alleys or on the sides of buildings. The 14 pieces in Surfaces – all original creations for the exhibition – are the work of 16 Montreal-based artists and collectives who were invited to unleash their creativity for this downt

Mouvements libres

May 2018

Mouvements libres

Mouvements libres is an experience that invites the public to be part of an ephemeral, experimental, collective and creative project in the form of a moving textual performance with poetic and political resonances.

KM3

August 30 to October 15, 2017

KM3

KM3 comprises 22 immersive, participatory or contemplative works, most of which were designed specifically for Montreal. Eighteen were created by artists from Quebec, and four by foreign artists. The works will occupy building façades, squares, parks, sidewalks and windows throughout the Quartier des Spectacles, helping people see the city in a new light – surprising, dreamlike, reinvented.

Common Space ?

October 1st to 18, 2015

Common Space ?

This project is the product of a creative process focusing on the human element at the heart of technology. It consists of a series of eight installations positioned throughout the Quartier des Spectacles. Visitors are invited to discover them on their own or through a guided tour. Combining the talents of 13 artists from seven countries, the project reveals the ways in which new technology affects our perception of our surroundings.

McLaren Wall-to-Wal

April 11 to June 1st, 2014

McLaren Wall-to-Wal

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary filmmaker Norman McLaren, in the spring of 2014, a special series of architectural video projections graced eight building façades in downtown Montreal. Among them were four winners of an international call for proposals, three interactive works by Montreal artists, and excerpts from nine of the great artist’s signature works.

The Partnership’s productions tour the world

The artworks and installations created and produced for the Quartier des Spectacles are in demand around the world.

See The Partnership’s productions map world tour since 2016