Celebration Is the Theme for Montreal’s 10th Annual Luminothérapie Competition

March 17, 2018

The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership has opened a call for submissions for the Luminothérapie 2019-20 competition, marking the initiative’s 10th annual edition. Deadline for registration: April 18.

To mark the first 10 years, up-and-coming and established creators are invited to imagine an auditory, luminous and participatory installation for the Place des Festivals, inspired by the theme of celebration. Participants must also propose architectural projections for two nearby buildings: UQAM’s Président-Kennedy building and the Wilder Building – Espace danse. The primary work must inspire a sense of wonder both day and night and encourage active public participation, inviting people to move, meet, talk, and have a shared experience in a festive setting.

Luminothérapie is Quebec’s most important multidisciplinary competition for temporary participative public art installations. It quickly became one of Montrealers’ most treasured winter events. This year’s total production budget is $325,000.

“From the beginning, the Luminothérapie competition established itself on the artistic landscape as a wonderful opportunity to invite artists and creative people of every stripe, with or without experience with public space, to join forces and imagine participatory experiences that transform how people relate to public space in the winter,” says Pascale Daigle, director of programming for the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership. “Over the course of its first 10 years, Luminothérapie has led to the emergence of a true creative niche that values public space as a place for creating and sharing exceptional creative installations.”

Participants have until Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at noon Montreal time to register; the deadline for submitting proposals is Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at noon Montreal time. All submissions are anonymized and there is no registration fee.

Find out more: quartierdesspectacles.com.

Photo: Stephan Poulin

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