BNLMTL 2014
L’avenir (looking forward)
22 October 2014–4 January 2015
Press and professional preview: 21–22 October
Opening days public programmes: 20–23 October
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La Biennale de Montréal is pleased to announce its complete programme and to launch BNLMTL 2014′s website for L’avenir (looking forward). BNLMTL 2014 combines a multi-sited exhibition, a dynamic series of panels, talks, performances, publications, conferences and other special events at cultural and academic institutions and public spaces throughout the city.
L’avenir (looking forward) examines how contemporary artists give form to the question of “what is to come?” Shifting between assessment and anticipation, clearly grounded in the “now,” and informed by echoes of the past, the exhibition looks towards the future and strives to unveil a range of possibilities and rekindle some that may have been prematurely foreclosed. Through a broad range of works and media, including 25 new projects in film and video, sculpture, photography, painting, installation, performance and new media, L’avenir (looking forward) promises viewers powerful experiences: moments for contemplation, invitations to wonderment, occasions for exchange and calls to action. For the complete list of artists and participants, please see our website.
La Biennale de Montréal has been completely reimagined with new executive and curatorial leadership. The 2014 edition of BNLMTL, L’avenir (looking forward), was conceptualized by Gregory Burke and Peggy Gale, and developed in tandem with co-curators Lesley Johnstone and Mark Lanctôt of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. All four curators worked in close collaboration with Sylvie Fortin, Executive and Artistic Director of La Biennale de Montréal. BNLMTL 2014 is presented by La Biennale de Montréal and co-produced with the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in collaboration with many Montréal institutions, including the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine, SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Darling Foundry, Parisian Laundry, Arsenal Contemporary Art and more.
Accreditation for the professional and press previews
Request your accreditation for BNLMTL 2014′s preview days here. Accreditation registration ends on 13 October.
Professional and press preview schedule:
Tuesday, 21 October, 10am–1pm: Press conference and press preview, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Tuesday, 21 October, 1–4pm: Press and professional preview, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal and more
Wednesday, 22 October, 10am–4pm: Press and professional preview, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Wednesday, 22 October, 7–10pm: Official opening, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Tuesday, 21 October, 7–10pm: Benefit preview opening, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Opening days programme:
Wednesday, 22 October, 9am–5pm
Artists’ panels and lectures featuring Edgar Arceneaux, Amanda Beech, Ursula Biemann, Ryan Gander, Basim Magdy, Hito Steyerl, Ann Lislegaard, Susan Norrie, Althea Thauberger, Suzanne Treister, Étienne Tremblay-Tardif and more
Thursday, 23 October, 9am–7:30pm
Artists’ panels and lectures featuring Adaptive Actions, Abbas Akhavan, Raymond Boisjoly, Pip Day, Simon Denny, Klara Hobza, Paul Leong, Skawennati, Pelin Tan, Anton Vidokle and more
Future Summit
21–24 November
Participants include Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Fixing the Future, Thomas Hirschhorn, Patricia Reed, Lawrence Weiner and many more.
About La Biennale de Montréal
The mission of La Biennale de Montréal is to foster, support, interpret and disseminate the most current visual arts practices by producing the biennial event BNLMTL. All of the initiatives of La Biennale de Montréal are premised on risk and experimentation. Its goal is to support daring, thought-provoking art practices and curatorial projects while offering the public a diversity of experiences.
Information:
La Biennale de Montréal
Olfa Driss, Communications Director
T +1 514 521 7340 / olfa.driss [at] bnlmtl.org
For further information or to arrange interviews, media may contact:
Deirdre Maher or Andy Ptaschinski
Blue Medium, Inc.
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