Flora Magnan

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  Fringe Arts

  Antigone à la Montréalaise

  Flora Magnan – Published March 30, 2015

  Known as one of the best dramatic plays ever written, Sophocles’ Antigone captures something essential about human nature and the power of the state. Although it was written as early as 441 BC, Sophocles’ message is still on point, as the play presents civil disobedience as a moral responsibility while denouncing the dangers of having an autocratic leader.

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  Changing Islands, Keeping the Roots

  Posted by Flora Magnan in FringeBlog on March 26, 2015

  The reggae scene as told by Jamaican/Canadian reggae artist Face-T

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  Fringe Arts

  Changing Islands, Keeping the Roots

  Flora Magnan – Published March 26, 2015

  As uncommon as it may sound, Reggae artist Face-T, though raised in Jamaica, was actually born on Canadian soil and moved to Jamaica early on. He grew up on the west side of the Caribbean island in a small village of only 500 people. It was in Montreal, however, that Face-T started making music professionally.

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  Fringe Arts

  Tummel – Escaping the Francophone-Anglophone Dichotomy

  Flora Magnan – Published March 16, 2015

  For those unfamiliar with this Montreal-based band, Orkestar Kriminal is a group of eight diverse musicians who label themselves as “a band of punks.”

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  Love in a Cold Climate : the Rebranding of Space

  Posted by Flora Magnan in FringeBlog on February 17, 2015

  How often do public areas fulfill their designed purpose? In our concrete jungles, most open areas are vacant spaces occupied only by the occasional cigarette smoker. The designed institutional use for these spaces happens to be bringing people together, but how frequently does that actually happen? How often are Place des Arts and the Ville Marie plaza used for social gatherings?