Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsGet Into the Rhythm of RIDM
Running from Nov. 12 to Nov. 23, this year’s Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) will present 142 films from 44 nations.
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Fringe ArtsSnapshots of the Subconscious
Independent scholar Ian Walker will explore photography’s role in surrealism at the upcoming “Speaking of Photography” lecture series organized by Concordia’s department of art history.
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Fringe ArtsConcordia’s Own Chief Squad Makes a Fine Mess Indeed
Last Wednesday, Foufounes Électriques was invaded by a hoard of graffiti artists that covered the walls of the venue with their canvases. Created by Fresh Paint Gallery, Beaux Dégâts is a project that aims to promote and encourage the practice of graffiti and street art. The latest edition featured a fresh-faced team of three Concordia students.
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Fringe ArtsThe Stage Becomes a Laboratory
From Nov. 6 to Nov. 9, the Cazalet Theatre at the Loyola Campus will be enveloped in a dramatic frenzy. Five student groups from Concordia’s theatre program will be putting on a weekend’s worth of shows interspersed with interactive gatherings and art installations.
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Fringe ArtsCaribou Plays The Sentimental DJ
Accessibility is a tough art to master. Writing music with universal appeal can come off as pandering, or just outright bland.
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Fringe ArtsThe Dark Side of Rose-Coloured Lenses
Casting a pink hue over a modern-day Heart of Darkness, Irish photographer Richard Mosse documents the effects of armed conflict on everyday life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, unveiling violence and instability that has largely been misunderstood and insufficiently covered by Western media.
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Fringe ArtsBaby Face Killa Enters The Underworld
“Y’all want to hear some Canadian shit?” yelled DJ Izzo, the opening act for Friday night’s set at Cabaret Underworld. He was met with boos from possibly unpatriotic and restless fans that had waited since as early as 8 p.m. for the American indie rapper Freddie Gibbs.
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Fringe ArtsSpinning a New Urban Yarn
Last Wednesday morning found the VAV gallery at Concordia’s Fine Arts building in an unusual state: balls of yarn hung in the windows, couches and comfy chairs turned one corner into a living room and the walkway leading up to the entrance of the building asked in bright chalk, “Feeling Crafty?”
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Fringe ArtsWhat’s For Dinner? Western Imperialism
A group of 13 individuals eat dinner with a PTSD-suffering war journalist, downing shots of liquor from the Eastern Bloc, eating pie, and discussing the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia. Although everyone at the table is part of a play, only one of them is an actor—in this production, to spectate is to participate. While Rats Eat Pie fully immerses its cast-audience hybrid in the fallout of what has moved from the tragic to the historical.
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Fringe ArtsChanging the Conventions of Techno
The new electro-art platform Human Pause is throwing its official launch party on Oct. 24, marking its debut in the Montreal music scene.
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