Fringe Arts

Richard Reed Parry Creates a Soothing Universe Through Music and Film at the Jazz Fest

A Concert Where the Space Is Just as Important as the Music

Nanor Froundjian — Published July 17, 2019 | Comments

You know when you want to go to a concert, but you’re just not looking forward to standing in line, and being on your feet for hours? Or seeing only half the stage (if you’re lucky), and fighting to keep your little bubble of personal space? Isn’t it just better from the comfort of your own home?
Curatorial Collective Antes Makes Their Own Space Outside of Concordia

They Present Their Second Show ‘Foveal Centralis’ All About Aesthetics

Victoria Lamas — Published June 28, 2019 | Comments

Alexia McKindsey and Jose Garcia feel lucky to have been involved in the Concordia student art scene—they have both been curators at Art Matters, an undergrad-run art festival; McKindsey is an incoming coordinator at the student gallery, while Garcia just concluded his mandate in the role.
Local Collective For the Sake of Analog Presents Show During MURAL Festival

Concordia Students Make Space for Themselves in the Montreal Art World

Lazaros Kalipolidis — Published June 28, 2019 | Comments

Tyra Maria Trono believes that even if it has been considered a dying medium, analog photography has gained notoriety recently.
Keir Cutler Brings Childhood Stories to Life at the Fringe

‘Magnificence’ Questions Memory and the Audience’s Relation to Stories

Nanor Froundjian — Published June 26, 2019 | Comments

Childhood memories, we all have them: good and bad, funny and scary, exciting and scarring. Keir Cutler’s Magnificence, a monologue story-telling performance, transported the audience to an era and a place that no longer exists, but can only live in stories: Mont-Tremblant in the 1930s.
Spanish Urban Art Duo PichiAvo Brings Greek Mythology to MURAL

Station 16 Gallery Welcomes Multidimensional ‘Lefkos’ Series

Lazaros Kalipolidis — Published June 26, 2019 | Comments

The Spain-based artist duo PichiAvo showcased their series Lefkos at the MURAL Festival—they’ve produced large, layered works on canvas depicting the romance, grief, playfulness, and power found in ancient Greek sculpture practices.
‘Christianity Made Me a Slut’ (For This Play!)

Having Sex and Looking for God At the Fringe Festival

Aysha White — Published June 26, 2019 | Comments

This one-woman play was one of the standouts of this year’s Fringe Festival.
‘The Moaning Yoni’: An Experience of Self-Discovery and Self-Acceptance

Fringe Play Addresses Taboos Through Comedy and Clowning

Nanor Froundjian — Published June 25, 2019 | Comments

The show’s name, The Moaning Yoni, encapsulates the delicacy of the topic but also presents an interesting dichotomy.
Montreal Festival Suoni Per Il Popolo Blends Genres Goodness

Electronic Music, Sultry Vocals and More Are Combined

Gabrielle Mulholland — Published June 20, 2019 | Comments

In a city where music festivals abound, Suoni Per il Popolo sets itself apart for their ability to bring together cohesive performances from local musicians while pairing them artfully with international acts.
‘Just the Worst Time of the Year for a Revolution’ Breaks the Wall of the Binary

Collectif Erreurs Choisies Brings Crumbling & Disorienting Play to the Fringe

Bree Rockbrand — Published June 20, 2019 | Comments

Visceral and luminous, Just the Worst Time of the Year for a Revolution nudges at the deepest crevices of the subconscious.
Queer Romance Is At the Heart of Fringe Play ‘Exits’

Concordia Students and Alumni Put on the Coming of Age Story

Victoria Lamas — Published June 19, 2019 | Comments

Ella Kohlmann began the writing process of Exits at 17. Now, four years later, she starred in the play she wished she could have seen as a teenager.