The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership invites creators to enter a competition to design and produce content for video projection on the following nine building façades in the Quartier des Spectacles district:
- Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
- Centre de design de l’UQÀM
- Cégep du Vieux Montréal
- Place de la Paix (Hôtel Zéro 1)
- Place Émilie-Gamelin (Hôtel Gouverneur)
- Président-Kennedy building of UQÀM
- UQÀM Bell Tower
- Next to the Saint-Laurent métro station
- Loft des Arts
The video projections will take place from December 10, 2014, to February 1, 2015.
The total project budget is $100,000.
Proposed concepts must form the basis for a powerful, rich and creative idea that prompts members of the public to get out and explore the nine sites. The core idea in the project is individual spectators/participants. Be they Montrealers or visitors, pedestrians must feel that the work speaks to them, attracts their attention, surprises them and prompts them to stop, look and listen, no matter how harsh the winter weather.
Creators are invited to submit a concept emphasizing coherence between each of thenine façades used for projection. The projected content must be playful, graphical and festive, assert the uniqueness of the district and help highlight the diversified architectural styles of the buildings.
The competition is:
- open;
- free;
- multidisciplinary;
- Canada-wide;
- held in two stages, the first consisting of anonymously submitted proposals, and the second consisting of presentations before the jury, with compensation, by a maximum of three finalists;
- a project competition leading to completion.
There will be no compensation for applicants submitting proposals during the first stage.
During the second stage of the competition, the finalists (maximum three) will each receive the amount of $3,000, plus taxes. This compensation shall be conditional upon preparation of a presentation compliant with the Rules and Regulations.
Eligible applicants may be any team, made up of a minimum of two people, meeting the following conditions:
- Is made up of one lead designer working in the field of multimedia or visual and media arts.
- Is made up of one or more designers working in the fields of the arts (set designer, director, choreographer, music, lighting and video designer), architecture, or design.
- Is based (at least as concerns the team’s lead designer) at a head office located in Canada at the time of entry.
The establishment of multidisciplinary teams is strongly encouraged.
The jury comprises the following seven members:
- Juliette Bibasse, Digital Art Producer
- Mélanie Charbonneau, Film Director
- Mikaël Charpin, Associate Director, supervisor of the Luminous Pathway, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
- Pierre Fortin, General Manager, Quartier des spectacles Partnership
- Francis Laporte, visual designer
- Pascal Lefebvre, Director of Programming, Quartier des spectacles Partnership
- Katharina Meissner, Development Manager, Mutek & Consultant forConnecting Cities/Public Art Lab Berlin Network
- Vincent Pasquier, Multimedia Designer
- Roxanne Sayegh, Executive Director, Montreal International Documentary Festival
Registration is compulsory and free of charge. It enables contestants to obtain the competition documents and to ensure liaison with the communications network established by professional advisor Véronique Rioux.
The registration form is downloadable via the link below (please note that all documents are in French). It must be completed and sent by e-mail by April 29, 2014, at noon local time, to @email.
To download the Rules and Regulations (French only)
To download the Registration Form (French only)
Stage 1
Applications must be submitted no later than May 6, 2014, at noon local time, to:
Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
A/S : Luminothérapie
1435, rue Saint-Alexandre, Bureau 500
Montréal (Québec) H3A 2G4
Stage 2
Finalists’ proposals must be submitted by email no later than June 10, 2014, at noon local time, to @email
All communications pass solely through the professional advisor, Véronique Rioux. Any questions or requests for details from an entrant or finalist regarding the competition must be e-mailed directly and solely to the professional advisor, at @email, during the question period specified in the calendar contained in the Rules and Regulations.