Light Therapy in the Quartier des spectacles 2012

The day/night project must offer a playful, festive, light-oriented, participatory experience. The project chosen will have a winter theme, fit the Quartier des Spectacles context and mesh with the unique qualities of the sites. The project must, either in its form or content, connect with the public by achieving the following goals: 

• design of a major work, meaningful in both its content and artistic approach, that reflects the site and the wider Quartier des Spectacles and Montreal context;
• creation of a participatory experience that encourages interaction and discussion, and that allows the public and environment to affect the installation (interact, modify, transform, add, enhance, etc.) and to become a part of the work along with its other elements;
• establishment of a dialogue between the installation and the public in order to produce a unique result in real time;
• creation of a festive, playful, illuminated setting that is an integral part of the winter environment at all times of day.

The total budget for this project is $275,000. 

The competition is:

• open,
• free,
• multidisciplinary,
• Canada-wide
• held in two stages: the first by anonymous proposals and the second, by paid services submitted by five finalists.

Stage 1 – Anonymously submitted proposals
The jury will first be asked to shortlist a maximum of five finalists at the end of the first stage, during which registered applicants will have submitted proposals anonymously

Stage 2 – Presentations before the jury
Presentations of concepts by a maximum of five finalists. Each finalist team will then be invited to prepare its final submission, with compensation. 

Eligible contestants may be any designer, or any team having at least one lead designer who meets the following conditions at the time of competing:

• Works in the areas of development and design (architecture, landscape architecture, land use, urban design, interior design, environmental design, industrial design, graphic design) and/or in the fields of multimedia, stage arts design (set designer, director, light and video designer) or visual and media arts 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 constitution of multidisciplinary teams is strongly encouraged.

The jury, which is the same for both stages, comprises the following individuals:

• Marie Brassard, Artistic Director, Infrarouge
• Jasmine Catudal, Artistic Director and co-executive Director, OFFTA
• Michel Gagnon, Head of Programing, Place des Arts
• Pierre Fortin, General Manager, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
• Pascal Lefebvre, Director of Programming, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
• Mélanie Mignault, Landscape Architect and Partner, NIP Paysage
• Hugues Sweeney, Executive Producer, Quebec Studio – Interactive Productions, National Film Board of Canada

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 in the Download documents section (please note all the documents are in French only). It must be completed and sent via e-mail no later than May 18, 2012, at noon local time, to @email

Entrants must prepare their proposals and submit them via the electronic link provided upon registration by the professional advisor no later than May 25, 2012, at noon local time.

Finalists must prepare their presentations and submit them no later than June 18, 2012, at noon local time, to:

Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
Luminothérapie Competition
1435, rue Saint-Alexandre, Bureau 500
Montréal (Québec)  H3A 2G4

Véronique Rioux, professional advisor
E-mail: @email