Location: Quartier des spectacles
Type of project: Turnkey
Program: None
Sites:
- Grande Bibliothèque (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
Principal contractor: Quartier des spectacles Partnership
Winner: Pascal Grandmaison
First selection: Anonymous proposal
Second selection: Paid presentation
Number of competitors: 3
Number of finalists: 3
Scope: National (Canada)
Targeted professionals: Lead designer working in the field of multimedia or visual and media arts + one or more designers working in the fields of stage arts design (set designer, director, choreographer, music, lighting and video designer), architecture, or design.
Type of presentation: Before a jury
Public presentation: None
Professional advisor: Véronique Rioux
Steering committee: No
Technical committee: No
Competition documents:
- Program prepared by the Quartier des spectacles Partnership and the Bureau du design de la Ville de Montréal in collaboration with the professional advisor.
- Competition rules prepared by the professional advisor.
Competition duration: 1 month and 1 week
Launch of call for candidates: June 4, 2012
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): June 18, 2012
End of stage 2 (selection of winner): July 10, 2012
Jury deliberations: July 11, 2012
Subsequent stages:
Temporary installation: December 6, 2012 to February 23, 2013
Official inauguration: December 6, 2012
Funding source: Ville de Montréal
Competition budget: $19,000
Fees paid to the finalists: $3,000
Other fees (e.g.: professional advisor, jury, technical experts, etc.): $10,000
Production budget: $75,000
Turnkey project comprising production and professional fees.
Competition costs represent 25.33% of the project’s production budget.
Videos:
- Promotional video
- Les coulisses de Luminothérapie 2012-2013
- Luminothérapie 2012-2013
- Tourisme Montréal
Press releases:
- June 4, 2012: LIGHT THERAPY Contest – Phase 2: Design and production of video content for projection onto eight Quartier des spectacles facades
- September 27, 2012 : 2012 Light Therapy winners announced
- December 5, 2012: Luminothérapie in Quartier des spectacles: An invigorating multisensory experience!
