Light Therapy in Quartier des spectacles 2012

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 eight sites. Creators are invited to submit a concept involving a relationship and connectivity between each of the eight façades used for projection. The works must be communicative amongst themselves, generating dialogue that incites citizens and visitors to walk around in the Quartier des spectacles.

The projections should be playful and graphical, and assert the uniqueness and coherence of the district.

The projections must have some connection to the winter theme of the LIGHT THERAPY installation competition, which invites creators to submit concepts for multiple, never-before-seen urban ambiences and experiences for the general public.

Videoprojections will be projected on the following eight building façades in the Quartier des spectacles district:

1. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
2. Centre de design de l’UQÀM
3. Cégep du Vieux Montréal
4. Place de la Paix (Hôtel Zéro 1)
5. Place Émilie-Gamelin (Hôtel Gouverneur)
6. Président-Kennedy building of UQÀM
7. UQÀM Bell Tower
8. Next to the Saint-Laurent métro station

The total project budget is $75,000.

The competition is:

• open,
• free,
• multidisciplinary,
• Canada-wide,
• held in two stages.

Stage 1 – Submission of applications
The jury will first be asked to shortlist a maximum of three finalists at the end of the first stage, during which applicants will have submitted applications including a text describing the concept along with an artistic statement. There will be no compensation for applicants during the first stage. 

Stage 2 – Finalists’ proposals / submissions with compensation
Presentations before the jury by a maximum of three finalists. During the second stage of the competition, the finalists (maximum three) will each receive the amount of $3,000, plus taxes.

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 stage arts design (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 jury, which is the same for both stages, comprises the following individuals:

• Angélique Bouffard, Event Programming Coordinator for the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
• Mikaël Charpin, Associate Director, supervisor of the Luminous Pathway, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
• Jean Corbeil, Supervisor, Art Direction, Communications and Public Relations, BAnQ
• Jean Décarie, Media Studies Professor and Director of the Interactive Media Undergraduate Program at UQAM's École des Médias (University of Quebec in Montreal's School of Media Studies)
• Pierre Fortin, General Manager, Quartier des spectacles Partnership
• Monique Régimbald-Zeiber, Associate Dean, Research and Creation, Faculty of Arts, UQÀM
• Monique Savoie, President and Founder, Society for Arts and Technology

Stage 1
Applications must be submitted no later than June 18, 2012, at 10:00 AM to:

Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
A/S: Luminothérapie – Parcours numérique
1435, rue Saint-Alexandre, Bureau 500
Montréal (Québec) H3A 2G4

Stage 2
Finalists’ proposals must be submitted no later than July 10, 2012, at 10:00 AM to:

Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
A/S : Luminothérapie – Parcours numérique
1435, rue Saint-Alexandre, Bureau 500
Montréal (Québec) H3A 2G4

Véronique Rioux, professional advisor
E-mail: [email protected]

Any question or request for clarification must be sent directly, and solely by e-mail, to the competition’s professional advisor.