Attractions to discover, May 30, 2022 2022-05-30 2022-05-30 Quebecgetaways quebecvacances.com MIKA ROTTENBERG Spaghetti Blockchain (video still), 2019 Single-channel video installation, sound, colour. 18 min 14 s Produced by Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto; Arts at CERN, the arts program of the European Laboratory of Particle Physics, Geneva, with the support of the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations, Geneva; Sprengel Museum Hannover, with the support of Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung; and New Museum, New York ©Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth Add the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal to your list of places to visit with friends or family. At its current location in Place Ville Marie in downtown Montréal, the MAC offers innovative exhibitions and introduces you to Quebec and international artists. A true place of discovery, the Museum invites you to enjoy unexpected and captivating experiences. It’s a great way to get away from it all, stir up lively conversation and create unforgettable memories! This summer, enter the immersive and colourful world of Mika Rottenberg Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, artist Mika Rottenberg lives and works in New York. The MAC plunges you into an immersive exhibition of this artist where unusual sculptural objects and humorous videos will surprise and amuse you… and, above all, make you think. Mika Rottenberg’s visually overwhelming and highly colourful works highlight the interactions between labour, economics, and the production of value, and the ways in which our emotional relationships are increasingly monetized. Using seduction, humour, and subversion, the artist weaves together fictionalized documentary elements that reflect the real-life conditions of global systems. An affordable encounter with contemporary art Do you have preconceived ideas about contemporary art? The MAC team will guide you in your artistic discovery and share its passion! In addition to its immersive and fascinating exhibitions, the museum offers creative workshops for children and adults as well as guided tours. MAC mediators are also regularly available in the exhibition rooms to answer all your questions. There is something for everyone at the museum to be inspired, have fun and learn. All exhibitions are free for children and regular admission is only $10 for adults, making it an affordable outing for families and groups. This summer, several activities will take place downtown and on the Place Ville Marie esplanade. It’s a perfect reason to visit the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and fill up on culture! MIKA ROTTENBERG Cosmic Generator (video still), 2017 Single-channel video installation, sound, colour. 26 min 36 s Commissioned by Skulptur Projekte Münster Produced with generous support from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark; Outset Contemporary Art Fund, London, U.K.; and Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative. Piraeus, Greece ©Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth
MIKA ROTTENBERG Spaghetti Blockchain (video still), 2019 Single-channel video installation, sound, colour. 18 min 14 s Produced by Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto; Arts at CERN, the arts program of the European Laboratory of Particle Physics, Geneva, with the support of the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations, Geneva; Sprengel Museum Hannover, with the support of Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung; and New Museum, New York ©Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth Add the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal to your list of places to visit with friends or family. At its current location in Place Ville Marie in downtown Montréal, the MAC offers innovative exhibitions and introduces you to Quebec and international artists. A true place of discovery, the Museum invites you to enjoy unexpected and captivating experiences. It’s a great way to get away from it all, stir up lively conversation and create unforgettable memories! This summer, enter the immersive and colourful world of Mika Rottenberg Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, artist Mika Rottenberg lives and works in New York. The MAC plunges you into an immersive exhibition of this artist where unusual sculptural objects and humorous videos will surprise and amuse you… and, above all, make you think. Mika Rottenberg’s visually overwhelming and highly colourful works highlight the interactions between labour, economics, and the production of value, and the ways in which our emotional relationships are increasingly monetized. Using seduction, humour, and subversion, the artist weaves together fictionalized documentary elements that reflect the real-life conditions of global systems. An affordable encounter with contemporary art Do you have preconceived ideas about contemporary art? The MAC team will guide you in your artistic discovery and share its passion! In addition to its immersive and fascinating exhibitions, the museum offers creative workshops for children and adults as well as guided tours. MAC mediators are also regularly available in the exhibition rooms to answer all your questions. There is something for everyone at the museum to be inspired, have fun and learn. All exhibitions are free for children and regular admission is only $10 for adults, making it an affordable outing for families and groups. This summer, several activities will take place downtown and on the Place Ville Marie esplanade. It’s a perfect reason to visit the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and fill up on culture! MIKA ROTTENBERG Cosmic Generator (video still), 2017 Single-channel video installation, sound, colour. 26 min 36 s Commissioned by Skulptur Projekte Münster Produced with generous support from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark; Outset Contemporary Art Fund, London, U.K.; and Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative. Piraeus, Greece ©Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth