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August 30, 2017 to October 15, 2017
To see the works of KM3, visit:
km3artpublic.com
PUBLIC ART TAKES OVER THE QUARTIER
The Quartier des Spectacles invites you to enjoy a unique artistic and sensory experience: KM3. From August 30 to October 15, 2017, more than twenty new works will enliven the Quartier’s façades, squares, parks, sidewalks and windows, encouraging you to see the city as you’ve never seen it before – surprising, dreamlike, reinvented.
KM3 is an art walk through the Quartier des Spectacles, from its most iconic spaces to some of its least known ones. This walk features immersive, interactive, participatory and purely visual works created specifically for Montreal. The artists, both local and foreign, come from a wide range of disciplines: visual arts, sculpture, video games, interactive design, fashion, dance and architecture. They’ve dared to imagine new ways – both for you and with you – to live together in the city as “good neighbours” (the theme for 2017). KM3 offers a new perspective on the urban fabric through today’s most innovative public art.
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VISIT
GUIDED TOUR
Would you like to know more about the artworks featured in KM3? There are several different guided-tour options, both walking and cycling. Whether you’re solo or with a group, in a hurry or want to take your sweet time, there’s one for you.
- Guided cycling tour (Duration: 2 hours)
Guided walking tour :
- West Express (Duration: 1.5 hours)
- East Express (Duration: 1.5 hours)
- The Works (Duration: 3.5 hours)
- Night Walk (Duration: 2 hours)
FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS, CLICK HERE
ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
- The curious kid's map
If you’re exploring KM3 as a family and want to set your own pace, pick up the Curious Kids’ Map at the info booth. Includes quizzes and other fun enhancements to your visit.
- Creative workshops
Build sugar-cube houses, play junior reporter, learn the art of origami, make 3D-printed objects, or turn your hands into characters in a shadow-puppet show – these are just a few of the activities offered as part of the KM3 creative workshops. Free activities.
FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS, CLICK HERE
BIKE RENTALS
Take a self-guided ride through KM3.
Thursday-Friday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Rental: Visit the info booth at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance streets.
ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN KM3
Around 30 Quebec artists will present a piece during KM3. The quality and originality of their artistic approach, their willingness to take risks, and their sensitivity to urban life: these are the qualities shared by every artist participating in KM3. First and foremost, the curators sought out artists from a wide variety of backgrounds, rather than restricting themselves to artists with experience in public art.
KM3: LIVE IN THE CITY DIFFERENTLY
The KM3 temporary public art walk is driven by the vision of curators Melissa Mongiat and Mouna Andraos of Daily tous les jours. Each in its own way, the works will seek to change the way we look at the city and experience urban space. KM3 will invite viewers to explore a unique space and encourage them to imagine the city in new ways.
Inspired by the theme of neighbours, the curators designed the elements linking the various artworks and installations, giving KM3 a warm, accessible site for everyone from art enthusiasts to families and general audiences. The walk will be an interesting experience whether visitors explore it in its entirety, from east to west through the Quartier, or encounter it piecemeal during their daily routine.
Consult biographies of artists and curators (in French only).
SPECIAL EVENTS
Complementing the art walk, a compelling series of festive events will energize the Quartier des Spectacles during KM3.
- Official opening of KM3
August 30, starting at 5 p.m.
Place des Festivals -
Le Banquet exquis
August 30, starting at 5 p.m.
Place des Festivals -
Le super méga continental
September 15, 8 p.m.
September 16, 4 and 8 p.m.
September 17, 4 p.m.
Place des Festivals - Humanorium – L’étrange fête foraine
October 5 to 15, 2017
Les Jardins Gamelin
CELEBRATE MONTREAL’S 375TH ANNIVERSARY WITH PUBLIC ART
KM3 is an initiative of the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, and one of the Quebec government’s gifts to Montreal on the occasion of its 375th anniversary. The event is made possible by the financial support of, among others, the government of Quebec and the Ville de Montréal, within the framework of the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal.
