Biennale ELEKTRA : Illusion
7th International digital art biennial
May 31 - July 21, 2024
Presented by ELEKTRA since 2012, the largest exhibition dedicated to digital art in North America returns to Arsenal Contemporary Art Montreal.
The 7th edition of Biennale ELEKTRA addresses ILLUSION, a reflection on the post-factual, post-truth and alternative reality era of current society, a subject that is shaking up the news. Indeed, the proliferation of digital communication technologies and tools from artificial intelligence (AI) contribute to disinformation, notably deep fakes. This denial of reality is already negatively impacting the lives of billions of people and even more problematic consequences are to be expected.
For this fifth collaboration in partnership with Arsenal contemporary art, curator Alain Thibault invites more than thirty artists from three continents to study this issue of the perception of truth and falsehood, while exploring the field of speculative fiction. This 7th Biennial aims, once again, to reflect on our societies increasingly surrounded and infiltrated by the digital sphere.
Visitors are incited to question the very existence of certain works, due to their ephemeral, immaterial or even invisible nature, on the basis of a necessary, unfailing credulity towards the artist.
On June 20 and 21, the biennial takes a break for its professional component: the 14th Marché International d'Art Numérique (MIAN). Discover the program here.
SPECIAL EVENT: 25 YEARS OF ELEKTRA
June 20, 8:00 PM
To mark this 25th anniversary, Alain Thibault and his team are treating themselves to an evening of gathering at the heart of the Biennale ELEKTRA. They'll be marking the occasion with two unique performances - UN/Readable Sound, by Korean artist GAZAEBALand Organism: In Turbulence, by anti-disciplinary composer Navid Navab - as well as a few surprises. (Limited amount of tickets).
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List of participant artists:
Adad Hannah, Adam Basanta, Boris Eldagsen, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Cinzia Campolese, Collectif Hidden Edges (Lucas Paris, Myriam Bleau), Collectif Obvious, David Rokeby, Emma Forgues, Emmanuel Pire, Eric Vernhes, Garnet Willis, Johann Baron Lanteigne, Kent Monkman, Kurt d‘Haeseleer, Lee Jaehyung, Lorraine Oades, Louis-Philippe Demers, Louis-Philippe Rondeau, Matthew Biederman, Navid Navab, Nicolas Baier, Oli Sorenson, PHC collective (Mark Amerika, Will Luers, Chad Mossholder), Pierce Warnecke, Robbie Cooper, Ryan Clayton, Sébastien Lacomblez, Shu Lea Cheang, Timothy Thomasson
OPENING HOURS AND PRICES
Duration : approximately 90 minutes
Last entry : 1h before closing time
- Monday:Closed
- Tuesday:10 am - 7:30 pm
- Wednesday*:10 am - 7:30 pm*
- Thursday:10 am - 7:30 pm
- Friday:10 am - 8:30 pm
- Saturday:10 am - 8:30 pm
- Sunday:10 am - 6:30 pm
Wednesdays June 5, 12 & 26,
10am - 9:30pm.
- Regular:24 $
- Student, 65 +:18 $
- 6 - 12 years old:10 $
- 0 - 5 years old:Free
- Group (10 et +):18 $ / person
*Credit or debit cards only.
**Service charges and taxes included.
Student Group Discount
Contact our team to purchase and coordinate a student group visit which includes mediation services adapted to any age group.
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