FTA 2019 | Stefan Kaegi: Granma. Trombones from Havana
In Granma, history, of the grand forward-marching and/or circle-turning variety, and narrative threads of the everyday and mundane sort overlap, intertwine and interweave to form a tapestry centred on the heritage of the Cuban revolution. At once intimate and (…)
FTA 2019 | Daria Deflorian + Antonio Tagliarini: Quasi niente
[text available in French only], the critic (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Mathieu Teasdale publishes a review of the play Quasi niente, by playwrights (and actors) Daria Deflorian and Antonio Tagliarini. The show is presented as part of the
FTA 2019 | Wajdi Mouawad: Tous des oiseaux
[text available in French only], the critic (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Mathieu Teasdale publishes a review of the play Tous des oiseaux, by the author and playright Wajdi Mouawad. The show is presented as part of the 2019
FTA 2019 | Serge Aimé Coulibaly: Kalakuta Republik
[text available in French only], the art critic and curator (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Bénedicte Ramade publishes a review of the play Kalakuta Republik, by the artist and choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly. The show is presented as part
FTA 2018 | Jean-François Nadeau + Stéfan Boucher, Nos ghettos
[texte available in french only], the art critic and curator (and both Director and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) André-Louis Paré publishes a review of the play Nos guettos, by the artists Jean-François Nadeau + Stéfan Boucher. The play is
FTA 2018 | Sarah Vanhee: Oblivion
[texte available in french only], the art critic and curator (and both Director and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) André-Louis Paré publishes a review of the performance Oblivion, by the artist Sarah Vanhee. The performance/art installation is presented as part
FTA 2018 | Whispers and Thunders in the Halls of Power
The presentation of Ivo van Hove’s Kings of Wars at the 2018 FTA festival was a much anticipated event in Montreal. A boisterous standing ovation at the end of the play’s opening night performance sent a clear (…)
FTA 2018 | Union of The North : Matthew Barney, Valdimar Johannsson & Erna Omarsdottir
[texte available in french only], the art critic and curator (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Bénédicte Ramade publishes a review of the film Union of the North, written by the artist Matthew Barney, directed by the choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir and