What you can’t see: Thomas Demand
German photographer, sculptor and conceptual artist Thomas Demand is in town with Animations, a solo exhibit and installation at DHC Art made up mostly of Demand’s painstakingly created stop-motion animation loops.
Q&A with Labrona
Cult MTL talked with Labrona via email about live painting, the strength of the local street art scene and his plans to decorate the world, one massive mural at a time.
WTF: The rest of the week in news
Wondering WTF happened this week? In this week’s Wednesday-thru-Friday round-up, we’ve got that stellar piece of crap “Notre Home,” the Habs buying back their fans’ love and Ste-Agathe kicking the English straight out of its municipal mailings. Yo, what up, Québec?!
Girls guy Christopher Owens goes solo
Fret not, fans of well-liked San Francisco neo-classic rockers Girls — frontman Christopher Owens may have left the group, but his debut solo release, Lysandre, is undoubtedly the work of the same man who was once looking for love, wished he had a boyfriend and didn’t want to cry his whole life through.
Icy wickets at the Snow Cricket World Cup
This weekend, Angus Bell and the Pirates of the St. Lawrence will host Montreal’s Snow Cricket World Cup.
Après-Ski brings partygoers in from the cold
Après Ski invites Igloofest-goers and all other heat-seeking party people to dance into the wee hours down in Griffintown.
On the Road: And the Beats go on
Walter Salles’s adaptation of the famous Beat Generation classic hasn’t got great reviews, but with a strong cast and a solid evocation of old-school bohemia, it’s good for what it is.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s hip hop highs & lows
Ahead of tonight’s DJ set at Tokyo, hip hop mainstay Ali Shaheed Muhammad spoke to Cult MTL about making new solo work, being influential, learning from J Dilla, feeling out the bass, crafting a solid DJ set and “Buggin’ Out.”
Lessons in pho-nology
The temperature outside is a perfect excuse to head indoors to bask in the comfort of pho, a great (if temporary) cure for the chills. Industrious food critic Bartek Komorowski hit the streets in search of the best pho. Here’s what he found.
The Last Stand: Pre-ironic action is back
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comeback subscribes to that new/old vein of streamlined action cinema; it’s a straightforward neo-Western that wastes no time in getting the job done (and exploding a couple of sports cars in the process).