The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership is pleased to present the 3rd edition of Lumière sur la succession, a video projection tour highlighting the talent of the next generation of Montreal and Quebec digital artists until November 1, 2026. This year, ten original works are displayed on the facades of the WILDER Building | Dance space, the Grande Bibliothèque, the President-Kennedy pavilion of UQAM, the Design pavilion of UQAM and near the Saint-Laurent metro station.
Selected by a jury of professionals from the cultural and digital world following a call for projects, the ten works offer unique perspectives on our times. Nature and environment, heritage, memory, city, technology, contemplation and imagination come together in proposals that testify to the richness of the next generation of digital art. The ten winning artists or teams are as follows: Isaak Paul-Rivest, Cyril Donard, Amjad Jarrar, Marius Cousin and Olivier Basquin, Marwan Sekkat, Ema J. Gasamagera, Hugh Durnford-Dionne and Max Shoham, Catherine Bégin, Arkhad x LT x stereograf as well as Tara Rose Morris.
With this new edition of Lumière sur la succession, the Quartier des spectacles Partnership is helping to introduce the general public to the talent, daring and diversity of the local artistic and creative community. The widening of the route on all facades makes it possible this year to offer a showcase to a greater number of artists.
Ten unique experiences to discover<www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/serpent-et-echelles> Snakes and ladders – Cyril Donard | facade of the WILDER Building | Dance spaceAn animated, fun and frenetic reinterpretation of the famous game, where ladders, snakes, shortcuts, traps and unexpected appearances follow one another in a universe full of surprises.<www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/synecdoque-edifice-wilder> Synecdoche, WILDER Building – Hugh Durnford-Dionne and Max Shoham | facade of the WILDER Building | Dance space By symbolically sliding the walls of the building, this series of animations plays with the public’s curiosity and transforms the building into a microcosm of Montreal life.<www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/soulstice-ii> SOULSTICE II – Arkhad x LT x stereograf | facade of the President-Kennedy Pavilion at UQAM A journey through the universe that combines spiritual vision and scientific concepts, from the Big Bang to the emergence of life, around the recurring motif of Souls, symbol of universal uniqueness.www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/tile-codes> Tile Codes – Amjad Jarrar | facade of the President-Kennedy Pavilion at UQAM This installation transposes on a large scale patterns from the traditional Palestinian craft of colored cement tiles. By projecting them onto a contemporary facade, the work helps to shine this heritage.
<www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/belvedere> Belvedere – Marius Cousin and Olivier Basquin | facade near the Saint-Laurent metro station In a post-civilizational landscape inspired by the view from the Mount Royal belvedere, small raccoons continue their daily lives in a city where nature has reclaimed its rights.<www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/fragment-urbain> Urban fragment – Ema J. Gasamagera | facade near the Saint-Laurent metro A work in three stages that navigates between abstraction, moving silhouettes and the Montreal landscape, with the Rubik’s Cube as a common thread.<www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/flanerie-sylvestre> Sylvester Stroll – Marwan Sekkat | facade of the UQAM Design Pavilion A contemplative stroll where trees, leaves, birds and clouds meet in a dreamlike framework crossed by a glitch aesthetic, bringing together the serenity of nature and the fragility of ecosystems.www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/lucide> Lucid(e) – Catherine Bégin | facade of the UQAM Design Pavilion Between video recordings and generative treatments, the work invites us to slow down and pay attention to sensations, textures, light and the discreet beauty of the living things that surround us.<www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/o2> O₂ – Isaak Paul-Rivest | facade of the Grande Bibliothèque Inspired by the hanging gardens of Babylon and the Solarpunk aesthetic, the work imagines futures where life is integrated into urban architecture and invites us to think about biodiversity and the regeneration of our environments.<www.quartierdesspectacles.com/fr/activites-et-evenements/undersky> UNDERSKY – Tara Rose Morris | facade of the Grande Bibliothèque A futuristic and historical reconstruction of oceanic fauna and flora that imagines terrestrial nature long after humanity has departed for the stars.
A private viewing tour with the artistsThe public is invited to take part in a private viewing tour on October 15, 2026, in the presence of the artists. Departing from Place des Festivals, this meeting will allow you to explore the different facades and discover the works, the artists and the approaches that inspired them.