Overview: In a series of three free events in Sala Rosa's basement, artists are given free rein to install whatever they’d like to reimagine the space - site-specific installs, projects, screen prints, and who knows what. These art happenings are subterranean takeovers that will coincide with showtimes upstairs, Mondays to Wednesdays, for people to wander in and out as they please. The artists invited for this year’s subterranean takeover artists are:
June 5-7 Jean Couteau
June 12-14 Gambletron & Johnny Forever
June 19-21 Et tu, Machine (Alexis O’hara & Atom Cianfarani)
Jean Couteau will be first in the series, presenting Bells & Whistles, a three-day occupation, performance and installation in Sala Rosa’s basement venue Sotterenea. At the center of the project is an ice cream cart repurposed as an exhibition space and pirate radio station. The installation tells the story of distributing bells, whistles, and popsicles across Montreal while questioning the fundamentals of our exchange systems.
“Bells & Whistles” - Jean Couteau
Overview: In a series of three free events in Sala Rosa's basement, artists are given free rein to install whatever they’d like to reimagine the space - site-specific installs, projects, screen prints, and who knows what. These art happenings are subterranean takeovers that will coincide with showtimes upstairs, Mondays to Wednesdays, for people to wander in and out as they please. The artists invited for this year’s subterranean takeover artists are:
June 5-7 Jean Couteau
June 12-14 Gambletron & Johnny Forever
June 19-21 Et tu, Machine (Alexis O’hara & Atom Cianfarani)
Jean Couteau will be first in the series, presenting Bells & Whistles, a three-day occupation, performance and installation in Sala Rosa’s basement venue Sotterenea. At the center of the project is an ice cream cart repurposed as an exhibition space and pirate radio station. The installation tells the story of distributing bells, whistles, and popsicles across Montreal while questioning the fundamentals of our exchange systems.