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Marquee works to discover
The public will enjoy an impressive set
of outdoor installations all winter. Posted
on Sainte-Catherine and St-Urbain
Streets, Talking Heads by Limelight
Art (Hungary), is already the talk of the
town, with its two heads made up of 4,000
light-emitting diodes that interact with
each other to produce facial expressions
in different colours and conduct real
conversations through light. On Esplanade
PVM at Place Ville Marie, Éloge de l’air
by Chevalvert invites members of the
public to make an enormous 5-metre
banner float in the air, and Cercle Polaire
by Jason Carter, one of Canada’s most
exciting and accomplished contemporary
Aboriginal visual artists, and M.A.D.
Collectif, invites visitors to immerse
themselves in the world of majestic Far
North fauna. Lustres by TILT, on the
forecourt of St. James United Church, is
a unique open-air ballroom experience;
Biolumen by Rahda Chaddah and RAW
Design, at the Palais des congrès, is a
unique contemplative experience inspired
by bioluminescent oceanic organisms.
Orb by Spy transforms the Place des Arts
Esplanade with 90 convex discs made of
polished steel.

Quebec’s artists at the heart of LUMINO
Cercle Polaire by Jason Carter and M.A.D. Collectif Chaleur Humaine is a piece by Anne
Photo credit: JF Savaria Lagacé that resembles a suspended
sun. It brings colour and warmth to

Lustre by Tilt
Photo credit: Ulysse Lemerise - OSA

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