Artwork : Julie Tremble – Les planètes spectrales ; Photo : Guy L’Heureux.
OPEN CALL
Festival Art Souterrain 2027
19th edition
April 24 → May 9, 2027
Art Souterrain is launching its Call for Proposals for the 19th edition of its annual festival, taking place in the heart of downtown Montreal from April 24 to May 9, 2027.
This year, the festival’s 2027 Programming Director, Ariane Plante, invites artists from all disciplines to explore the theme “Nous” (“Us”).
DEADLINE: September 30, 2026
Read the details of the call ↓
Thematic Focus : Nous (Us)
In an era marked by fragmentation, identity-based withdrawal, individualism, and ecological urgency, the question of “us” takes on renewed importance. This “us” is not one of uniformity, but rather one of the collective, the multiple, and the shared… inclusive, open, shaped by differences, and deliberately interpellative.
Simply by being spoken, it creates a community: Who is this “us”? What do we share? How do we connect with one another?
Nous is the strength of numbers, the movement of the group, the multiplication of forms — humans, other living beings, the non-living, imaginaries, and why not even machines!
It evokes spaces for sharing and collective creation, where something flows between beings, materials, the visible and the invisible.
Nous speaks of transmission, solidarity, listening, encounter, and creating together.
Nous offers a counterweight to the prevailing Moi (“Me”). An aesthetic, political, and poetic exploration, Nous takes the form of an act of resistance, a gesture of care, and ultimately, a way of holding on, together.
ELIGIBILITY:
⏵ The call is open to professional, emerging, and established artists from Quebec, Canada, and internationally.
⏵ All visual and media art disciplines are welcome: photography, performance, installation, sculpture, video, sound art, new technologies, and more…
⏵ Projects must be suitable for exhibition in non-traditional spaces (public spaces, commercial storefronts, or transitional spaces).
Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2026.
Responses following the evaluation of proposals: early November 2027.
Contact
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