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Elemental drawing
at Art Mûr
“I tell a story to myself, I don’t know what is coming up,” says Robbie  Cornelissen, when discussing how he creates his large graphite drawings on view at Galerie Art Mûr (5826 St-Hubert). Elements in one piece were inspired by Bob Dylan’s song, “Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.” Two later drawings reflect more chaotic events: Exploded View 1 was made after the London subway bombings, while in Exploded View 2 you can see elements influenced by the collapse of the Twin Towers.
Cornelissen, who is from the Netherlands, started out in biology and briefly studied architecture before turning to art. The former is evident in some of the intestinal-looking, more organic forms, while the latter is obvious from the way he draws his imaginary spaces. The exhibition, The Capacious Memory, includes an animation, Het Grote Geheugen (2006) that makes you feel as if you are walking around inside one of his drawings. “This is why I couldn’t be an architect,” explains Cornelissen. “These are the kinds of places I wanted to build.”
Also great at Art Mûr: Kamila Wozniakowska’s Exercices de style/Visions périphériques, a brilliant and historically rich exhibition that will reward you with a good hearty laugh. Info: (514) 933-0711.
by CHRISTINE REDFERN
Dance pop bang theory
Look out for a new dimension to Pop Montreal this year that combines music and movement. At last year’s fest, dancer Hanako Hoshimi-Caines did some informal dance busking at the arts and crafty Puces Pop, but this year, festival director Dan Seligman wanted to put contemporary dance into the schedule. 
“We were excited about creating a new platform for dance to give it a different kind of exposure,” says Hoshimi-Caines, who dances with Louise-Michel Jackson-Millette in Little Bang Theory. The pair are collaborators in this performance that mixes dance, live music, images, and words.
Inspired by children’s books and the works of Edward Gorey, the piece takes a whimsical creation myth created by James Irwin and shapes it with drawings by March Hutchinson and a live soundtrack by songstress Lhasa de Sela and musicians Joe Grass, Warren C. Spicer and Le Woodman. It’s all taking place in the loft space atop Eva B (2025 St-Laurent) tonight, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m., $15.
by MARITES CARINO
Out of Embers
This weekend, Spanish choreographers and dancers Jordi Cortés and Damián Muñoz make their North American premiere in Montreal with an intense duet called Ölelés.
The award-winning choreography, which was created three years ago, takes a look at the ups and downs of friendship and was inspired by the novel Embers, which was written in 1942 by Hungarian writer and journalist Sándor Márai.
The choreographers describe their first co-creation as a work about what is broken, the indestructible, bitter debts and the embers of friendship.
After the performance tonight, Oct. 4, Cortès will be in the hot seat for a discussion with the public.
Catch the hour-long show at 8 p.m. nightly from Oct. 4–6 at Agora de la Danse (840 Cherrier), $18–$26. Info: (514) 525-1500.
by MARITES CARINO
Is it art?
GET YOUR FROSH ON: If you thought t-shirts emblazoned with your favourite beer logo were only available as a special offer inside a pack of 24 (or free with your university tuition), you were wrong. In fact, there is an entire Web store dedicated to boozy garments so you can get your kit on, without getting your drink on.
The amount of beverage brands to choose from at Beertees.com is as varied as stepping into your local SAQ. There’s the Beer category, with 35 brands (including merch from three different kinds of Miller!), the liquor category with everything from Hennessy—the Kanye of the bunch, with an elegant and understated embroidered taupe polo—to Southern Comfort’s pyjama pants. There’s even a Malt Liquor category honouring underage drinking everywhere, offering Colt 45 baseball caps ($17.95) for him and tank tops ($19.95) for her.
The kicker though, has to be the logo-ed ladies’ underwear—nothing quenches your thirst like Corona Lime Time panties ($15.95). www.beertees.com
Arts
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AVIARY ART: A classic Persian poem about birds inspires the work of various artists exhibiting at Redbird Studios (135 Van Horne) as part of The Search for the Simorgh. The vernissage takes place tonight, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. • UNIBROWS UNITE: Local designer Katrin Leblond is throwing a fashion party to celebrate artist Frida Kahlo’s 100th birthday. Frida lookalikes will be on hand, as will a mariachi band and a unibrow booth, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m., 4647 St-Laurent. • NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: Mixing high-and lower-brow art, the MAC’s Friday Noctuurnes offer speedy tours of the exhibitions, drinks and live music. This week, Oct. 5 from 6–9 p.m., see Martin Tétreault on the decks.
Artistat
Number of years of contemporary art exhibitions that Optica Gallery (372 Ste-Catherine W., #508) will be celebrating tonight, Oct. 4, at the Monument-National, with a performance by Pierre Lapointe and works by the likes of BGL, Emmanuelle Léonard and Michel de Broin, among others: 35 |
