Head trip

Using only video projections of 12 heads, Musée d’art contemporain (185 Ste-Catherine W.) artist-in-residence Denis Marleau presents what he’s calling a “fantasmagorie technologique” in the form of Les Aveugles, a play written in 1890 by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. Floating stationary in black space, the disembodied faces speak together and listen to the sounds that surround them. They are all blind and afraid to move, as they are lost in unfamiliar woods. That the actors are no longer present in Marleau’s interpretation is a perfect continuum of the ideas of Maeterlinck, who over 100 years ago was exploring the idea of actorless theatre. Les Aveugles shows at the MAC through March 24, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. daily, $10–12. You’ll definitely need reservations, so call Admission (790-1245) to book tickets in advance. :

—Christine Redfern