Darling Foundry
View from corner Ottawa and Prince | |
Location of the Fonderie Darling in Montreal | |
Established | 2002 |
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Location |
745, rue Ottawa Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 1R8 |
Coordinates | 45°29′51.78″N 73°33′24.29″W / 45.4977167°N 73.5567472°WCoordinates: 45°29′51.78″N 73°33′24.29″W / 45.4977167°N 73.5567472°W |
Type | Visual Art Center |
Website |
www |
The Darling Foundry (French: Fonderie Darling) is a contemporary art complex located in the Cité du Multimédia district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located in a former foundry, the complex consists of an art gallery and artists studios.
Its mission is to support the creation, production, and dissemination of visual art; it seeks at once to question the role of art and artists in the heart of the city, and to promote that role.
Description
Created in 1993, Quartier Éphémère’s mission is to invest in 'in situ' projects within vacant or abandoned Montreal industrial buildings and to reach a diverse public, off of the beaten track of contemporary art. The Darling Foundry, which is a former metalworking factory, is one of QE’s projects. By turning buildings which were about to be demolished into artistic place, the association saved a total of 3500 square meters in the Faubourg des Recollets’s area. The Darling Foundry visual arts centre started its activity by opening its exhibition area in 2002. In 2006, the association inaugurated 12 artists studios in the second part of the building. The building is classified as an "exceptional heritage value building" in the Montreal Built Heritage great repertoire. Its transformation from a foundry into an art center was one of the first industrial heritage recycling success.
Darling Foundry supports different kinds of projects, sometimes highly technological, or risky, but always experimental, and open to the world of possibilities. Quartier Éphémère and the Darling Foundry stand as proof that, as a cultural and artistic force, they contribute enormously to the economic and social welfare of the Faubourg and the city of Montréal.
History
The foundry was constructed in 1880 by the Darling brothers due to the high demand for metal in the construction of machinery, ships and the railway. It was later expanded several times between 1888 and 1918.[1] Once complete, the complex consisted of four buildings, each with a specific role in the process of the foundry.[1] The foundry became the second largest in Montreal, was at full capacity until the 1970s and employed 800 people.[1]
The foundry was purchased by the Pumps & Softener Company in 1971, amid a downturn in the industry. The foundry eventually shut down completely in 1991.[1]
Arts organization Quartier Éphémère moved into the complex in the 1990s. The city of Montreal owned the building and let the organisation move in at no charge in exchange for maintaining the building and turning it into an events venue.[1][2] The building was in disrepair when Quartier Éphémère moved in, however, by the early 2000s, financing was obtained and the building was renovated.[1][2]
Today, the building contains 3,500 square metres (38,000 sq ft) of space dedicated to the visual arts.[2]
Exhibitions
Year | Exhibit Name | Artist | Curator |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | Ici, ailleurs et nulle part[3] | Tsuneko Taniuchi | |
Meilleure chance pour la prochaine fois[4] | Marie-Claude Pratte | ||
Tartarus[5] | Thomas Mcintosh | ||
Sédimentation + Paysage pointilliste II[6] | Jean-Pierre Aubé | Caroline Andrieux | |
Number 10[7] | The Flators | ||
Meilleure avant[8] | Laura Martin | ||
Castorama, le paysage canadien[9] | |||
1999 | Proposition pour trois tunnels[10] | Marcus Macdonald | |
Union[11] | Gilles Picouet | ||
Main d'œuvre[12] | Katie Bethune-Leamen, Michael Marenda, Anthony Burnham, Diana Shearwood, Carmen Ruschiensky et Nymphe Forte | Caroline Andrieux | |
2000 | Le nénuphar[13] | Andreas Oldörp | Caroline Andrieux |
Palaindrome[14] | Donna Ackrey et Yvette Poorter | ||
Du cinéma et des restes urbains[15] | Mark Lewis | Caroline Andrieux | |
2001 | Plan large 2001[16] | Isabelle Hayeur, Neil Budzinski et Alexandra Sà | |
Tunnel[17] | Francisco López et Portable Palace | ||
Silophone[18] | |||
2002 | À volonté[19] | Carmen Ruschiensky | |
Superbia[20] | Anthony Burnham | ||
Ultra vide[21] | Michael Robinson, Patrick Beaulieu, Carlos Ruttan, Maria Jose Sheriff et Serge Provost | Caroline Andrieux | |
2003 | Fortifications littorales / The Limits of Defense[22] | Patrick Evans | |
Hors pairs / Outside References[23] | |||
Plan large 2003[24] | Milutin Gubash | ||
Import / Export[25] | Buy Self | ||
Opus 110A[26] | Christoph Brech | ||
L'aspirante souffleuse[27] | Sœurs Couture | ||
Silo no 5[28] | Diana Shearwood | ||
2004 | La marche du monde[29] | Marie Claude Pratte | |
Pierres[30] | Cat Loray | Caroline Andrieux | |
Deux choses différentes[31] | Alexandre David | ||
Save the Waves[32] | Jean-Pierre Aubé | ||
Le conflit des réalités; les subtiles inventions de Juan Geuer.[33] | Juan Geuer | James Campbell | |
Nimbus[34] | Perte de signal | ||
De valise et d'abattoir[35] | Eric Sauvé | ||
Habitat 04, cité radieuse des chats[36] | Brian Jungen | Kitty Scott | |
2005 | Fortmou[37] | Jérôme Ruby | Caroline Andrieux |
Phénomènes publication catalogue[38] | Jean-Pierre Aubé | ||
Anarchitecte[39] | Richard Greaves | Valérie Rousseau | |
Faire l'indépendance[40] | Samuel Roy-Bois | ||
Débraye : voitures à controverse[41] | |||
Gordijn[42] | Wyn Geleynse | Sylvain Campeau | |
Un isthme à Montréal[43] | Karim Ghelloussi | Caroline Andrieux | |
Obsolensce[44] | Axel Morgenthaler | Caroline Andrieux | |
Infransense[45] | Robert Saucier et Kit | ||
Turckey Dreams[46] | Suzanne Dery | ||
Le dôme de glace[47] | Steve Topping et Ana Rewakowicz | ||
2006 | The Success of Waiting[48] | Justin Stephen | |
Choral[49] | Maria José Sheriff | ||
Plan large 2006[50] | Carlos et Jason Sanchez | ||
Cahier de solfège[51] | Elmyna Bouchard | ||
My Darling[52] | Karilee Fuglem | Caroline Andrieux | |
Ene Ese Oso Ono[53] | Pierre Bourgault | ||
Science (véritable) {anatomies II comparées}[54] | Joey Morgan | Manon Blanchette | |
Éponges[55] | Giorgia Volpe | Caroline Andrieux | |
2007 | When Dreams Come True[56] | Elena Willis | |
Monument[57] | Mathieu Beauséjour | ||
Plan large 2007[58] | |||
Klatsassin[59] | Stan Douglas | Marie Fraser | |
Ombre de ville[60] | Jean Paul Ganem | ||
Deux dimensions et demie[61] | Perrine Lievens | Caroline Andrieux | |
Nous serions-nous jamais rencontrés?[62] | Rainer Eisch | ||
Particle Shifts[63] | Jennifer Stillwell | ||
2008 | Transportations (Variations)[64] | Dominique Blais | |
Some More Notes on the Phenomenology of Making : The Search for Motivated[65] | Klaus Scherübel | ||
Poussière 3[66] | Jocelyne Alloucherie | ||
Ombre de ville 2[67] | Jean Paul Ganem | ||
Le chant du rossignol[68] | Jessica Warboys | Caroline Andrieux | |
Un trait d'union entre le visible et l'invisible (Darboral)[69] | Massimo Guerrera | ||
Constellations[70] | Charles Stankievech | ||
Particle Shifts[71] | Aude Moreau | Caroline Andrieux | |
Sonde[72] | Sancho Silva | ||
2009 | Arrangement d'après nature[73] | Alain Paiement | |
Plan large 2009 : The Blue Flyer II[74] | Michael Flomen | ||
Plan large 2009 : Cargo[75] | Shelly Miller | ||
Sun in an Empty Room*[76] | Rhonda Weppler et Trevor Mahovsky | ||
Waiting for High Water[77] | Jana Sterbak | ||
Throw Genre[78] | Michael A. Robinson | ||
Hospitality[79] | The Icelandic Love Corporation | ||
2010 | Contre-faire : entre construction et anti-matière[80] | Mathieu Latulippe | Annie Hudon-Laroche |
L'oubli de l'air'[81] | Lani Maestro | ||
Fugue Urbaine[82] | |||
Tableaux vivants[83] | Luis Jacob | Marie Fraser | |
Where is Where?[84] | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Marie Fraser | |
2011 | Will We Ever Be Able To Mark Enough?[85] | Shilpa Gupta | Renée Baert |
Plate-forme[86] | Alexandre David | ||
From Aachen to Iser[87] | Ricardo Cuevas | Caroline Andrieux | |
Brown Studies[88] | Kristina Lee Podesva | ||
Une vie bien remplie[89] | Pierrick Sorin | ||
Clycloïd-e[90] | Cod.act | ||
Expire[91] | Nancy Tobin | ||
Public Disturbance - Série HB : Prise 1 / Prise 2 / Prise 3[92] | Kelly Mark | Caroline Andrieux | |
Surfacing Over There[93] | Alain Paiement | ||
L'espace du milieu[94] | Ælab | ||
2012 | Cold, Cumberland, Snafu[95] | Yannick Langlois, Sabrina Davatz, Samir Parker | |
Alluvia[96] | Blue Republic | ||
Intérieur[97] | Olivia Boudreau | Caroline Andrieux | |
Collectes[98] | Atelier Kawamata | ||
Courte-pointe[99] | Philippe Allard et Justin Duchesneau | ||
Mixed Misuse[100] | Jon Knowles | Vincent Bonin | |
Les œuvres qui n'étaient pas là[101] | Guillaume La Brie | ||
Les concordances du temps[102] | Josée Pedneault et Molly O'Dwyer | ||
Beacon[103] | Abbas Akhavan | Andria Hickey | |
2013 | Projections[104] | Yann Pocreau | |
Dédale[105] | Jocelyne Alloucherie | Sylvain Campeau | |
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal[106] | |||
Le vaisseau - Solid Void[107] | Virginie Laganière | Esther Bourdages | |
Chicha Muffler[108] | BGL | ||
A World Is A Model Of The World[109] | Yam Lau | Alice Jim | |
It Only Moves Forward[110] | Damla Tamer | ||
In Union[111] | Milutin Gubash | ||
2014 | Razzle Dazzle Sis Boom Bah[112] | Karen Kraven | Nicholas Brown |
L'avenir (Looking Forward)[113] | Lawrence Weiner et Li Ran | ||
Points de vue | |||
Variations[114] | Jean Paul Ganem | ||
Barré[115] | Christina Zurfluh | ||
Autour des crimes et des rêves[116] | Dora Garcia | Chantal Pontbriand | |
N-Polytope[117] | Chris Salter | ||
Smoke / Cadrer la fumée[118] | Nicolas Lachance | Caroline Andrieux | |
Byte by Byte[119] | Thomas Bégin | Eric Mattson | |
2015 | Mirador[120] | Acapulco | |
Hôtel Formes Sauvages[121] | André Fortino | Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre | |
LAT. 17°33′13″N LONG. 99°24′37″W[122] | Roy Meuwissen | Caroline Andrieux | |
Sans Titre (enseignes pour une émeute)[123] | Antoine Nessi | ||
Let us be us, again and again, and always[124] | Lieven de Boeck | Emmanuel Lambion | |
Asylum In the Sea[125] | Hajra Waheed | Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre | |
For Romantic Fantasy[126] | Stephanie Loveless | Jake Moore | |
The Act of Forgetting[127] | Chih-Chien Wang | Caroline Andrieux | |
Grand Antonio à New York[128] | American Folk Art Museum de New York | ||
30 ans du CIAC Montréal[129] | |||
Unground[130] | Gast Bouschet et Nadine Hilbert | Kevin Muhlen | |
2016 | L*[131] | Marie-Michelle Deschamps | Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre |
Soleil[132] | Lorna Bauer | ||
It Has a Golden Orange Sun and an Elderly Blue Moon[133] | Ulla von Brandenburg | Alexandra Baudelot | |
Le département des plantes[134] | Catherine Lescarbeau | Marie-Hélène Leblanc | |
Délicat Pulse[135] | Julie Favreau | Marie Frampier | |
Picture Transition (Display Camera) Picture Transition (Unfixed Form)[136] | Sarah Greig | Caroline Andrieux |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 McMullan, Thomas J. "The Darling Foundry: Once Heart of Industry Now Home to Artists". The Main Media. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Quartier Éphémère and the Darling Foundry". Heritage Montreal. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ Ici, ailleurs et nulle part
- ↑ Meilleure chance pour la prochaine fois
- ↑ Tartarus
- ↑ Sédimentation + Paysage pointilliste II
- ↑ Number 10
- ↑ Meilleure avant
- ↑ Castorama, le paysage canadien
- ↑ Proposition pour trois tunnels
- ↑ Union
- ↑ Main d'œuvre
- ↑ Le nénuphar
- ↑ Palaindrome
- ↑ Du cinéma et des restes urbains
- ↑ Plan large 2001
- ↑ Tunnel
- ↑ Silophone
- ↑ À volonté
- ↑ Superbia
- ↑ Ultra vide
- ↑ Fortifications littorales / The Limits of Defense
- ↑ Hors pairs / Outside References
- ↑ Plan large 2003
- ↑ Import / Export
- ↑ Opus 110A
- ↑ L'aspirante souffleuse
- ↑ Silo no 5
- ↑ La marche du monde
- ↑ Pierres
- ↑ Deux choses différentes
- ↑ Save the Waves
- ↑ Le conflit des réalités; les subtiles inventions de Juan Geuer.
- ↑ Nimbus
- ↑ De valise et d'abattoir
- ↑ Habitat 04, cité radieuse des chats
- ↑ Fortmou
- ↑ Phénomènes publication catalogue
- ↑ Anarchitecte
- ↑ Faire l'indépendance
- ↑ Débraye : voitures à controverse
- ↑ Gordijn
- ↑ Un isthme à Montréal
- ↑ Obsolensce
- ↑ Infransense
- ↑ Turckey Dreams
- ↑ Le dôme de glace
- ↑ The Success of Waiting
- ↑ Choral
- ↑ Plan large 2006
- ↑ Cahier de solfège
- ↑ My Darling
- ↑ Ene Ese Oso Ono
- ↑ Science (véritable) {anatomies II comparées}
- ↑ Éponges
- ↑ When Dreams Come True
- ↑ Monument]
- ↑ Plan large 2007
- ↑ Klatsassin
- ↑ Ombre de ville
- ↑ Deux dimensions et demie
- ↑ Nous serions-nous jamais rencontrés ?
- ↑ Particle Shifts
- ↑ Transportations (Variations)
- ↑ Some More Notes on the Phenomenology of Making : The Search for Motivated
- ↑ Poussière 3
- ↑ Ombre de ville 2
- ↑ Le chant du rossignol
- ↑ Un trait d'union entre le visible et l'invisible (Darboral)
- ↑ Constellations
- ↑ Tapis de sucre 3
- ↑ Sonde
- ↑ Arrangement d'après nature
- ↑ Plan large 2009 : The Blue Flyer II
- ↑ Plan large 2009 : Cargo
- ↑ Sun in an Empty Room*
- ↑ Waiting for High Water
- ↑ Throw Genre
- ↑ Hospitality
- ↑ Contre-faire : entre construction et anti-matière
- ↑ L'oubli de l'air
- ↑ Fugue Urbaine
- ↑ Tableaux vivants
- ↑ Where is Where?
- ↑ Will We Ever Be Able To Mark Enough?
- ↑ Plate-forme
- ↑ From Aachen to Iser
- ↑ Brown Studies
- ↑ Une vie bien remplie
- ↑ Clycloïd-e
- ↑ Expire
- ↑ Public Disturbance - Série HB : Prise 1 / Prise 2 / Prise 3
- ↑ Surfacing Over There
- ↑ L'espace du milieu
- ↑ Cold, Cumberland, Snafu
- ↑ Alluvia
- ↑ Intérieur]
- ↑ Collectes
- ↑ Courte-pointe
- ↑ Mixed Misuse
- ↑ Les œuvres qui n'étaient pas là
- ↑ Les concordances du temps
- ↑ Beacon
- ↑ Projections
- ↑ Dédale
- ↑ Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
- ↑ Le vaisseau - Solid Void
- ↑ Chicha Muffler
- ↑ A World Is A Model Of The World
- ↑ Due To Its Nature, It Only Moves Forward
- ↑ In Union
- ↑ Razzle Dazzle Sis Boom Bah
- ↑ L'avenir (Looking Forward)
- ↑ Variations
- ↑ Barré
- ↑ Autour des crimes et des rêves
- ↑ N-Polytope
- ↑ Framing Smoke / Cadrer la fumée
- ↑ Byte by Byte
- ↑ Mirador
- ↑ Hôtel Formes Sauvages
- ↑ LAT. 17°33′13″N LONG. 99°24′37″W
- ↑ Sans Titre (enseignes pour une émeute)
- ↑ Let us be us, again and again, and always
- ↑ Asylum In the Sea
- ↑ For Romantic Fantasy
- ↑ The Act of Forgetting
- ↑ Grand Antonio à New York
- ↑ 30 ans du CIAC Montréal
- ↑ Unground
- ↑ L*
- ↑ Soleil
- ↑ It Has a Golden Orange Sun and an Elderly Blue Moon
- ↑ Le département des plantes
- ↑ Délicat Pulse
- ↑ Picture Transition (Display Camera) Picture Transition (Unfixed Form)