Fonderie Darling
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]
Latest exhibitions
2016
- L*, Marie-Michelle Deschamps | Curator : Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre
- Soleil, Lorna Bauer
- It Has a Golden Orange Sun and an Elderly Blue Moon, Ulla Van Brandenburg | Curator : Alexandra Baudelot
- Le département des plantes, Catherine Lescarbeau | Curator : Marie-Hélène Leblanc
- Délicat Pulse, Julie Favreau | Commissaire : Marie Frampier
- Picture Transition (Display Camera) Picture Transition (Unfixed Form), Sarah Greig | Commissaire : Caroline Andrieux
2015
- Mirador, Acapulco
- Hôtel Formes Sauvages, André Fortino | Curator : Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre
- LAT. 17°33′13″N LONG. 99°24′37″W, Roy Meuwissen
- Sans Titre (enseignes pour une émeute), Antoine Nessi
- Let us be us, again and again, and always, Lieven de Boeck | Curator : Emmanuel Lambion
- Asylum In the Sea, Hajra Waheed | Curator : Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre
- For Romantic Fantasy, Stephanie Loveless | Curator : Jake Moore
- The act of forgetting, Chih-Chien Wang | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Grand Antonio, American Folk Art Museum de New-York
- 30 years for CIAC Montreal
- Unground, Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert | Curator : Kevin Muhlen
2014
- Razzle Dazzle Sis Boom Bah, Karen Kraven
- L'avenir (Looking Forward), Lawrence Weiner, Li Ran
- Points de vue
- Variations, Jean Paul Ganem
- Barré, Christina Zurfluh
- Autour des crimes et des rêves, Dora Garcia | Chantal Pontbriand
- N-Polytope], Chris Salter
- Framing Smoke / Cadrer la fumée, Nicolas Lachance | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Byte by Byte, Thomas Bégin | Eric Mattson
2013
- Projections, Yann Pocreau
- Dédale, Jocelyne Alloucherie | Curator : Sylvain Campeau
- Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
- Le vaisseau - Solid Void, Virginie Laganière | Esther Bourdages
- Chicha Muffler, BGL
- A World Is A Model Of The World], Yam Lau | Curator : Alice Jim
- Due To Its Nature, It Only Moves Forward, Damla Tamer
- In Union, Milutin Gubash
2012
- Cold, Cumberland, Snafu, Yannick Langlois, Sabrina Davatz, Samir Parker
- Alluvia, Blue Republic
- Intérieur, Olivia Boudreau | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Collectes, Atelier Kawamata
- Courte-pointe, Philippe Allard et Justin Duchesneau
- Mixed Misuse, Jon Knowles | Curator : Vincent Bonin
- Les œuvres qui n'étaient pas là, Guillaume La Brie
- Les concordances du temps, Josée Pedneault et Molly O'Dwyer
- Beacon, Abbas Akhavan | Curator : Andria Hickey
2011
- Will We Ever Be Able To Mark Enough?, Shilpa Gupta | Curator : Renée Baert
- Plate-forme, Alexandre David
- From Aachen to Iser, Ricardo Cuevas | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Brown Studies, Kristina Lee Podesva
- Une vie bien remplie, Pierrick Sorin
- Clycloïd-e, Cod.act
- Expire, Nancy Tobin
- Public Disturbance - Série HB : Prise 1 / Prise 2 / Prise 3, Kelly Mark | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Surfacing Over There, Alain Paiement
- L'espace du milieu, Aelab
2010
- Contre-faire : entre construction et anti-matière, Mathieu Latulippe | Curator : Annie Hudon-Laroche
- L'oubli de l'air, Lani Maestro
- Figure Urbaine
- Tableaux vivants, Luis Jacob | Curator : Marie Fraser
- Where is Where?, Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Curator : Marie Fraser
2009
- Arrangement d'après nature, Alain Paiement
- Plan large 2009 : The Blue Flyer II, Michael Flomen
- Plan large 2009 : Cargo, Shelly Miller
- Sun in an Empty Room*, Rhonda Weppler et Trevor Mahovsky
- Waiting for High Water, Jana Sterbak
- Throw Genre, Michael A. Robinson
- Hospitality, The Icelandic Love Corporation
2008
- Transportations (Variations), Dominique Blais
- Some More Notes on the Phenomenology of Making : The Search for Motivated, Klaus Scherübel
- Poussière 3, Jocelyne Alloucherie
- Ombre de ville 2, Jean Paul Ganem
- Le chant du rossignol, Jessica Warboys | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Un trait d'union entre le visible et l'invisible (Darboral), Massimo Guerrera
- Constellations, Charles Stankievech
- Tapis de sucre 3, Aude Moreau | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Sonde / Probe, Sancho Silva
2007
- When Dreams Come True, Elena Willis
- Monument, Mathieu Beauséjour
- Plan large 2007
- Klatsassin, Stan Douglas | Curator : Marie Fraser
- Ombre de ville, Jean Paul Ganem
- Deux dimensions et demie, Perrine Lievens | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Nous serions-nous jamais rencontrés ?, Rainer Eisch
- Particle Shifts, Jennifer Stillwell
2006
- The Success of Waiting, Justin Stephen
- Choral, Maria José Sheriff
- Plan large 2006, Carlos & Jason Sanchez
- Cahier de solfège, Elmyna Bouchard
- My Darling, Karilee Fuglem | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Ene Ese Oso Ono, Pierre Bourgault
- Science (véritable) {anatomies II comparées}, Joey Morgan | Manon Blanchette
- Éponges, Giorgia Volpe | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
2005
- Fortmou, Jérôme Ruby | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Phénomènes publication catalogue, Jean-Pierre Aubé
- Anarchitecte, Richard Greaves | Curator : Valérie Rousseau
- Faire l'indépendance, Samuel Roy-Bois
- Débraye : voitures à controverse
- Gordijn, Wyn Geleynse | Curator : Sylvain Campeau
- Un isthme à Montréal, Karim Ghelloussi | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Obsolensce, Axel Morgenthaler | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Infransense, Robert Saucier et Kit
- Turckey Dreams, Suzanne Dery
- Le dôme de glace, Steve Topping & Ana Rewakowicz
2004
- La marche du monde, Marie Claude Pratte
- Pierres, Cat Loray | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Deux choses différentes, Alexandre David
- Save the Waves, Jean-Pierre Aubé
- Le conflit des réalités ; les subtiles inventions de Juan Geuer., Juan Geuer | Commissaire : James Campbell
- Nimbus, Perte de signal
- De valise et d'abattoir, Eric Sauvé
- Habitat 04, cité radieuse des chats, Brian Jungen | Curator : Kitty Scott
2003
- Fortifications littorales / The Limits of Defense, Patrick Evans
- Hors pairs / Outside References
- Plan large 2003, Milutin Gubash
- Import / Export, Buy Self
- Opus 110A, Christoph Brech
- L'aspirante souffleuse, Soeurs Couture
- Silo no 5, Diana Shearwood
2002
- À volonté, Carmen Ruschiensky
- Superbia, Anthony Burnham
- Ultra vide | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
2001
- Plan large 2001
- Tunnel
- Silophone
2000
- Le nénuphar, Andreas Oldörp | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Palaindrome, Donna Ackrey and Yvette Poorter
- Du cinéma et des restes urbains, Mark Lewis | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
1999
- Proposition pour trois tunnels, Marcus Macdonald
- Union, Gilles Picouet
- Main d'oeuvre | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
1998
- Ici, ailleurs et nulle part, Tsuneko Taniuchi
- Meilleure chance pour la prochaine fois, Marie-Claude Pratte
- Tartarus, Thomas Mcintosh
- Sédimentation + Paysage pointilliste II, Jean-Pierre Aubé | Curator : Caroline Andrieux
- Number 10, The Flators
- Meilleure avant, Laura Martin
- Castorama, le paysage canadien
References
- ^ a b c d e f McMullan, Thomas J. "The Darling Foundry: Once Heart of Industry Now Home to Artists". The Main Media. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Quartier Éphémère and the Darling Foundry". Heritage Montreal. Retrieved 22 February 2016.