Common ground is the point of origin, not the destination.
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“I feel really light and alive when I’m working with material that has a history.”
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More than any other nonverbal signs, we build bonds and trust people based upon their faces and what they communicate to us.
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The possibility of leaning into instability politically may be manifesting in our works of art first as a form of dress rehearsal for real revolution.
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The oscillations of resemblance and change that our world undergo constitute our experience of time.
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Political leaders are like gun parts — interchangeable and infinitely replicable and deadly when assembled.
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“I never really dove in a lake before with my eyes open. It’s an experience that must be very close to meditation.”
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Emotional ecosystems indeed constitute the necessary path forward toward more rewarding lives.
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Are we all just marinating in immersive experience? And if so, how do we climb out of the soup?
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Tradition is immanence anticipated. It resists melancholia, decline, failure. The antidote for simulation is reality, if even reality relived.
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When does the present turn into the past? At what point does the future become ‘now?’ And how long does ‘now’ last?
Can ‘now’ change history?
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“I need to create because it helps me to go through all I see.”
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Capital is not so much undead as it is never-having-lived and therefor can never be killed.
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Time thickens when we are forced to throttle our maximum velocity.
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“One of my favourite things about the organ is this kind of acousmatic listening experience.”
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“Great things are going to happen, and terrible things are going to happen. But at the end of the day, your life is valuable.”
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All of life fits some pattern; there is no such thing as a random event. Zoom out far enough and you will see that what we perceive as chaos or chance is in fact divine design.
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It is counterintuitive for the underground press — a publication like NicheMTL — to attempt to shed light on underground artists as well as itself via these technical means while remaining underground.
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“Having transformative experiences along with people who are working towards making change is a real thing. It’s not just entertainment.”
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The necessity of violence is the definitive subject at the heart of every revolution.
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“When you don’t have money, everything is money.”
To understand how location shapes creative practice and artistic possibility, our newest contributor Anya Leibovitch spoke with working artists in New York and Montreal, two of North America’s most culturally vibrant cities.
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The experiences in life that teach us the most are those we would have never chosen for ourselves.
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“I feel like it’s a city that is open to the world. And I think that reflects in the Orchestra.”
Read the NicheMTL interview with Marianne Perron who speaks with us about the OSM’s 2025-‘26 season, which launches with “The Damnation of Faust” tonight at Maison Symphonique.
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Not only do we never step in the same river twice; each time, the river fails to recognize our feet.
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“We’re pretty lucky in Montreal to be able to bond over something that at its core is done from an authentic place.”
Read the NicheMTL interview with Susil Sharma of Karma Glider, whose latest album, “From the Haze of a Revved Up Youth” launches this Friday at Casa del popolo.
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“There is no moment when I am not doing art.”
Read the NicheMTL interview with Tomas Dessureault who speaks with us about the criteria for good art, being inspired by musicians more than painters, and preparing for his upcoming solo show at Galerie POPOP.
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