The actions of Idylle are divided into four interdisciplinary mandates: the production, creation and distribution of exhibitions and performative works; the creation of in-situ performances in public spaces and in nature; international residencies; and environmental initiatives such as riverbank clean-ups or cultural mediation workshops inviting a decompartmentalization of disciplines and an ecological sensitivity.
Idylle's mission is to unite artists through collaborative freedom and to create hybrid, inclusive and festive experiences in symbiosis with the community. The organization's activities include the production or
co-production of films, plays and web series, as well as the deployment of exhibitions, performances, installations and video projects of all kinds (from multimedia content to recordings, editing, coloring, video projection and mapping).
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Idylle is a non-profit creative organization that promotes eco-beneficial artistic projects, encourages the democratization of interdisciplinarity and invites intercultural and community development using an environmental approach.
MISSION
L'Idylle is a non-profit creative organization that promotes eco-beneficial artistic projects, encourages the democratization of interdisciplinarity and invites intercultural and community development using an environmental approach.
IDYLLE IN FIGURES
+ 100 artists from all disciplines, involved
in its projects
4 annual riverbank cleanups co-produced with Organisation Bleue and the districts of Pointe-aux-Trembles-Rivière-des-Prairies
2 tons of waste removed from the banks and coastlines of the Saint Lawrence River and the Rivière-des-Prairies
80 environmental art workshops with students/youth
+ 1000 students made aware of environmental issues
4 bi-annual international residencies in Portugal
+ 150,000 people that have attended its cultural productions
2 distinctions in eco-responsibility or socio-ecological transition
+ 50 environmental or community partners
1 exhibition and performance tour with the CAM Touring Program (Montreal Arts Council)
+ 25 video productions and participations in local, national and international festivals
6 creations of theatrical or in-situ performances
+ $150,000 in grants invested in artistic production with an environmental signature
+ 100 photographic works created collaboratively
10 interdisciplinary collaborations between Art and Science
HISTORY
Founded in 2015 by multidisciplinary artist Alex Côté, Idylle has produced multidisciplinary creations for many of the following festivals and programs: Printemps numérique, World Social Forum, FRINGE, FAST, Nous sommes ici (la Serre arts vivants), Espace Libre, Espace Cercle Carré, Le Livart and the network of cultural centres of the City of Montreal. Idylle's artists and collaborators have completed creative residencies at the Théâtre de l'Opsis, the Faculty of Arts at UQÀM, Concordia University, the Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles and the Centre Chorégraphique O-Vertigo. Their multidisciplinary performance Parallèle was awarded the FRINGE Best Performance Award in 2015. The multimedia and technological production KITSCH.god then distinguished itself at the World Social Forum, then at Espace Libre as part of Printemps Numérique 2016.
GRANTS AND DISTINCTIONS
2024
Winner of the Vivats Emerging Talent Award, Quebec Council of Eco-Responsible Events (CQEER)
2024
Culture and Transition Scholarship from the Montreal Regional Environmental Council (CRE)
2024
Montreal Arts Council Project Assistance Program
2023
Le Devoir and 40th anniversary of the Montreal Arts Council (CAM) communications campaign on tour
2024 Montreal Arts Council Project Assistance Program
2023 Communication campaign of Le Devoir of the Montreal Arts Council (CAM) (40 years of the CAM program on tour)
2023 Special mention at the Vivats Awards, Vivats Emerging Talent Award Category presented by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec
2023 International Support Assistance Program from the Ministry of Culture and Communications of Quebec
2023 "La Route vers l'art" Program, a bi-annual funding from the Montreal Arts Council
2023 Territorial Partnership Program in Eco-Responsibility of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), CAM, Culture Montréal
2022 Creation Program in the CALQ districts
2022 Citizen consultation, Montreal Public Consultation Office, 2050 Reflection Project
TERRITORIAL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The team of Idylle acknoledges that it operates on the banks of the St. Lawrence River / Kaniatarowanénhne / Magtogoek and the Rivière-des-Prairies / Skawanoti / Pamskodategw, on unceded Indigenous territory and recognizes the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation as the guardians of the lands and waters on which it gathers. Named Tiohtià:ke by the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation and Mooniyang by the Anishinaabe Nation, the archipelago on which we gather is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations, and today, a diverse Indigenous population, as well as other peoples, reside there. It is in respect to the connections with the past, present and future that Idylle recognizes the ongoing relationships between Indigenous peoples and other peoples of the Montreal community.
PARTNERS
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