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Sheena Hoszko, Red Light Monument: Floor Area of Café Cléopâtre Stages (500 square feet), 2012

Du 2 au 10 novembre 2012 devant le centre Dare-Dare, aux abords du métro St-Laurent, à Montré.

Red Light Monument: Floor Area of Café Cléopâtre Stages (500 square feet) est une œuvre contextuelle qui rend hommage au Red Light de Montréal et à son altération par le développement du Quartier des spectacles. Cette installation consiste en une zone au sol illuminée de rouge sur l’esplanade de la station de métro Saint-Laurent. La dimension de l'espace illuminé, mesurant 500 pieds carrés, correspond à la superficie combinée des deux scènes du Café Cléopâtre, légendaire cabaret et club de strip-tease établis depuis 30 ans sur le boulevard Saint-Laurent.



Pour cette installation, Sheena Hoszko utilise le mobilier urbain officiel du Quartier des spectacles, réutilisant les mêmes équipements de scène que les grands évènements publics qui y sont présentés. Red Light Monument: Floor Area of Café Cléopâtre Stages (500 square feet) se dévoilera à la tombée de la nuit, évoquant ainsi la double-nature - à la fois visible et invisible - du travail du sexe à Montréal. Le dispositif s’illuminera aux mêmes heures d’activité que celles du Café Cléopâtre, soit de 11h00 à 3h00, tous les jours.



Par cette installation, l’artiste souhaite d'abord rendre hommage au Café Cléopâtre, soulignant son acte de résistance face à l'expropriation et sa détermination à inciter un débat culturel autour de l'industrie du sexe et de ses travailleuses, tout en soulevant la question du rôle des artistes dans le processus de gentrification d'un quartier.



Un texte d’Émilie Laliberté de STELLA (www.chezstella.org) accompagne l’installation.



L’artiste tient à remercier : David Butler, Gabriel D’Amour, Marie-Michelle Deschamps, Félix Desrochers, Adrien Fillion, Michelle Lacombe, Émilie Laliberté, Jessica MacCormack et l’équipe de DARE-DARE.



Un merci tout particulier à: L’ensemble des travailleuses du Café Cléopâtre et à Johnny Zoumboulakis.

Red Light Monument: Floor Area of Café Cléopâtre Stages (500 square feet) is a site-specific project that pays homage to lower Sainte-Catherine street and how it has been affected by the development of the Quartier des Spectacles. Located next to Saint-Laurent metro, an area of red light measuring 500 square feet is projected on the ground by outdoor event lighting installed above. The dimension of the lit space is the combined surface area of the upstairs and downstairs stages of Café Cléopâtre, a 30-year old cabaret and strip club located on Sainte-Catherine Street, and one of the last remaining sex clubs in Montreal’s historic red-light district.



Using the language and materiality of the large-scale cultural events that now take place in Quartier des Spectacles, this installation will be most visible after sunset, mimicking the visibility/invisibility of sex work in Montreal. The project will be illuminated during the hours of Café Cléopâtre, from 11am - 3am daily.



Red Light Monument: Floor Area of Café Cléopâtre Stages (500 square feet) pays homage to Café Cléopâtre and the manner in which it has resisted gentrification and continues to instigate cultural debate around sex work and labour, while also highlighting the role that contemporary artists play in the gentrification of communities.



A text by Émilie Laliberté of STELLA (www.chezstella.org) will accompany the installation.



The artist would like to thank : David Butler, Gabriel D’Amour, Marie-Michelle Deschamps, Félix Desrochers, Adrien Fillion, Michelle Lacombe, Émilie Laliberté, Jessica MacCormack and DARE-DARE's team.



Special thanks to: all the workers of Café Cléopâtre and Johnny Zoumboulakis.
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