World premiere!
When May 22 to 25, 2025
Where at the Esplanade Tranquille in the Quartier des Spectacles, in the Pavilion of the Esplanade Tranquille and in the Hall of the Maison du Développement Durable, 1442 Rue Clark, Tiohtià:ke | Mooniyang | Montreal, QC H2X 2R3, at the corner of Clark and Ste-Catherine streets, near the Saint-Laurent metro station.
What Premiere of our event The Farm or how to nourish an intelligent future. The 16' x 16' black cube will take place in Espalande for 4 days. The event will take the form of an interactive audiovisual installation 24 hours a day and will offer live events in a theatrical-documentary format. Workshop/discussion stations will also be offered inside the Pavillon de l’Esplanade Tranquille and the Maison du Développement Durable.
The Farm - or how to nourish an Intelligent future is a project born from questions: How can we understand the rising impact of Artificial Intelligence in our daily lives, our societies? The speed of those changes happening, the anticipated collateral geopolitical and environmental consequences are frightening and we don't have much of a say... What questions should we ask? What world is emerging before us? What kind of humans will we become? What is our relationship to AI? Do we have time to think about the impacts in our daily lives, on the planet and for the future?
This new ATSA, When Art Takes Action project is an experimental learning logbook for the artist. She presents it to us with the humility of a person who does not know Artificial Intelligence but who wants to understand the world that is imposed on her, for better and for worse. This work will eventually take the form of an audio-visual installation in public space. She mixes different mediums to put humans at the center of these reflections, at the center of this world which is increasingly invaded by technology. From the intimate to the philosophical, a cube/stage will send viewers back to their own connection with technology. This interactive work of art invites us to begin a critical approach together. With excerpts from interviews of specialists and communicators such as Matthieu Dugal, Dave Anctil, Michal Seta, etc., Annie is guiding us on this dreamlike journey to the confines of the artificial. This work in perpetual creation will be nourished by exchanges with the public and technological advances, all in order to imagine the future together.
For programmers
Several formats of La Ferme are available and adapt to your organizational and financial framework
Digital sobriety
The Farm project implement a digital sobriety approach. In this action ATSA is supported by the Montreal Regional Environmental Council and Culture Montreal.
Throughout the creation, CRE Montreal records the digital data of the project in order to generate a report. This continuous analysis will then make it possible to propose recommendations in order to reduce the ecological footprint of such projects.
Territory recognition
ATSA recognizes that we are on unceded Indigenous territory, which is not covered by any treaty. Montreal, named Tio’tià:ke in Kanien’kéha and Mooniyang in Anishinaabemowin, is a historic gathering place for First Nations, including the Kanien’kehá:kas, Wendats, Abenakis and Anishinaabeg. Our city brings together a large and diverse indigenous population, as well as people from everywhere. We would like to recognize the guardians of traditional knowledge of all ages. We also honor their leaders of yesterday, today and tomorrow, with undeniable courage.
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