The Life of Things

Mass production is tending to re-define the lines between supposedly inert and passive material things and human beings, considered the only subjects endowed with agency. Even images are far from being impermeable to this and spread presently beyond the two-dimensional space, becoming objects in themselves. MOMENTA Montral thus explores the universes built between individuals and their material environment, highlighting the reciprocal relations between subject and object. Artists: Laura Aguilar, Francis Als, Kader Attia, Elisabeth Belliveau, Karen Paulina Biswell, Maeve Brennan, Jonathas de Andrade, Raphalle de Groot, Hannah Doerksen, Patricia Domnguez, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Alinka Echeverra, Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Marina Gadonneix, Gauri Gill, Maggie Groat, Felicity Hammond, Jrme Havre, Laura Huertas Milln, Keyezua, Kapwani Kiwanga, Anouk Kruithof, Maryse Larivire, Taus Makhacheva, Ana Mendieta, Izumi Miyazaki, Bridget Moser, Meagan Musseau, Rafael Ortega, Juan Ortiz-Apuy, Celia Perrin Sidarous, Miguel Angel Ros, Jamie Ross, Victoria Sin, Cauleen Smith, Batia Suter, Camille Turner. Londoo Kapwani Kiwanga and Maryse Larivire have each conceived of a series of artworks exclusive to this publication.