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MURAL Festival

December 01, 2023

The MURAL Festival is an annual international street art festival held every June since 2013 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It aims to celebrate the democratization of urban art in the city of Montréal. Artists from around the world are invited to participate in the festival every year and contribute with their personal perspectives of the art. The art itself is part of the free art movement which stems from the free-culture movement. Thus, all murals immediately enter the public domain as free content or open content when they are created and there is an absence of copyright laws. All the art is free to be viewed and photographed. It has been described by the festival's co-creator as "an extension of the Mile End", and the festival's self-proclaimed mission is to "democratize art".

MURAL Festival
Location(s)Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Founded2013
FounderAndré Bathalon
Yan Cordeau
Alexis Froissart
Nicolas Munn Rico
Attendance1.15 million visitors in 2015[1]
Organised byLNDMRK
Websitemuralfestival.com

The festival is a free event open to all ages, and it is held on several streets in Montreal, such as the Saint Laurent Boulevard, Sherbrooke Street, and Mount Royal Avenue. Along with the mural projects are a variety of street vendors and food trucks that cater to the public. The three most important partners of the MURAL festival are Fido, LNDMRK, and Saint Laurent Boulevard. However, there are also numerous other partners such as Hennessy, Red Bull, and Poppers that are also involved and some participate in the street vending.

Artists edit

Year Artists
2013 A'SHOP, Bonar, Chris Dyer, Christina Angelina, En Masse, Escif, Gaia, Jason Botkin, LNY, Omen, Other, Paria Crew, Phlegm, Pixel Pancho, Reka One, ROA, Stare & Tchug, WZRDGNG
2014 123KLAN, 2501, Alex Scaner, Alexis Dias, BEZT DA ETAM CRU, Bryan Beyung, Cyrcle, Inti, Kashnik, Kevin Ledo, Labrona, Rone, RRDB, Seth, VILX, ZEMA, ZILON, Zoltan
2015 2ALAS, Astro, Axel Void, Benny Wilding, Bicicleta Sem Frei, Curiot, Earth Crusher De A'Shopi, Elian, Eric Clement, Faith 47, Jarus, Jaz, MC Baldassari, Melissa Del Pinto, MONK.E, Nychos, Opire
2016 Acidum Project, Buff Monster, D*FACE, FAFI, Felipe Pantone, Five Eight, FONKI, GREMS, HSIX, Jonathan Bergeron, Klone Yourself, Maser, Mateo, Meggs, Miss Teri, Natalia, Rak, Roadsworth, Stikki Peaches, X-Ray
2017 1010, Ayadin Matlabi & Miss Me Vision Mondiale, Dodo Ose, Fintan Magee, FLUKE, HOARKOAR, INSA, Jason Wasserman, Kevin Ledo, MADC, Monosourcil, MORT, NuriaMora, OLA VOLO, ONUR, Ricardo Cavolo, Ron English, Ruben Sanchez, Sbuone, SCRIBE
2018 ASVP, Ben EIne, CRYPTIK, CYRCLE, DEMSKY, Drew Merritt, Jeremy Shantz, Kate, Raudenbush, Le Monstr, LSNR, Marc Sirus, Michael Reeder, PONI & Cyrielle Tremblay, Sandra Chevrier, Saner, Sara Erenthal, Smithe, STARE, Tristan Eaton, Waxhead, WHATISADAM

History edit

2013 edit

The inaugural edition of the festival took place in June 2013. During the four-day event, more than 25 local, national and international street artists worked separately and in concert across twenty building facades chosen to be covered.[2] Boulevard St-Laurent was closed to vehicular traffic between the Sherbrooke and Mont-Royal arteries. Every evening, festive activities was organized on site. The festival ended with a free musical show presented in collaboration with Osheaga, the Oshee & Aga Block Party, headlined by DJs Ryan Emsworth, Grandtheft, Prison Guard, KenLo Craqnuques and Jeanbart & RRKelly.[3]

2014 edit

In 2014, the MURAL Festival was held between June 12 and June 15, 2014. During this year, the festival started Le Market, a pop up shop in the Parc du Portugal. This market allowed festival attendees to listen shop local stores while listening to live music. MURAL also worked with ExCentris Cinema to present screenings of street art and graffiti related short films. Every day, the MURAL Block Party had live stage music in the parking lot behind Station 16 Gallery on St. Laurent. In the same lot, the popular Parisian artist Kashink painted the festival's sponsored mural this year in the same lot. This mural took over from the En Masse mural displayed during the previous year's festival.[4][5]

2015 edit

For MURAL's 2015 edition, the festival extended their 2014 period of 4 days to 11 days, from June 4 until June 14. These news dates coincidentally overlapped with Grand Prix weekend. Boulevard Saint-Laurent was again closed off to traffic from Sherbrooke Street to Mont-Royal Avenue, in order to accommodate artists and festival attendees to look at the street art. Twenty new murals were painted for 2015s festival, which brought the number of murals created since the festival first to a whopping 50. This festival also allowed visitors to partake in guided tours and attend presentations films on the subject. Le Market continued, allowing festival goers to shop local market stalls and visit street art galleries.[6]

2016 edit

The fourth annual MURAL Festival ran from June 9 to 19, continuing the 10 day long festival period from the previous year.[7] In 2016, MURAL co-organizer Andre Bathalon mentioned his goal for the festival: for attendees to watch artists at work, so they can gain an appreciation for the detail that goes into each piece. Bathalon continued, "The goal is really to attract the attention, so we're not doing any subtle concepts. All the drawings are edgy, punchy so they really make you stop to say 'Wow'."[8] 2016's festival featured world renowned artists from 8 different countries. They had 29 local, national, and international artists, and five earlier murals were replaced with new murals for the new year.[9] The festival started from "mural central" behind the LNDMRK offices, goes up St-Dominique and the eastern side of St-Laurent then down Clark—all of these spaces are "pedestrian only" during the duration of the festival.[10] In 2016, MURAL Festival was officially recognized as the "largest gathering of urban art in North America… bringing MURAL's permanent public legacy to more than 60 major works."[7]

For the first time in festival history, ScHoolboy Q—a popular rap artist—performed on a stage in the main "performance" parking lot on St. Laurent.[11]

2017 edit

The 2017 MURAL festival ran from June 8 to 18, from 10am to 10pm. This years events were described as "ambitious and festive", in order to celebrate festivals 5th edition—the largest edition so far. By this time, MURAL wanted to consolidate itself as one of the world's largest urban art happenings. They continued to show murals, music, exhibitions, pop-up installations, conferences, films, and their local pop-up shops.[12]

This year, the festival size grew to include the area of Old Montreal, while partnering with the local merchants association. They also re-configured the concert area on St-Laurent to accommodate more visitors.[12] The most notable artist to perform this year was Grammy-nominated singer Post Malone.[13]

About twenty new murals were created in 2017 to enhance to add to the long map of murals, spanning from the Quartier des Spectacles up to Mile End. Aaron Li-Hill, Canadian artist living in New York, also produced a large-scale art installation to adorn Saint-Laurent Boulevard all summer long.[14] Additionally, the Montreal famous Leonard Cohen mural was painted by Montreal artist Kevin Ledo for this 5th edition of MURAL Festival.[15]

2018 edit

This 6th edition of MURAL Festival ran from June 7 to 17. After several years of rapid growth from their first festival in 2012, MURAL has "hit a steady groove" while organizing their most recent festival.[16]

This year, MURAL Festival presented a substantial and permanent art installation developed by Cyrcle, a street art pair from Los Angeles, California. This art piece covered two floors of the underground parking lot at Lune Rouge entertainment company headquarters, in the heart of downtown Montreal. Another headlining installation was presented on Parc Avenue by popular Los Angeles artist Michael Reeder.[16]

2018's festival was visited by more than 1.5 million people, and the festival itself made some major upgrades to accommodate its growing popularity. The festival's main St Laurent market space also grew to include even more temporary retail spaces and food trucks.[16] The festival also released a VIP experience at a cost, which gave customers "discounts on alcohol, exclusive access to numerous musical events and conferences, 1 ticket for a guided tour of the murals, and the chance to meet both artists and influencers in the main VIP Terrace and exclusive Green Room. The Green Room is an inside chilling zone with a private terrace."[17] A Montreal Gazette article mentioned that the festival "typifies Montreal's cachet, bringing together a wide array of eclectic talents to create something captivating."[18] Although it is now more acclaimed than ever, the most recent festival was criticized for expanding too rapidly, therefore outgrowing the music venues for 2018's musicians.[19] 2018's performers included Playboi Carti, Pusha T, and Maky Lavender.[19]

2019 edit

The seventh edition of the 2019 MURAL Festival took place between June 6 and 16.[20] This was the year, Colombian artist and muralist Gleo was the main featured artist of the festival.[21] This was the first time that a female artist featured the MURAL festival.[21]

A new feature was presented to the festival this year, where creations from digital platforms and from original materials were exhibited.[22] The past six editions had only involved painted murals on walls.[22] This year, artists such as Spidertag who installed colourful LED lights in different shapes and forms on the side of a building that lit up at night, Joshua Vides who presented a black and white decorated Mercedes-Benz car, and Laurence Vallières who created a large-scale sculpture from recycled cardboard materials all which presented new forms of art to the festival and city of Montreal.[21]

Musical live performances took place during the festival, featuring local artists such as Milk & Bone, Moonshine, and Alaclair Ensemble.[21] The festival also dedicated an LGBTQ+ evening for those who wanted to participate.[21]

2020: Mural Estival edit

In 2020, the traditional summer festival organized by MURAL Festival which was supposed to be held from June 11thuntil June 21, was canceled and revisited due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[23] Instead, the Mural Festival team set up an "Estival", which means summertime in French, that lasted throughout the summer from June to September on Saint-Laurent Boulevard as usual, but also online.[24] This new version of the festival included the physical street work of mural artists from Quebec and live streams of music performances and digital art animations that happened over a period of three months.[24] During the Estival, guided tours of murals were available to the public in small groups upon reservation to ensure the respect of sanitary measures and social distancing.[25]

Corridart edit

Mural Estival put in place an urban artistic infrastructure called Corridart, honouring the original exposition of the same name that took place in Montreal in 1976.[26] During the first phase of Mural Estival (June 21stto August 21), the Corridart infrastructure showcased the work of 12 artists that painted live on outdoor canvas along Saint-Laurent Boulevard. The temporary paintings were then painted over by other artists for the second phase of the festival which took place from August 22thto September 20, 2020.[27]

Murals edit

The murals painted across the city for the 2020 edition were made by the mural artists Jeremy Shantz (painting the work of digital artist FVCKRENDER), Ankhone, Denial, Marc-Olivier Lamothe, Burnt Toast and Patrick Forchild. Patrick Forchild's artwork was honouring the work of front-line workers during the pandemic, especially in the healthcare system.[28] His mural was painted on an outside wall of Montreal's Jewish General Hospital.

Art Terrace edit

The French Canadian artist Francorama (aka Franco Égalité) painted his work Together Apart With Street Art on an outdoor terrace that was installed on Saint-Laurent boulevard. The terrace was presented by Stella Artois and was opened to the public from August 13 to September 20.[29]

Musical performances edit

The launch party of phase 1 of Mural Estival was performed online by the artists Hologramme, Nana Zen and Nate Husser. The musical performances were accompanied by live visual art performances of Francorama, Mono Sourcil and LeBicar. For the second phase of the Estival, the launch party was performed by Les Louanges and Random Recipe and was streaming on Mural Festival's Facebook page live from the PHI Centre.[30] Other musical performances occurred online during the Estival, notably from Claudia Bouvette, Clay and friends, Cozy, Dead Horse Beats, Kirouac & KodakLudo, and Lou Roots.[27]

Gallery edit

Leonard Cohen edit

Title of mural: “Tower of Songs: Hommage à Leonard Cohen”.[31]

The mural is located in the sector of Ville-Marie, precisely at 1420 Rue Crescent, Montreal, QC, H3G 2B1.[31] The mural was completed in summer of 2017, in participation of the Mural Festival.[32] Inspired by Leonard Cohen, the location of the mural situates where Cohen lived part of his life in Montreal.[33] The mural covers a larger apartment building, filling more than 1000 square metres, on its side wall.[34]

The producer of the mural was MU,[31] a charitable organization based in Montreal.[35] The artist Kevin Ledo, from Montreal, painted the mural.[33] The project was funded by the city of Montreal, alongside the donors Brian Levitt, Jonathan Wener, Marcel Elefant, Sari Hornstein, Rossy Family Foundation, J. Gerry Shapiro, and Murray Dalfen.[31]

Today, the mural is recognized for popularizing the MURAL Festival and bringing attraction to the city of Montreal.[33]

References edit

  1. ^ "1,15 million de visiteurs au Festival Mural". September 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Rojo, Jaime; Harrington, Steven (2013-06-19). "Montreal's First Mural Festival Is A Hit". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. ^ Clément, Éric. "MURAL, 1er festival de street art au Canada". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  4. ^ "Mural Festival 2014 recap - Forget The Box". Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  5. ^ Art-hound (2015-02-08). "Mural Festival 2014". Wall2Wall Montreal. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  6. ^ Bruemmer, René (2015-06-04). "Monumental art for the masses: Mural festival returns to The Main". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  7. ^ a b "MURAL Festival - June 9–19, Saint-Laurent Boulevard - The Montrealer". themontrealeronline.com.
  8. ^ "Mural festival kicks off on St. Laurent Blvd". Montreal. June 10, 2016.
  9. ^ "MURAL festival launch". Art Public Montréal.
  10. ^ "Mural Festival 2016". June 28, 2016.
  11. ^ "VICE x Fido Present: ScHoolboy Q at Mural Festival". www.facebook.com.
  12. ^ a b "MURAL Festival - June 8-18, 2017 - The Montrealer". themontrealeronline.com.
  13. ^ "VICE x Fido présentent : Post Malone à MURAL". www.facebook.com.
  14. ^ . instagrafite.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28.
  15. ^ "Paint the town: Montreal's Mural Festival wraps up | CBC News".
  16. ^ a b c "Mural Festival - June 7-17, 2018, downtown Montreal - The Montrealer". themontrealeronline.com.
  17. ^ . Montreal MURAL Festival. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  18. ^ "Marc Richardson: Mural is Montreal's best festival of all". montrealgazette.
  19. ^ a b Wavvy, Mr (June 11, 2018). "Is MURAL too big for its own good?". Cult MTL.
  20. ^ "MURAL Festival | Tourisme Montréal". www.mtl.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  21. ^ a b c d e Clément, Éric (2019-04-30). "Le festival d'art public Mural se renouvelle". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  22. ^ a b "MURAL Festival - June 6-11, 2019 - The Montrealer". themontrealeronline.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  23. ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts-. "Une version réinventée du festival Mural sera présentée cet été sur trois mois | Coronavirus". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  24. ^ a b "MURAL Festival became an "Estival" during COVID-19". The Concordian. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  25. ^ mural_admin. "Guided tours". Festival Mural. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  26. ^ Clément, Éric (2020-05-16). "Un nouveau festival MURAL tout l'été". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  27. ^ a b "LaVitrine.com". www.lavitrine.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  28. ^ mural_admin (2020-09-30). "The murals of MURAL Estival 2020". Festival Mural. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  29. ^ mural_admin. ""Together apart with street art" Art Terrace". Festival Mural. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  30. ^ mural_admin (2020-08-12). "La 2è phase de la programmation de MURAL Estival 2020 est lancée!". Festival Mural (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-25.
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  32. ^ "Leonard Cohen looms large at Montreal's Mural International Public Art Festival". montrealgazette. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
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  35. ^ "MU". Art Public Montréal. Retrieved 2021-02-25.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • MURAL Festival at Google Cultural Institute

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The MURAL Festival is an annual international street art festival held every June since 2013 in Montreal Quebec Canada It aims to celebrate the democratization of urban art in the city of Montreal Artists from around the world are invited to participate in the festival every year and contribute with their personal perspectives of the art The art itself is part of the free art movement which stems from the free culture movement Thus all murals immediately enter the public domain as free content or open content when they are created and there is an absence of copyright laws All the art is free to be viewed and photographed It has been described by the festival s co creator as an extension of the Mile End and the festival s self proclaimed mission is to democratize art MURAL FestivalLocation s Montreal Quebec CanadaFounded2013FounderAndre Bathalon Yan Cordeau Alexis Froissart Nicolas Munn RicoAttendance1 15 million visitors in 2015 1 Organised byLNDMRKWebsitemuralfestival wbr comThe festival is a free event open to all ages and it is held on several streets in Montreal such as the Saint Laurent Boulevard Sherbrooke Street and Mount Royal Avenue Along with the mural projects are a variety of street vendors and food trucks that cater to the public The three most important partners of the MURAL festival are Fido LNDMRK and Saint Laurent Boulevard However there are also numerous other partners such as Hennessy Red Bull and Poppers that are also involved and some participate in the street vending Contents 1 Artists 2 History 2 1 2013 2 2 2014 2 3 2015 2 4 2016 2 5 2017 2 6 2018 2 7 2019 2 8 2020 Mural Estival 2 8 1 Corridart 2 8 2 Murals 2 8 3 Art Terrace 2 8 4 Musical performances 3 Gallery 3 1 Leonard Cohen 4 References 5 External linksArtists editYear Artists2013 A SHOP Bonar Chris Dyer Christina Angelina En Masse Escif Gaia Jason Botkin LNY Omen Other Paria Crew Phlegm Pixel Pancho Reka One ROA Stare amp Tchug WZRDGNG2014 123KLAN 2501 Alex Scaner Alexis Dias BEZT DA ETAM CRU Bryan Beyung Cyrcle Inti Kashnik Kevin Ledo Labrona Rone RRDB Seth VILX ZEMA ZILON Zoltan2015 2ALAS Astro Axel Void Benny Wilding Bicicleta Sem Frei Curiot Earth Crusher De A Shopi Elian Eric Clement Faith 47 Jarus Jaz MC Baldassari Melissa Del Pinto MONK E Nychos Opire2016 Acidum Project Buff Monster D FACE FAFI Felipe Pantone Five Eight FONKI GREMS HSIX Jonathan Bergeron Klone Yourself Maser Mateo Meggs Miss Teri Natalia Rak Roadsworth Stikki Peaches X Ray2017 1010 Ayadin Matlabi amp Miss Me Vision Mondiale Dodo Ose Fintan Magee FLUKE HOARKOAR INSA Jason Wasserman Kevin Ledo MADC Monosourcil MORT NuriaMora OLA VOLO ONUR Ricardo Cavolo Ron English Ruben Sanchez Sbuone SCRIBE2018 ASVP Ben EIne CRYPTIK CYRCLE DEMSKY Drew Merritt Jeremy Shantz Kate Raudenbush Le Monstr LSNR Marc Sirus Michael Reeder PONI amp Cyrielle Tremblay Sandra Chevrier Saner Sara Erenthal Smithe STARE Tristan Eaton Waxhead WHATISADAMHistory edit2013 edit The inaugural edition of the festival took place in June 2013 During the four day event more than 25 local national and international street artists worked separately and in concert across twenty building facades chosen to be covered 2 Boulevard St Laurent was closed to vehicular traffic between the Sherbrooke and Mont Royal arteries Every evening festive activities was organized on site The festival ended with a free musical show presented in collaboration with Osheaga the Oshee amp Aga Block Party headlined by DJs Ryan Emsworth Grandtheft Prison Guard KenLo Craqnuques and Jeanbart amp RRKelly 3 2014 edit In 2014 the MURAL Festival was held between June 12 and June 15 2014 During this year the festival started Le Market a pop up shop in the Parc du Portugal This market allowed festival attendees to listen shop local stores while listening to live music MURAL also worked with ExCentris Cinema to present screenings of street art and graffiti related short films Every day the MURAL Block Party had live stage music in the parking lot behind Station 16 Gallery on St Laurent In the same lot the popular Parisian artist Kashink painted the festival s sponsored mural this year in the same lot This mural took over from the En Masse mural displayed during the previous year s festival 4 5 2015 edit For MURAL s 2015 edition the festival extended their 2014 period of 4 days to 11 days from June 4 until June 14 These news dates coincidentally overlapped with Grand Prix weekend Boulevard Saint Laurent was again closed off to traffic from Sherbrooke Street to Mont Royal Avenue in order to accommodate artists and festival attendees to look at the street art Twenty new murals were painted for 2015s festival which brought the number of murals created since the festival first to a whopping 50 This festival also allowed visitors to partake in guided tours and attend presentations films on the subject Le Market continued allowing festival goers to shop local market stalls and visit street art galleries 6 2016 edit The fourth annual MURAL Festival ran from June 9 to 19 continuing the 10 day long festival period from the previous year 7 In 2016 MURAL co organizer Andre Bathalon mentioned his goal for the festival for attendees to watch artists at work so they can gain an appreciation for the detail that goes into each piece Bathalon continued The goal is really to attract the attention so we re not doing any subtle concepts All the drawings are edgy punchy so they really make you stop to say Wow 8 2016 s festival featured world renowned artists from 8 different countries They had 29 local national and international artists and five earlier murals were replaced with new murals for the new year 9 The festival started from mural central behind the LNDMRK offices goes up St Dominique and the eastern side of St Laurent then down Clark all of these spaces are pedestrian only during the duration of the festival 10 In 2016 MURAL Festival was officially recognized as the largest gathering of urban art in North America bringing MURAL s permanent public legacy to more than 60 major works 7 For the first time in festival history ScHoolboy Q a popular rap artist performed on a stage in the main performance parking lot on St Laurent 11 2017 edit The 2017 MURAL festival ran from June 8 to 18 from 10am to 10pm This years events were described as ambitious and festive in order to celebrate festivals 5th edition the largest edition so far By this time MURAL wanted to consolidate itself as one of the world s largest urban art happenings They continued to show murals music exhibitions pop up installations conferences films and their local pop up shops 12 This year the festival size grew to include the area of Old Montreal while partnering with the local merchants association They also re configured the concert area on St Laurent to accommodate more visitors 12 The most notable artist to perform this year was Grammy nominated singer Post Malone 13 About twenty new murals were created in 2017 to enhance to add to the long map of murals spanning from the Quartier des Spectacles up to Mile End Aaron Li Hill Canadian artist living in New York also produced a large scale art installation to adorn Saint Laurent Boulevard all summer long 14 Additionally the Montreal famous Leonard Cohen mural was painted by Montreal artist Kevin Ledo for this 5th edition of MURAL Festival 15 2018 edit This 6th edition of MURAL Festival ran from June 7 to 17 After several years of rapid growth from their first festival in 2012 MURAL has hit a steady groove while organizing their most recent festival 16 This year MURAL Festival presented a substantial and permanent art installation developed by Cyrcle a street art pair from Los Angeles California This art piece covered two floors of the underground parking lot at Lune Rouge entertainment company headquarters in the heart of downtown Montreal Another headlining installation was presented on Parc Avenue by popular Los Angeles artist Michael Reeder 16 2018 s festival was visited by more than 1 5 million people and the festival itself made some major upgrades to accommodate its growing popularity The festival s main St Laurent market space also grew to include even more temporary retail spaces and food trucks 16 The festival also released a VIP experience at a cost which gave customers discounts on alcohol exclusive access to numerous musical events and conferences 1 ticket for a guided tour of the murals and the chance to meet both artists and influencers in the main VIP Terrace and exclusive Green Room The Green Room is an inside chilling zone with a private terrace 17 A Montreal Gazette article mentioned that the festival typifies Montreal s cachet bringing together a wide array of eclectic talents to create something captivating 18 Although it is now more acclaimed than ever the most recent festival was criticized for expanding too rapidly therefore outgrowing the music venues for 2018 s musicians 19 2018 s performers included Playboi Carti Pusha T and Maky Lavender 19 2019 edit The seventh edition of the 2019 MURAL Festival took place between June 6 and 16 20 This was the year Colombian artist and muralist Gleo was the main featured artist of the festival 21 This was the first time that a female artist featured the MURAL festival 21 A new feature was presented to the festival this year where creations from digital platforms and from original materials were exhibited 22 The past six editions had only involved painted murals on walls 22 This year artists such as Spidertag who installed colourful LED lights in different shapes and forms on the side of a building that lit up at night Joshua Vides who presented a black and white decorated Mercedes Benz car and Laurence Vallieres who created a large scale sculpture from recycled cardboard materials all which presented new forms of art to the festival and city of Montreal 21 Musical live performances took place during the festival featuring local artists such as Milk amp Bone Moonshine and Alaclair Ensemble 21 The festival also dedicated an LGBTQ evening for those who wanted to participate 21 2020 Mural Estival edit In 2020 the traditional summer festival organized by MURAL Festival which was supposed to be held from June 11thuntil June 21 was canceled and revisited due to the COVID 19 pandemic 23 Instead the Mural Festival team set up an Estival which means summertime in French that lasted throughout the summer from June to September on Saint Laurent Boulevard as usual but also online 24 This new version of the festival included the physical street work of mural artists from Quebec and live streams of music performances and digital art animations that happened over a period of three months 24 During the Estival guided tours of murals were available to the public in small groups upon reservation to ensure the respect of sanitary measures and social distancing 25 Corridart edit Mural Estival put in place an urban artistic infrastructure called Corridart honouring the original exposition of the same name that took place in Montreal in 1976 26 During the first phase of Mural Estival June 21stto August 21 the Corridart infrastructure showcased the work of 12 artists that painted live on outdoor canvas along Saint Laurent Boulevard The temporary paintings were then painted over by other artists for the second phase of the festival which took place from August 22thto September 20 2020 27 Murals edit The murals painted across the city for the 2020 edition were made by the mural artists Jeremy Shantz painting the work of digital artist FVCKRENDER Ankhone Denial Marc Olivier Lamothe Burnt Toast and Patrick Forchild Patrick Forchild s artwork was honouring the work of front line workers during the pandemic especially in the healthcare system 28 His mural was painted on an outside wall of Montreal s Jewish General Hospital Art Terrace edit The French Canadian artist Francorama aka Franco Egalite painted his work Together Apart With Street Art on an outdoor terrace that was installed on Saint Laurent boulevard The terrace was presented by Stella Artois and was opened to the public from August 13 to September 20 29 Musical performances edit The launch party of phase 1 of Mural Estival was performed online by the artists Hologramme Nana Zen and Nate Husser The musical performances were accompanied by live visual art performances of Francorama Mono Sourcil and LeBicar For the second phase of the Estival the launch party was performed by Les Louanges and Random Recipe and was streaming on Mural Festival s Facebook page live from the PHI Centre 30 Other musical performances occurred online during the Estival notably from Claudia Bouvette Clay and friends Cozy Dead Horse Beats Kirouac amp KodakLudo and Lou Roots 27 Gallery editLeonard Cohen edit Title of mural Tower of Songs Hommage a Leonard Cohen 31 The mural is located in the sector of Ville Marie precisely at 1420 Rue Crescent Montreal QC H3G 2B1 31 The mural was completed in summer of 2017 in participation of the Mural Festival 32 Inspired by Leonard Cohen the location of the mural situates where Cohen lived part of his life in Montreal 33 The mural covers a larger apartment building filling more than 1000 square metres on its side wall 34 The producer of the mural was MU 31 a charitable organization based in Montreal 35 The artist Kevin Ledo from Montreal painted the mural 33 The project was funded by the city of Montreal alongside the donors Brian Levitt Jonathan Wener Marcel Elefant Sari Hornstein Rossy Family Foundation J Gerry Shapiro and Murray Dalfen 31 Today the mural is recognized for popularizing the MURAL Festival and bringing attraction to the city of Montreal 33 References edit 1 15 million de visiteurs au Festival Mural September 11 2015 Rojo Jaime Harrington Steven 2013 06 19 Montreal s First Mural Festival Is A Hit HuffPost Retrieved 2019 03 28 Clement Eric MURAL 1er festival de street art au Canada La Presse in Canadian French Retrieved 2019 03 28 Mural Festival 2014 recap Forget The Box Retrieved 2019 03 28 Art hound 2015 02 08 Mural Festival 2014 Wall2Wall Montreal Retrieved 2019 03 28 Bruemmer Rene 2015 06 04 Monumental art for the masses Mural festival returns to The Main Montreal Gazette Retrieved 2019 03 28 a b MURAL Festival June 9 19 Saint Laurent Boulevard The Montrealer themontrealeronline com Mural festival kicks off on St Laurent Blvd Montreal June 10 2016 MURAL festival launch Art Public Montreal Mural Festival 2016 June 28 2016 VICE x Fido Present ScHoolboy Q at Mural Festival www facebook com a b MURAL Festival June 8 18 2017 The Montrealer themontrealeronline com VICE x Fido presentent Post Malone a MURAL www facebook com MURAL FESTIVAL 2017 FIVE YEARS OF ART instagrafite com Archived from the original on 2019 03 28 Paint the town Montreal s Mural Festival wraps up CBC News a b c Mural Festival June 7 17 2018 downtown Montreal The Montrealer themontrealeronline com MURAL festival VIP Experience presented by Hennessy Montreal MURAL Festival Archived from the original on March 28 2019 Retrieved February 4 2021 Marc Richardson Mural is Montreal s best festival of all montrealgazette a b Wavvy Mr June 11 2018 Is MURAL too big for its own good Cult MTL MURAL Festival Tourisme Montreal www mtl org Retrieved 2021 02 25 a b c d e Clement Eric 2019 04 30 Le festival d art public Mural se renouvelle La Presse in French Retrieved 2021 02 25 a b MURAL Festival June 6 11 2019 The Montrealer themontrealeronline com Retrieved 2021 02 25 ICI Radio Canada ca Zone Arts Une version reinventee du festival Mural sera presentee cet ete sur trois mois Coronavirus Radio Canada ca in Canadian French Retrieved 2021 02 25 a b MURAL Festival became an Estival during COVID 19 The Concordian 2020 09 29 Retrieved 2021 02 25 mural admin Guided tours Festival Mural Retrieved 2021 02 25 Clement Eric 2020 05 16 Un nouveau festival MURAL tout l ete La Presse in French Retrieved 2021 02 24 a b LaVitrine com www lavitrine com Retrieved 2021 02 25 mural admin 2020 09 30 The murals of MURAL Estival 2020 Festival Mural Retrieved 2021 02 25 mural admin Together apart with street art Art Terrace Festival Mural Retrieved 2021 02 25 mural admin 2020 08 12 La 2e phase de la programmation de MURAL Estival 2020 est lancee Festival Mural in French Retrieved 2021 02 25 a b c d Tower of Songs Hommage a Leonard Cohen Art Public Montreal Retrieved 2021 02 25 Leonard Cohen looms large at Montreal s Mural International Public Art Festival montrealgazette Retrieved 2021 02 25 a b c Leonard Cohen mural has given major boost to Montreal s Mural Festival montrealgazette Retrieved 2021 02 25 Leonard Cohen mural inaugurated in downtown Montreal CBC News CBC Retrieved 2021 02 25 MU Art Public Montreal Retrieved 2021 02 25 External links editOfficial website MURAL Festival at Google Cultural Institute Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MURAL Festival amp oldid 1185280486, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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