Le Labo offers francophone media, visual and performance artists and curators a place to develop their art in the heart of Toronto. Lasting from one month to several weeks, these residencies are as much about reflection as they are about creation. Le Labo is dedicated to artists’ creative thinking, emphasizing exploration rather than achievement.
Our approach is designed to help established, mid-career and emerging artists rethink their artistic process in a world driven by speed. The invitation is to slow down and embrace the possibility of frustration and failure to co-construct projects aligned with your creativity and our identity.
Together we curate this residency period.
Three program objectives:
- To promote the work and career development of artists by supporting them and providing them with an environment and means appropriate to the realization of their art.
- To facilitate the exchange of artistic points of view and contribute to the creation of lasting connections between artists.
- To bring the community together by developing an innovative network for artistic creation, production and distribution.
Le Labo helps you explore new avenues of digital creation or develop your media skills with free technical equipment rental for the duration of your residency. To find out more: equipment.
THESE ARTISTS WERE IN RESIDENCIES HERE:
Writing residency in partnership with Moi&Dave:
Laura Bergeron, working on her feature film Médium Béluga – September 23 to 28, 2024
Cross-residency of research-creation with Les Productions Rhizome :
Murielle Jassinthe and Oana Avasilichoaei – April 24 to May 6, 2024
Cartographie éphémère (cross-residency with Écart – QC):
Violaine Lafortune and Denis Taman Bradette – April 24 to May 12, 2023
Raccorder les corps (cross-residency with Sagamie – QB):
Camille Bernard-Gravel – January 17 to 31, 2022
The figure of the witch:
Sara Létourneau – January 9 to 17, 2021
By the past:
Laura Demers – January 2020
Simon M. Benedict & Sonia Robertson – July 2018
Chris LeBlanc – March 2018
Jean Marc Larivière – February / March 2018
Maryse Arsenault – January / February 2018
CALL TO ARTISTS
Are you a francophone artist or curator, a member of Le Labo, with a residency project in creation, performance or writing? Write to us at programmation@lelabo.ca to share your ideas. In an e-mail, please explain in a few lines your motivations and your artistic approach so that we can co-construct your project.