THE ARTLOFT
ARTLOFT MEDIA is centred around Culture, News, Music and Comedy. The Artloft is located in Montreal and hosts a variety of events including Comedy at the Artloft every Friday and Artloft Cinema Soirée every Tuesday.
On March 25, 1857, a French inventor named Eduard-Leon Scott de Martinville was the first to patent a device that could record sound called the phonautograph. The device used a cone-shaped speaking horn to capture the sound.
The job attracts a wide range of characters; from hippies looking for a nature-filled adventure, to students desperately trying to pay their debts, to outcasts who started tree planting one day and never found a good reason to stop.
“Do you still get paid when you lose?”
Last night I watched a film that I’d stumbled across in searching for some fresh Canadian cinema. I set out to find the more unearthed Canadian films for no more reason than my own curiosity and with little effort I came across Clearcut, the title of which I’d never even so much as heard uttered before.
The lovely people of NDG open up their porches and front lawns for local musicians of all genres to perform their stuff in front of a neighbourly crowd. This off-the-beaten-path festival opens up opportunities not just for bands, but for the community as well.
A quick little video to showcase some of London-based, groovy punk band Warmdushcer’s live performance at Montreal’s Bar le Ritz, as well as our sit-down-and-chat with the group as they share their best of times and worst of times while on tour.
Artloft Media joined up-and-coming, indie rock band Love Language after their show at Bar le Ritz on March 27th. They have recently released their second EP, boasting the new hella catchy single “Indian Cowboy”.
The inventor of the Smiley Cam, which he created out of 110mm film cartridges. inspiring him to produce the acclaimed series Mouthpiece. Quinnell has produced over forty exhibitions across the globe since his first in 1983.
The work of Glen Martin Taylor has such vivid imagery that it strikes you to the core. Traditionally, it’s a Japanese art form known as Kintsugi and man it looks good when Taylor’s hands are at the helm. Darkness abounds here and yet a very pretty, porcelain light remains.
Kamillia is a Hungarian collage artist who has been hitting the scissors since she was 19 and the results are as relaxing as the process.
This guy managed to hit Snoop Dogg with the Mandella effect, his scissors are just that sharp. The elusive VEMIX carves up old photos and places artists juxtaposed together in a happenstance that never happed in the first place.
