Here are VoCA’s picks for Montreal’s Nuit Blanche. The night of arts, culture and entertainment takes place in the middle of a week-long Montreal High Lights Festival, which runs from February 19 – 1 March 1, 2009. It’s the event’s tenth anniversary!

Josée Pellerin, Chapitre Un : Louis (2008). Image: galerieorange.com

It’s worth going to Montreal for.

We have chosen our top three (or so) recommended installations and exhibitions to take in on the night – from Saturday, February 28 through Sunday, March 1.

The event is divded into zones – here are our picks for the

QUARTIER VIEUX-MONTRÉAL ET QUAI DU VIEUX-PORT

1. Galerie MX: Roger KATCH and Romero BRITTO

Galerie MX, in collaboration with international painters Roger KATCH and Romero BRITTO, presents a duo exhibition ‘Cœur en Lumière’. This POP-ART exhibition will feature inflatables and neons.

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2. Fonderie Darling: HOZHRO

Check out extracts from this multidisciplinary performance! Hozhro means “harmony, beauty” in Navajo. Based on Michel Gonneville’s eponymous scenic cantata, this multidisciplinary performance was developed from a 1991 choreography by Jean-Pierre Perreault, entitled Îles. This cantata follows the journey of a woman haunted by the ecological crisis who seeks to recover the inner harmony essential to any action in this world.

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3. Galerie Orange: Josée Pellerin : Si par une nuit d’hiver

Check out photographic collages by this Quebec artist.

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Stay tuned this week for more from Nuit Blanche Montreal – our picks from the QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES ET CENTRE-VILLE, the QUARTIER PLATEAU MONT-ROYAL and ART SOUTERRAIN