01
The Surface
Light behaves like material.
A field of projected particles reacts to proximity, forming quiet waves across the floor and walls.
Opening Exhibition · Immersive Wing
Matter in Motion
An exhibition of living surfaces, shifting light, and digital matter in quiet motion.
Curatorial Statement
What if an image
was never still?
What if light could
remember movement?
Matter in Motion studies the space between image and presence — where light becomes physical, memory becomes
visible, and the viewer becomes part of the work.
Exhibition Rooms
Six rooms of
living light.
Move through a sequence of installations where projection, sensor input, sound, and memory systems turn the visitor into part of the work.
02
The Body
Your shadow becomes an instrument.
Motion-tracked silhouettes stretch, dissolve, and return as delayed traces of movement.
03
The Signal
Invisible inputs become visible.
Environmental data is translated into subtle pulses of light, rhythm, and spatial distortion.
04
The Archive
The room remembers previous visitors.
Accumulated gestures are stored as faint luminous residue, slowly rewriting the atmosphere throughout the day.
05
The Chamber
Sound presses against the walls.
Low frequencies move through haze and projection, creating a slow atmospheric composition.
06
The Exit
A final image follows you out.
The visitor leaves with a unique generated still, composed from the movement patterns gathered during the exhibition.
Featured Installation
A room that keeps
its own memory.
The central installation records the movement of visitors as faint traces of light, layering each gesture into a slowly evolving field.
Gallery 03 · Memory Field
Memory
Field
Field
Live installation · 11 min cycle
Sensor input active
Artist
Lena Moreau
Generative systems, projection, spatial memory
Medium
Real-time projection
Depth sensors, soft haze, spatial audio
Room
Gallery 03
Immersive Wing · limited evening capacity
11
Minute continuous cycle
04
Projection surfaces
360°
Spatial sound field
Plan Your Visit
Enter slowly.
Stay with the light.
Matter in Motion is designed as a timed-entry exhibition. Each visit begins in small groups, allowing the rooms to respond quietly to movement, sound, and presence.
Exhibition Pass
Matter in Motion
$24
Dates
May 18 — September 14
Hours
Wed — Sun · 11:00 — 21:00
Location
Gallery 03 · Immersive Wing
Entry
Timed groups · 30 visitors
Evening entries include extended access to the sound chamber and artist notes.
Public Program
Talks, night sessions,
and guided walks.
A series of artist conversations, extended evening visits, and small-group tours designed to deepen the experience beyond the exhibition rooms.
June 02 · 18:30
Artist Talk: Memory as Material
Lena Moreau discusses how generative systems can transform visitor movement into evolving visual memory.
Reserve a seat →
Every Friday
20:00
Night Session
Extended access to Gallery 03, including the sound chamber at full scale.
Sat + Sun
12:30
Guided Walk
A small-group route through the six rooms with notes from the curatorial team.
Wednesday
17:00
Student Evening
Reduced entry for students and emerging artists during late gallery hours.
July 14
19:30
Sound Chamber Performance
A live spatial audio performance inside Room 05, composed for projection haze.
Curatorial Note
Images are no longer
fixed objects.
They listen, shift,
and remember.
In this exhibition,
light becomes physical.
The viewer does not simply watch.
The viewer completes the work.
Curated by
Montréal Contemporary Arts Center
Timed Entry Now Open
Reserve your place in the light.
Matter in Motion runs from May 18 to September 14 at the Montréal Contemporary Arts Center. Evening entries are limited to preserve the quiet atmosphere of the installation rooms.
Dates
May 18 — September 14
Location
Gallery 03 · Immersive Wing
Hours
Wed — Sun · 11:00 — 21:00