KW-45-2017: #Montreal Leonard Cohen Exhibition – LEONARD COHEN LIGHT SHOW at Silo 5 in Montreal Harbour. This unique and ephemeral work will be visible for five nights only, starting on November 7, the first anniversary of Cohen’s death, and going until November 11.

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(photo: Christof Graf)

This week only.Silent large-scale projections on Silo no 5 at Montreal Harbour Silos.

As part of the exhibition Leonard Cohen – Une brèche en toute chose / A Crack in Everything, the MAC which starts tomorrow, 7th of November, it will light up Silo no 5.

For Leonard Cohen (Pour Leonard Cohen) is a series of large-scale light projections on one of Montréal’s most iconic architectural structures. The installation features phrases from Cohen’s poems and songs, projected in both French and English. This unique and ephemeral work will be visible for five nights only, starting on November 7, the first anniversary of Cohen’s death, and going until November 11.

Montrealers are invited to commemorate and celebrate Leonard Cohen at this free event.

Jenny Holzer is an American artist. She has projected light onto buildings and landscapes since the early 1990s, creating large-scale, text-based installations, which seek to illuminate and reveal.

The light show starts at 7 pm goes about for one hour and repeats hourly & ends at 11 pm.

The address is: Marché L’Eclusiers, 400 rue de la Commune west. It is on the corner of Commune & McGill St. (waterfront, smack in front if the Silo)

 Transport:  Metro to Place Victoria & a 7 min. brisk walk towards the waterfront.