État d’Urgence is a big annual happening inspired by the issue of homelessness. It takes place over a period of four days, around the clock, downtown along the Ste-Catherine St. portion of Montreal’s Place Émilie-Gamelin, and brings together the general public and those citizens who experience homelessness on a daily basis: the homeless. 

For 12 years now, this ephemeral village has allowed well-known and up-and-coming artists from all disciplines, as well as amateurs, to express their thoughts on homelessness and precarity in aesthetic and human terms, and to present their work in a setting conducive to direct encounter and concrete aid.

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L’ATSA would like to thank their volunteers , their sponsors and collaborators and their precious partners that makes this event possible.

photo : Martin Savoie