Digital Canvas: A Creation by Lydia Yakonowsky at the MMFA
Lydia Yakonowsky (born in 1977), Precarious Balance Theory, 2026. Courtesy of the artist. Photo MMFA, Julie Ciot
Until April 4, 2027, nighttime passersby on Sherbrooke Street can stop and admire the projection Precarious Balance Theory by Montreal artist Lydia Yakonowsky, created as part of the MMFA’s Digital Canvas project, in collaboration with MUTEK.
As dusk sets in, the work draws visitors into a shifting landscape composed of curves, dots, marks and symbols that invite reflection on our innate desire to create order from uncertainty, which itself is ever-changing.
Projected nightly until 11 p.m. onto the facade of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, this is the sixth artwork created for the Digital Canvas.
Acknowledgements
The MMFA’s Digital Canvas is a project made possible thanks to funding from Tourisme Montréal’s Fonds de maintien des actifs stratégiques en tourisme (FMAST) program and the Gouvernement du Québec.
The artist thanks the MMFA, MUTEK, Claudine Hubert and Marie-Laure Saidani, as well as Irène Yakonowsky, Alexandra Guerin, Manuel Foglia and Isis Sadek.
