The House of Murmurations is a multi-sensory installation where light, sound, and movement highlight and illuminate the architectural features of the site, sustaining the memories housed within its walls while signalling its change and transformation.

The Montreal Old Port's migratory birdlife seeded the poetic language of the installation; symbolically significant to cultures globally, birds have been depicted as mediators between the human and spirit worlds, or as divine messengers. Here, their ebb and flow rewards passersby’s curiosity with a colourful new perspective while opening a window into the buildings’ inspiring future.

As the site of the future PHI Contemporary project, the installation is a celebration of the buildings and their structural splendour, offering locals and visitors to the City of Montreal a unique look at the site before it moves into its next chapter of being.

> Credits

Original idea: Phoebe Greenberg & Sylvain Dumais
Design, Scenography & Conception: Sylvain Dumais
Lighting Design: Ludovic Lefévère - UDO Lights
Exectutive Production: Emilie Heckmann
Production: Laurence Montmarquette
Construction: Jackworld Inc.
Photos: Dominique Lafond, Vincent Brillan, Sylvain Dumais