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January 16th >
February 28th 2026
At ELEKTRA Gallery
Tuesday – Saturday
12:00 – 5:00 pm
Free entrance
Opening
Friday, January 16th 2026
from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm
[more info soon]
Metamonument
Oli Sorenson
Metamonument is conceived as a “monument of the present” dedicated to the metacrisis, the entanglement of ecological, economic and political crises that shapes our time. The installation questions what a monument can be today: no longer a permanent block, but a shifting device that circulates images, narratives and points of view. Informed by a collaboratively developed manifesto text, it highlights the concentration of wealth and data in the hands of a minority, and proposes remix, sharing and reappropriation of content as possible responses to the proprietary logic of digital capitalism.
The work unfolds as a constellation of images and objects: transparent prints on light boxes, volumes and bas-reliefs produced with 3D printing, textiles, vinyl cut-outs and animations on screens driven by microcontrollers. Derived from AI-generated images and subsequently reworked, these elements move between fragile materiality and online proliferation, sketching a landscape of artefacts that are at once precarious, reproducible and connected.
Photo credit: Oli Sorenson, exhibition "La Métacrise" at Art Mûr Gallery © Mike Patten
Oli Sorenson
1969, Los Angeles (California), USA
Lives and work in Montreal
Oli Sorenson has from the outset developed a practice focused on remix and the circulation of images. First recognized for his videos created for musicians and DJs, he expanded his work to audiovisual performance, presented in London at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Tate Britain and the British Film Institute. Holding a doctorate in interdisciplinary humanities from Concordia University and a master’s degree in communications (interactive media) from UQAM, he formulates a critique of the market economy by staging the overabundance of industrial and cultural products. By using quotation and détournement, Sorenson recomposes fragments from art history, current events, popular culture and social media, and prioritizes practices of remix, reuse and repair as a way to curb our consumerist impulses. Based in Montreal since 2010, he has presented his work in several international contexts, including Power Plant (Toronto) and FILE (São Paulo). At ELEKTRA, he exhibited at the Gallery in 2019 with “LED Flavin”, then at the Biennale in 2021 and 2024.
Credits
Metamonument
Gina Cortopassi Editorial collaboration
Maxime-Alexandre Gosselin Technical supervision
Catherine De Sève Voice
All Is Well / Fred Everything Sound composition
Miwa Kojima Exhibition catalog design
ELEKTRA Gallery
Alain Thibault Artistic and General Director, Curator
Mathis André Communications Manager
Roxane Lafrance Mediation
Exhibition
Bon Matin Studio Exhibition set-up
Atelier Circulaire Texts printing
Copie Rapide Artwork labels printing