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Cigale

Cigale is an artist-run, independent publishing platform founded in 2018 in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal, Canada), unceded lands of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation, and in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Through its various initiatives, Cigale is dedicated to transmediality and translation between art and literature.

Anchored at the intersection of Montreal’s French and English-speaking artistic communities, translation is at the core of our mission. Our multilingual publishing structure aims to open up channels for dialogue between anglophone, francophone, and other linguistic communities.

Our core project, Cigale journal, features original artworks, texts, and translations assembled in thematic dossiers fostering experimental, documentary and critical writing. In parallel, our Methods booklets focus on writing as a method, and ponder over the text and what it performs, through the articulation of its form and effects. We are committed to supporting those who are fighting towards the dismantling of oppressive systems of power through artistic and activist work.
Methods 1, SCRIPT!
Ana-Maria Espino Trudel, joanni grenier, Max Holzberg, Rouzbeh Shadpey, Methods 1, SCRIPT!, Cigale, 2023 © Ana-Maria Espino Trudel, joanni grenier, Max Holzberg, Rouzbeh Shadpey

Cover of Methods Booklet, Issue 1, SCRIPT!

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Cigale, Issue 3, Sovereignties
rudi aker, Prakash Krishnan, Adam Kinner, Kite, Nathan Young, Veronica Mockler, Léuli Eshrāghi, arkadi lavoie lachapelle, Sayaka Araniva-Yanez, alegría gobeil, Maude Pilon, Cigale, Issue 3, Sovereignties, Cigale, 2022 © rudi aker, Prakash Krishnan, Adam Kinner, Kite, Nathan Young, Veronica Mockler, Léuli Eshrāghi, arkadi lavoie lachapelle, Sayaka Araniva-Yanez, alegría gobeil, Maude Pilon

Cover of Cigale journal, Issue 3, Displacements.

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Cigale, Issue 2, Displacements
Angela Marsh, Alexander Schellow and the Animation Research Group (ARG), Dominique Rivard, Fred Schmidt-Arenales, Guy Woueté, Marc-Antoine Blais, Maude Arès, Nora Rosenthal, Simon Labbé, Stephanie E. Creaghan, Vita Evangelista, Cigale, Issue 2, Displacements, Cigale, 2020 © Angela Marsh, Alexander Schellow and the Animation Research Group (ARG), Dominique Rivard, Fred Schmidt-Arenales, Guy Woueté, Marc-Antoine Blais, Maude Arès, Nora Rosenthal, Simon Labbé, Stephanie E. Creaghan, Vita Evangelista

Cover of Cigale journal, Issue 2, Displacements

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