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Announcing the lineup for the 20th edition x 5th anniversary of PIQUE ✨

After five years of reshaping Ottawa’s underground arts landscape, Pique arrives at its 20th edition with momentum, reflection, and an eye firmly on what’s next 👀

L I N E U P (A-Z)
🎀 @afrorck
🎀 @alsoknownasrox
🎀 @a__and.re
🎀 @backxwash
🎀 @chxmeras
🎀 @cleoforshort
🎀 @eph.anart
🎀 @djeity x @al11z
🎀 @elle_barbs
🎀 @elle_barbs
🎀 @emmagabbriel
🎀 @ref4nged
🎀 @honeydrippp
🎀 @hydearth
🎀 @phedreamour
🎀 @raf.reza
🎀 @sineila_
🎀 @sunkencages

📅 June 13, 2026
📍 Arts Court

This season’s program brings together returning collaborators and new voices from across local and international scenes, bridging different communities, genres, and styles. Get to know our lineup and grab your tickets now.

💡 TOPIQUE returns on June 12–13 as Pique’s semiannual symposium, offering a dedicated program of panels, artist talks, and demonstrations exploring equity and sustainability in the cultural sector. Save the date and register now! Programming to be announced soon so watch this space 👀

🏢 Beyond the stage, site-specific installations will take over Arts Court’s overlooked spaces. Supported by @ottawatourism as part of @cityofottawa 200th anniversary celebrations, two artists selected from an open call will exhibit installations that reflect on the Arts Court’s layered history. Artists and projects to be announced soon!

🍉 ADMISSION EQUITY is a core value of Pique. Tickets are pay-what-you-can and all-ages. Remember: when you pay $75 or more for a ticket to Pique, you help subsidize a ticket for someone else in need.
Visit the link in bio to buy tickets 🎫

Want to support Pique without buying a ticket? 💝 Contribute to the Pique Sustainability Fund (link in bio!)

Graphic design by @house9design

Thank you to our partners, funders and supporters!
@artscourt @saw_centre @ottawaartgallery @artengine @ottawadancedirective @ottawafringe @digitalartsresourcecentre @producedbyyouth
@dominioncity @projectwarp_@canada.council @cdn.heritage @ontariocreates @factorcanada @cityofottawa @ottawatourism

#ottawa #myottawa #ottawaevents @downtownrideau

On June 13, 2026, Pique celebrates its 5th anniversary and 20th edition with a milestone event that honours its evolution from a pandemic-era experiment into one of Ottawa’s most vital platforms for underground and independent art.

This anniversary edition doubles as both reflection and launchpad. As Debaser shifts into a new phase—with plans to produce two marquee editions in 2026 tied to broader city-wide celebrations—Pique #20 captures the spirit that has defined the series from the start: a space where disciplines blur, new artistic languages take shape, and audiences move fluidly between performance, installation, and participation.

📅 June 12-13, 2026
📍 Downtown Ottawa
🎟️ Link in bio to grab tickets

⭐ Lineup: @afrorck @alsoknownasrox @a__and.re @backxwash @chxmeras @cleoforshort @eph.anart @djeity x @al11z @elle_barbs @emmagabbriel @ref4nged @honeydrippp @hydearth @phedreamour @raf.reza @sineila_ @sunkencages

See you there!

Design and motion graphics: @house9design
🎶 track ID: @phedreamour - “Waccoon”

After five years of reshaping Ottawa’s underground arts landscape, Pique arrives at its 20th edition with momentum, reflection, and an eye firmly on what’s next 👀

On June 13, 2026, Pique celebrates its 5th anniversary and 20th edition with a milestone event that honours its evolution from a pandemic-era experiment into one of Ottawa’s most vital platforms for underground and independent art.

Featuring:@afrorck @alsoknownasrox @a__and.re @backxwash @chxmeras @cleoforshort @eph.anart @djeity x @al11z @elle_barbs @emmagabbriel @ref4nged @honeydrippp @hydearth @phedreamour @raf.reza @sineila_ @sunkencages

This season’s program brings together returning collaborators and new voices from across local and international scenes. It bridges different communities, genres, and styles, engaging the mind through thoughtful reflection and bold dialogue, and the body through joyous dancefloor revelations.

🍉 ADMISSION EQUITY is a core value of Pique. Tickets are pay-what-you-can and all-ages. Remember: when you pay $75 or more for a ticket to Pique, you help subsidize a ticket for someone else in need.
Visit the link in bio to buy tickets 🎫

Want to support Pique without buying a ticket? 💝 Contribute to the Pique Sustainability Fund (link in bio!)

Graphic design by @house9design
Track ID: @phedreamour - Prayer

Thank you to our partners, funders and supporters!
@artscourt @saw_centre @ottawaartgallery @artengine @ottawadancedirective @ottawafringe @digitalartsresourcecentre @producedbyyouth
@dominioncity @projectwarp_ @exclaimdotca @festapp_ca @canada.council @cdn.heritage @ontariocreates @factorcanada @cityofottawa @ottawatourism

#ottawa #myottawa #ottawaevents @downtownrideau

Step into the mutating circuitry of @CHXMERAS at Pique’s 5th-anniversary edition 🌖

CHXMERAS’ propensity for angular, otherworldly electronica establishes a hallucinatory futurist landscape. The Vancouver-based duo’s 2024 album Terminal City and follow-up EP Second Sight navigate premonitions of the future, oscillating between dystopia and disorientation 🫨

Enter the post-rave fog when CHXMERAS takes to the Arts Court stage on June 13 — tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

Step into the mutating circuitry of @CHXMERAS at Pique’s 5th-anniversary edition 🌖

CHXMERAS’ propensity for angular, otherworldly electronica establishes a hallucinatory futurist landscape. The Vancouver-based duo’s 2024 album Terminal City and follow-up EP Second Sight navigate premonitions of the future, oscillating between dystopia and disorientation 🫨

Enter the post-rave fog when CHXMERAS takes to the Arts Court stage on June 13 — tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

Calling all cinephiles: we’re bringing global sound system culture to Pique’s big screen on June 13 🍿

Co-presented by @mutekmontreal, this curated program of short documentary films explores sound system cultures across Mexico, West Bengal, and Toronto, highlighting sonic practices as forms of resistance, identity, and community building. And don’t forget to stick around after the screenings for a Q&A with some of the filmmakers!

Read more about each film below ⬇️

🎬 BASS BOSS and its director Rana Ghose (@reproduceartists) investigate Dek Bass, a sound system style unique to West Bengal and sets out to meet its elusive leading light, DJ Khobir. Overwhelming, aggressive, and prone to virulent fandom in his region, this form of sonic expression and assertion is of its own genesis.

🎬 Rewind/Forward (@rew_fwd), directed by @_alannastuart_, offers audiences a view of Toronto’s local bass music culture across eras, genres, and communities. Featuring five Toronto selectors and sound system owners: Witness Ace Dillinger, Bambii, Heather “Live Wire” Bubb-Clarke, Nino Brown, and Tasha Rozez.

🎬 Sonografía is an experimental audiovisual documentary by Ollin Miranda (@dub_jam_high) that talks about sound system culture and the music as a medium of resistance in Mexico and around the world.

Need a break from the dance floor? Pique’s got you covered with film screenings, installations, and more! Tickets are live now via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

Calling all cinephiles: we’re bringing global sound system culture to Pique’s big screen on June 13 🍿

Co-presented by @mutekmontreal, this curated program of short documentary films explores sound system cultures across Mexico, West Bengal, and Toronto, highlighting sonic practices as forms of resistance, identity, and community building. And don’t forget to stick around after the screenings for a Q&A with some of the filmmakers!

Read more about each film below ⬇️

🎬 BASS BOSS and its director Rana Ghose (@reproduceartists) investigate Dek Bass, a sound system style unique to West Bengal and sets out to meet its elusive leading light, DJ Khobir. Overwhelming, aggressive, and prone to virulent fandom in his region, this form of sonic expression and assertion is of its own genesis.

🎬 Rewind/Forward (@rew_fwd), directed by @_alannastuart_, offers audiences a view of Toronto’s local bass music culture across eras, genres, and communities. Featuring five Toronto selectors and sound system owners: Witness Ace Dillinger, Bambii, Heather “Live Wire” Bubb-Clarke, Nino Brown, and Tasha Rozez.

🎬 Sonografía is an experimental audiovisual documentary by Ollin Miranda (@dub_jam_high) that talks about sound system culture and the music as a medium of resistance in Mexico and around the world.

Need a break from the dance floor? Pique’s got you covered with film screenings, installations, and more! Tickets are live now via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

Calling all cinephiles: we’re bringing global sound system culture to Pique’s big screen on June 13 🍿

Co-presented by @mutekmontreal, this curated program of short documentary films explores sound system cultures across Mexico, West Bengal, and Toronto, highlighting sonic practices as forms of resistance, identity, and community building. And don’t forget to stick around after the screenings for a Q&A with some of the filmmakers!

Read more about each film below ⬇️

🎬 BASS BOSS and its director Rana Ghose (@reproduceartists) investigate Dek Bass, a sound system style unique to West Bengal and sets out to meet its elusive leading light, DJ Khobir. Overwhelming, aggressive, and prone to virulent fandom in his region, this form of sonic expression and assertion is of its own genesis.

🎬 Rewind/Forward (@rew_fwd), directed by @_alannastuart_, offers audiences a view of Toronto’s local bass music culture across eras, genres, and communities. Featuring five Toronto selectors and sound system owners: Witness Ace Dillinger, Bambii, Heather “Live Wire” Bubb-Clarke, Nino Brown, and Tasha Rozez.

🎬 Sonografía is an experimental audiovisual documentary by Ollin Miranda (@dub_jam_high) that talks about sound system culture and the music as a medium of resistance in Mexico and around the world.

Need a break from the dance floor? Pique’s got you covered with film screenings, installations, and more! Tickets are live now via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

Calling all cinephiles: we’re bringing global sound system culture to Pique’s big screen on June 13 🍿

Co-presented by @mutekmontreal, this curated program of short documentary films explores sound system cultures across Mexico, West Bengal, and Toronto, highlighting sonic practices as forms of resistance, identity, and community building. And don’t forget to stick around after the screenings for a Q&A with some of the filmmakers!

Read more about each film below ⬇️

🎬 BASS BOSS and its director Rana Ghose (@reproduceartists) investigate Dek Bass, a sound system style unique to West Bengal and sets out to meet its elusive leading light, DJ Khobir. Overwhelming, aggressive, and prone to virulent fandom in his region, this form of sonic expression and assertion is of its own genesis.

🎬 Rewind/Forward (@rew_fwd), directed by @_alannastuart_, offers audiences a view of Toronto’s local bass music culture across eras, genres, and communities. Featuring five Toronto selectors and sound system owners: Witness Ace Dillinger, Bambii, Heather “Live Wire” Bubb-Clarke, Nino Brown, and Tasha Rozez.

🎬 Sonografía is an experimental audiovisual documentary by Ollin Miranda (@dub_jam_high) that talks about sound system culture and the music as a medium of resistance in Mexico and around the world.

Need a break from the dance floor? Pique’s got you covered with film screenings, installations, and more! Tickets are live now via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

Calling all cinephiles: we’re bringing global sound system culture to Pique’s big screen on June 13 🍿

Co-presented by @mutekmontreal, this curated program of short documentary films explores sound system cultures across Mexico, West Bengal, and Toronto, highlighting sonic practices as forms of resistance, identity, and community building. And don’t forget to stick around after the screenings for a Q&A with some of the filmmakers!

Read more about each film below ⬇️

🎬 BASS BOSS and its director Rana Ghose (@reproduceartists) investigate Dek Bass, a sound system style unique to West Bengal and sets out to meet its elusive leading light, DJ Khobir. Overwhelming, aggressive, and prone to virulent fandom in his region, this form of sonic expression and assertion is of its own genesis.

🎬 Rewind/Forward (@rew_fwd), directed by @_alannastuart_, offers audiences a view of Toronto’s local bass music culture across eras, genres, and communities. Featuring five Toronto selectors and sound system owners: Witness Ace Dillinger, Bambii, Heather “Live Wire” Bubb-Clarke, Nino Brown, and Tasha Rozez.

🎬 Sonografía is an experimental audiovisual documentary by Ollin Miranda (@dub_jam_high) that talks about sound system culture and the music as a medium of resistance in Mexico and around the world.

Need a break from the dance floor? Pique’s got you covered with film screenings, installations, and more! Tickets are live now via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

Calling all cinephiles: we’re bringing global sound system culture to Pique’s big screen on June 13 🍿

Co-presented by @mutekmontreal, this curated program of short documentary films explores sound system cultures across Mexico, West Bengal, and Toronto, highlighting sonic practices as forms of resistance, identity, and community building. And don’t forget to stick around after the screenings for a Q&A with some of the filmmakers!

Read more about each film below ⬇️

🎬 BASS BOSS and its director Rana Ghose (@reproduceartists) investigate Dek Bass, a sound system style unique to West Bengal and sets out to meet its elusive leading light, DJ Khobir. Overwhelming, aggressive, and prone to virulent fandom in his region, this form of sonic expression and assertion is of its own genesis.

🎬 Rewind/Forward (@rew_fwd), directed by @_alannastuart_, offers audiences a view of Toronto’s local bass music culture across eras, genres, and communities. Featuring five Toronto selectors and sound system owners: Witness Ace Dillinger, Bambii, Heather “Live Wire” Bubb-Clarke, Nino Brown, and Tasha Rozez.

🎬 Sonografía is an experimental audiovisual documentary by Ollin Miranda (@dub_jam_high) that talks about sound system culture and the music as a medium of resistance in Mexico and around the world.

Need a break from the dance floor? Pique’s got you covered with film screenings, installations, and more! Tickets are live now via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

✨ UPDATE: Extra DJs @ Pique! ✨

We’re excited to announce that we’ve added some local legends to the Pique lineup on June 13:

🎧 Meet @nyckyghost, a DJ hailing from Ottawa with a passion for blending hip-hop, baile funk, jersey club, dancehall, amapiano, and more. As co-founder of PLAYHOUSE, FaceCard, NO DQ, and a member of Re-up Crew, NYCKY GHOST brings a unique and electrifying sound to the scene.

🎧 Welcome glory hull (@rodiva_99), a vinyl DJ born and raised in Mexico City. With Hull, QC as his current home base, glory hull brings eclectic rhythms filled with diverse, tropical, and lush music.

Join the party on June 13 at Arts Court! Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, our DJs are spinning throughout Pique’s schedule. Grab your tickets today via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

✨ UPDATE: Extra DJs @ Pique! ✨

We’re excited to announce that we’ve added some local legends to the Pique lineup on June 13:

🎧 Meet @nyckyghost, a DJ hailing from Ottawa with a passion for blending hip-hop, baile funk, jersey club, dancehall, amapiano, and more. As co-founder of PLAYHOUSE, FaceCard, NO DQ, and a member of Re-up Crew, NYCKY GHOST brings a unique and electrifying sound to the scene.

🎧 Welcome glory hull (@rodiva_99), a vinyl DJ born and raised in Mexico City. With Hull, QC as his current home base, glory hull brings eclectic rhythms filled with diverse, tropical, and lush music.

Join the party on June 13 at Arts Court! Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, our DJs are spinning throughout Pique’s schedule. Grab your tickets today via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

On June 13, @phedreamour bends club music into something playful and kinetic at Pique 💢🔉

The electronic duo of apè Aliermo and Daniel Lee excels at delivering fast-paced, bass-driven sets that pulse with a sense of disruption. Expect breakbeat stylings that ricochet through the room, blown-out synths, and live electronics engineered for movement 🌀

Get ready to move when Phèdre hits the Arts Court stage on June 13—tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

📸: @green__yang

On June 13, @phedreamour bends club music into something playful and kinetic at Pique 💢🔉

The electronic duo of apè Aliermo and Daniel Lee excels at delivering fast-paced, bass-driven sets that pulse with a sense of disruption. Expect breakbeat stylings that ricochet through the room, blown-out synths, and live electronics engineered for movement 🌀

Get ready to move when Phèdre hits the Arts Court stage on June 13—tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

📸: @green__yang

Pique’s 20th Edition is fast approaching and Debaser is looking for more volunteers who love music and art to help us put on the best art party of the season. Available roles include:

🎟️ Box office / Greeter
💬 Topique Assistant
🎤 Production/Operations Assistants
🎨 Gallery/installation Attendant
🩵 E.Q.U.I.P.E Harm Reduction Team
🍺 Beertender
👋 Volunteer Lounge Receptionist
& more!

Volunteers at Pique get a free t-shirt, dinner, and full access to Pique! Plus, gain experience in event organizing, free training in harm reduction accessibility, and get to know the team that makes it happen. It’s a win-win type of deal ✨

Visit the link in bio or debaser.ca/volunteer to fill out the volunteer interest form.

📸: @_finn

The Arts Court staircase is due for a cleanup... and Lesbian Community Service is here to help 🚧

Premiering their act of community service at Pique on June 13, Ash Barbu (@aash.barbu), Sabrina Ferrari (@androgynousmuppet), and Evalyn Shields (@washingmachine_art) are currently completing their first-year in the M.F.A. at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Visual Arts. Centring histories of lesbian/trans-feminist organizing, they reflect upon future possibilities for trans-feminist community building as well as erasures and absences in dominant histories of 2SLGBTQ+ activism.

Unravel the mystery of Lesbian Community Service at the Arts Court stairs (2 Daly Ave) on June 13. Tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

🤍 The Lesbian Community Service installation is supported by @ottawatourism as part of the 200th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Bytown @cityofottawa

On Friday, June 12, join us at Topique as we explore one central question: what becomes possible when artists build together rather than alone? 🔗

“Doing it Together: Care and Community” will address the landscape of DIY culture, competition, and increasing individualism to reinforce the value of co-creativity. This panel of venue owners, organizers, and community builders will discuss collaboration as a form of resistance and survival, relaying their lived experience in operating artist-led spaces to prove how working together can build more sustainable artistic ecosystems 🌾👥🤝🏠

Featuring:
🌷 @2kulit2kuwit : Artistic Director of @venusfestival, 1/2 of @phedreamour & artist / musician
🌷 @princia.c : Creator of @plantains.caviar + @amashi.co , mentor at @passthevibes & DJ
🌷 @rosinamultiplefutures : Lead singer of protest electronic duo @lalforest, dance music trio ROSINA, and co-administrator of community/arts-accessible @unit2communityspace
🌷 @wintanaglobal : Cultural producer and multidisciplinary creative, co-administrator of @itsok.world
🌷 Moderated by @skulkd_ : Jamaican-Canadian recording artist and co-founder/CEO of @producedbyyouth

Admission to all Topique sessions is pay-what-you-can online or at the door—visit thisispique.com for more info 🎟️

Topique is made possible with support from @ontariocreates and @factorcanada. Thank you to @artengine for hosting.

On Friday, June 12, join us at Topique as we explore one central question: what becomes possible when artists build together rather than alone? 🔗

“Doing it Together: Care and Community” will address the landscape of DIY culture, competition, and increasing individualism to reinforce the value of co-creativity. This panel of venue owners, organizers, and community builders will discuss collaboration as a form of resistance and survival, relaying their lived experience in operating artist-led spaces to prove how working together can build more sustainable artistic ecosystems 🌾👥🤝🏠

Featuring:
🌷 @2kulit2kuwit : Artistic Director of @venusfestival, 1/2 of @phedreamour & artist / musician
🌷 @princia.c : Creator of @plantains.caviar + @amashi.co , mentor at @passthevibes & DJ
🌷 @rosinamultiplefutures : Lead singer of protest electronic duo @lalforest, dance music trio ROSINA, and co-administrator of community/arts-accessible @unit2communityspace
🌷 @wintanaglobal : Cultural producer and multidisciplinary creative, co-administrator of @itsok.world
🌷 Moderated by @skulkd_ : Jamaican-Canadian recording artist and co-founder/CEO of @producedbyyouth

Admission to all Topique sessions is pay-what-you-can online or at the door—visit thisispique.com for more info 🎟️

Topique is made possible with support from @ontariocreates and @factorcanada. Thank you to @artengine for hosting.

On Friday, June 12, join us at Topique as we explore one central question: what becomes possible when artists build together rather than alone? 🔗

“Doing it Together: Care and Community” will address the landscape of DIY culture, competition, and increasing individualism to reinforce the value of co-creativity. This panel of venue owners, organizers, and community builders will discuss collaboration as a form of resistance and survival, relaying their lived experience in operating artist-led spaces to prove how working together can build more sustainable artistic ecosystems 🌾👥🤝🏠

Featuring:
🌷 @2kulit2kuwit : Artistic Director of @venusfestival, 1/2 of @phedreamour & artist / musician
🌷 @princia.c : Creator of @plantains.caviar + @amashi.co , mentor at @passthevibes & DJ
🌷 @rosinamultiplefutures : Lead singer of protest electronic duo @lalforest, dance music trio ROSINA, and co-administrator of community/arts-accessible @unit2communityspace
🌷 @wintanaglobal : Cultural producer and multidisciplinary creative, co-administrator of @itsok.world
🌷 Moderated by @skulkd_ : Jamaican-Canadian recording artist and co-founder/CEO of @producedbyyouth

Admission to all Topique sessions is pay-what-you-can online or at the door—visit thisispique.com for more info 🎟️

Topique is made possible with support from @ontariocreates and @factorcanada. Thank you to @artengine for hosting.

On Friday, June 12, join us at Topique as we explore one central question: what becomes possible when artists build together rather than alone? 🔗

“Doing it Together: Care and Community” will address the landscape of DIY culture, competition, and increasing individualism to reinforce the value of co-creativity. This panel of venue owners, organizers, and community builders will discuss collaboration as a form of resistance and survival, relaying their lived experience in operating artist-led spaces to prove how working together can build more sustainable artistic ecosystems 🌾👥🤝🏠

Featuring:
🌷 @2kulit2kuwit : Artistic Director of @venusfestival, 1/2 of @phedreamour & artist / musician
🌷 @princia.c : Creator of @plantains.caviar + @amashi.co , mentor at @passthevibes & DJ
🌷 @rosinamultiplefutures : Lead singer of protest electronic duo @lalforest, dance music trio ROSINA, and co-administrator of community/arts-accessible @unit2communityspace
🌷 @wintanaglobal : Cultural producer and multidisciplinary creative, co-administrator of @itsok.world
🌷 Moderated by @skulkd_ : Jamaican-Canadian recording artist and co-founder/CEO of @producedbyyouth

Admission to all Topique sessions is pay-what-you-can online or at the door—visit thisispique.com for more info 🎟️

Topique is made possible with support from @ontariocreates and @factorcanada. Thank you to @artengine for hosting.

On Friday, June 12, join us at Topique as we explore one central question: what becomes possible when artists build together rather than alone? 🔗

“Doing it Together: Care and Community” will address the landscape of DIY culture, competition, and increasing individualism to reinforce the value of co-creativity. This panel of venue owners, organizers, and community builders will discuss collaboration as a form of resistance and survival, relaying their lived experience in operating artist-led spaces to prove how working together can build more sustainable artistic ecosystems 🌾👥🤝🏠

Featuring:
🌷 @2kulit2kuwit : Artistic Director of @venusfestival, 1/2 of @phedreamour & artist / musician
🌷 @princia.c : Creator of @plantains.caviar + @amashi.co , mentor at @passthevibes & DJ
🌷 @rosinamultiplefutures : Lead singer of protest electronic duo @lalforest, dance music trio ROSINA, and co-administrator of community/arts-accessible @unit2communityspace
🌷 @wintanaglobal : Cultural producer and multidisciplinary creative, co-administrator of @itsok.world
🌷 Moderated by @skulkd_ : Jamaican-Canadian recording artist and co-founder/CEO of @producedbyyouth

Admission to all Topique sessions is pay-what-you-can online or at the door—visit thisispique.com for more info 🎟️

Topique is made possible with support from @ontariocreates and @factorcanada. Thank you to @artengine for hosting.

On Friday, June 12, join us at Topique as we explore one central question: what becomes possible when artists build together rather than alone? 🔗

“Doing it Together: Care and Community” will address the landscape of DIY culture, competition, and increasing individualism to reinforce the value of co-creativity. This panel of venue owners, organizers, and community builders will discuss collaboration as a form of resistance and survival, relaying their lived experience in operating artist-led spaces to prove how working together can build more sustainable artistic ecosystems 🌾👥🤝🏠

Featuring:
🌷 @2kulit2kuwit : Artistic Director of @venusfestival, 1/2 of @phedreamour & artist / musician
🌷 @princia.c : Creator of @plantains.caviar + @amashi.co , mentor at @passthevibes & DJ
🌷 @rosinamultiplefutures : Lead singer of protest electronic duo @lalforest, dance music trio ROSINA, and co-administrator of community/arts-accessible @unit2communityspace
🌷 @wintanaglobal : Cultural producer and multidisciplinary creative, co-administrator of @itsok.world
🌷 Moderated by @skulkd_ : Jamaican-Canadian recording artist and co-founder/CEO of @producedbyyouth

Admission to all Topique sessions is pay-what-you-can online or at the door—visit thisispique.com for more info 🎟️

Topique is made possible with support from @ontariocreates and @factorcanada. Thank you to @artengine for hosting.

Enter @cleoforshort’s fractured vision of America at Pique’s 20th edition 🥀

Raised between NYC and DC, and drawing from their Southern lineage, the multidisciplinary artist’s double album CUNTRY melds blues, soul, country, and dystopian electronics to investigate the rage that comes from grappling with the grips of labour. Garnering acclaim from @pitchfork, @nprmusic, and beyond, Cleo Reed has also brought their remarkable world-building to stages including @afropunk and @jazzfest 🎶

Expect an evening of experimental storytelling when Cleo Reed arrives at the Arts Court stage on June 13. Tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

📸 by @ogata_photo

Enter @cleoforshort’s fractured vision of America at Pique’s 20th edition 🥀

Raised between NYC and DC, and drawing from their Southern lineage, the multidisciplinary artist’s double album CUNTRY melds blues, soul, country, and dystopian electronics to investigate the rage that comes from grappling with the grips of labour. Garnering acclaim from @pitchfork, @nprmusic, and beyond, Cleo Reed has also brought their remarkable world-building to stages including @afropunk and @jazzfest 🎶

Expect an evening of experimental storytelling when Cleo Reed arrives at the Arts Court stage on June 13. Tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

📸 by @ogata_photo

Feel the mesmerizing pull of hyperpop princess @sineila_ at Pique 💓

The Montreal-based artist has conjured a futuristic sonic world—deeply melodic and emotionally raw, yet textural, bass-heavy, and blasted-out. Rooted in a background of classical piano, violin, and voice, sineila twists alt-pop / electronic music into something shimmering, fragile, and gloriously overdriven 💥

Having opened for visionary artists like @ninajirachi, @snowstrippers, and @hannahdiamond_, sineila is quickly carving out a space of her own within the experimental pop underground. Tune in to Sineila’s reverb-laced universe on June 13 at Arts Court—tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️

Feel the mesmerizing pull of hyperpop princess @sineila_ at Pique 💓

The Montreal-based artist has conjured a futuristic sonic world—deeply melodic and emotionally raw, yet textural, bass-heavy, and blasted-out. Rooted in a background of classical piano, violin, and voice, sineila twists alt-pop / electronic music into something shimmering, fragile, and gloriously overdriven 💥

Having opened for visionary artists like @ninajirachi, @snowstrippers, and @hannahdiamond_, sineila is quickly carving out a space of her own within the experimental pop underground. Tune in to Sineila’s reverb-laced universe on June 13 at Arts Court—tickets via link in bio or thisispique.com 🎟️