Fonderie Darling kicks off its fall programming with a festive evening featuring exhibitions by Paula Valero Comín and Mallory Lowe Mpoka, presented as part of the 19th edition of MOMENTA Biennale d'art contemporain.

The exhibition Rosa Luxemburg Resistant Herbarium by Paula Valero Comín weaves a botanical and political genealogy from local plants and the stories of committed women, revealing the multiple forms of resistance that emerge between urban biodiversity and social struggles. Conversely, Mallory Lowe Mpoka's The Matriarch: Unraveled Threads retraces the history of her ancestors and, more broadly, that of a people marked by the violence surrounding the Cameroonian War of Independence in the 1950s and 1960s. 

Creative and reflective workshops, inspired by the Biennale 2025 exhibitions, will be offered throughout the exhibition. Each workshop begins with a guided tour to immerse yourself in the works and their themes, before giving way to a collective activity.

EVENING PROGRAM

5pm / Open doors and guided tour with artists Paula Valero Comín and Mallory Lowe Mpoka   

7pm / Speeches

7:30pm - 8:30pm / Guided tour of the buildings and artists' studios of Renée Condo, Shanie Tomassini, Andrea Mancini, mihyun maria kim, Michaëlle Sergile, and Rémi Belliveau, with Clara Déry

> Musical atmosphere from 7:30pm to 10pm
> Exhibition rooms and bar open until 10 p.m.

Fonderie Darling would like to thank Zamalek, À Boire Debout, Les Grands Bois and Piquette Nation for their loyal support and generous sponsorship of this event.

About the 19th edition of the Biennale

In a world saturated with images, some, strangely, are lacking. This edition of MOMENTA aims to open up multiple perspectives for experimentation and speculation on the nature, uses, and production of missing images. In Praise of the Missing Image explores both contemporary challenges in relation to the image and the current consequences of the complex dynamics involved in constructing narratives. Which stories are told, how, and by whom?