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Programme double: Tokyo Noise (2002) & Modulations - Cinema for the Ear. Watch two lo-fi, underground documentaries that turn the city into an instrument. An ode to industrial soundscapes, shadowy street life, and the chaos of urban memory.
645 Wellington - Kaveh Nabatian (2002). A stone’s throw from downtown Montreal, the stories of quirky artists, blue-collar workers, and unconventional families. Nabatian captures the tension between nostalgia and gentrification, a story of displacement and memory. Watching it takes me back to a city I once knew, just across the street from this iconic estate. Stream it here.

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011). An intimate, audacious portrait of transformation and devotion. Through the lens of underground performance artist Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle) and partner Lady Jaye Breyer P‑Orridge, the film defies norms of identity, body, and artistry. Watch it here.
German cinema’s provocateur. Fassbinder’s cinema dissects love, power, and society with unflinching intensity. Audacious, uncompromising, unforgettable. Watch the archives here. (Favourites: The BRD Trilogy & Ali: Fear Eats the Soul).

Gritty, confrontational, and cathartic. Post-punk and anarcho-punk hymns from the 80s in their unrestrained glory. Urgency, satire, and dissonance challenge the listener to question conformity. Listen to 3 classics below.

Sonic manifesto. Henry Rollins’ KCRW show delivers post-punk, noise, and rare cuts that push listeners beyond the expected. For those who still appreciate a radio show. Listen here. (Special thanks to Joseph & Charlotte for the recommendation)
Shadow Waves. Montreal-based UZU melds dark-punk minimalism with haunting Arabic lyrics, spinning post-punk austerity into a meditation on exile, memory, and endurance. Watch their new music video here.
Noise Blackout. Unknown Precept, Full Auto Acid & Total Black push sounds to the edge - corrosive, chaotic, and fiercely independent. Acid waves, industrial hums, pure avant-garde chaos that channel the spirit of underground defiance. A few picks: #1 / #2 / #3 / #4.

Urban Grit, Unfiltered. Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama’s grainy, high‑contrast streetscapes pulse with primal energy, alienation, and fleeting memory. Where neon, concrete, and shadow converge. Dive into his work here.
Sculptural memories. Montreal-based Simon Petepiece turns raw building materials into sculptural narratives, crafting industrial forms that feel like a future shaped by the past. See his work here.

Poetry of Shadows. Masahisa Fukase’s high-contrast images of ravens, solitude, and self convey a deeply personal, melancholic vision. Obsessive and intimate, his work hovers between myth and memory - grief transformed into beauty, the past made strangely alive. Explore his publications and photobooks here.

Librairie des Archives. A curated vault of rare design texts, forgotten exhibition catalogues, and out-of-print art books. Learn more here.
Digital Fanzine Preservation Society. A beautifully unfiltered archive of early-2000s punk and hardcore zines, now preserved online. Check it out here.