Events

"Inside-In": Biosensor Butoh, Final Presentation

"Inside-In": Biosensor Butoh, Final Presentation

"Inside-In": Biosensor Butoh is an eco/cyber-feminist somatic movement journey. We take an "inside-in" approach to interactive dance, as the code of our inner organs emerges as soundscape and, in turn, pulls us deeper into embodiment.

Past Events

Vector Festival 2022 - Launch Party and Opening Reception

Vector Festival 2022 - Launch Party and Opening Reception

Join us in celebrating the first night of Vector Festival and get the first look at our flagship exhibition, Machine Bodies (Is Cyborg Good or Evil?).

Artist Talk & Demo: 'The Play City' by SPATIAL-ESK

Artist Talk & Demo: 'The Play City' by SPATIAL-ESK

Come and enter 'The Play City' . A virtual world created by studio SPATIAL-ESK.

Doors Open Toronto - Gravity Sketch Demo

Doors Open Toronto - Gravity Sketch Demo

Heran Genene (UrDaughter.XYZ) is facilitating an opportunity to try virtual reality as a means of expression (instead of consumption!)

STYLY x InterAccess XR Artist Talk

STYLY x InterAccess XR Artist Talk

STYLY and InterAccess co-present an evening of artists talks and community gathering.

Ctrl+Shift: Data Sovereignty & Community Action

Ctrl+Shift: Data Sovereignty & Community Action

A discussion panel co-presented with Ada X on collecting, maintaining, and activating data within communities.

Artist Talk: Casey Koyczan

Artist Talk: Casey Koyczan

Join artist Casey Koyczan for an hour-long discussion on his artistic practice, past projects, and installation work Ełexiìtǫ ; Ehts’ǫǫ / Connected ; Apart From Each Other.

Screening + Discussion - Primordial Dismemberment, Sadovnik (2021)

Screening + Discussion - Primordial Dismemberment, Sadovnik (2021)

A virtual screening and discussion with artist duo Primordial Dismemberment (Thomas L. Archambault and Manolis Daris).

Curator Talk - Sculpted in Our Image, Forged in Our Minds

Curator Talk - Sculpted in Our Image, Forged in Our Minds

Join emerging curator Tristan Sauer for a virtual tour and discussion of the virtual exhibition Sculpted in Our Image, Forged in Our Minds

Reading Circle - Behind These Strange Sensations are Hidden Structures

Reading Circle - Behind These Strange Sensations are Hidden Structures

Join artist Max Lester for a reading circle that will explore some of the central ideas and themes present in his exhibition Behind These Strange Sensations are Hidden Structures.

Artist Talk: Tamiko Thiel

Artist Talk: Tamiko Thiel

Tamiko Thiel considers the ways augmented reality can be used to evoke the past, visualize the future, and highlight underrepresented communities, histories, and cultures.

Geofenced: Building and Rebuilding Mixed Realities

Geofenced: Building and Rebuilding Mixed Realities

Scott Benesiinaabandan, Cat Bluemke, Jonathan Carroll, Adrienne Matheuszik, Jenn E Norton, and Karie Liao discuss the making of the exhibition Geofenced, and consider the contemporary applications and implications of AR technologies.

Screening - of ties and tethers

Screening - of ties and tethers

A screening program curated by Maria Alejandrina Coates and presented at Fort York in partnership with Toronto Outdoor Picture Show.

Panel - Decode and Disrupt: The BIPOC Artist Experience Pre- & Post- Pandemic

Panel - Decode and Disrupt: The BIPOC Artist Experience Pre- & Post- Pandemic

A panel discussion on the dynamics of isolation and kinship in racialized creative communities.

Performance - Meech Boakye, Wild Fermentation: Communal Hydration Ritual

Performance - Meech Boakye, Wild Fermentation: Communal Hydration Ritual

Follow along with artist Meech Boakye as they process and fermet foraged and locally grown herbs, flowers, fruit, and honey.

Panel - dis-ease Curator Tour + Discussion

Panel - dis-ease Curator Tour + Discussion

A virtual tour of Vector Festival's 2021 flagship exhibitionÂ dis-easeÂ followed by a discussion with the curator and artists.

Panel - Accessibility in Game Art

Panel - Accessibility in Game Art

Steve Saylor, Tiffany Witcher, and moderator Sandra Danilovic examine the design and development of accessible and inclusive digital games and gaming spaces.

Talk - Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley and Kim Ninkuru: On digital connection, suppression, and memory

Talk - Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley and Kim Ninkuru: On digital connection, suppression, and memory

Community-engaged digital artists Danielle Braitwaithe-Shirley and Kim Ninkuru discuss the possibilities of post-pandemic togetherness.

Performance - Hum Drone Listening Walks & Palindrome

Performance - Hum Drone Listening Walks & Palindrome

Hum presents a limited run of printed zines mapping resonant sounds audible on the streets of Toronto. Artists Tasman Richardson & Kristel Jax perform Palindrome, a dualistic broadcast mixing these sounds.

Screening - Everything Worthwhile

Screening - Everything Worthwhile

An outdoor screening curated by Theresa Wang offering interpretations of the connections that can be found within digital spaces.

Panel - On De/centralization: Blockchain Art and New Forms of Community-Building

Panel - On De/centralization: Blockchain Art and New Forms of Community-Building

A panel exploring the recent NFT (non-fungible token) craze and the merits of the blockchain as an artistic and activist medium