This year’s edition of the Forum offers a variety of engaging workshops and masterclasses. From deploying ephemeral immersive spaces to building multi-modal AI agents, these activities offer a variety of knowledge and practical skills related to extended reality, gaming, digital marketing, copyright in the digital world and more.

Participants will be able reserve a spot for these limited capacity activities in advance through the official MUTEK Forum App, starting August 9th at 12:00PM ET. Additional spots will also be available 15 minutes before the start of each activity on a first-come first serve basis.

Note that although every person registered on the official MUTEK Forum application will be able to reserve a spot for all limited capacity activities, they will need a Forum Passport or a Day Pass for the specific day of the selected activity in order to be granted entry to the Forum.

Opening its doors to the public for free admission, the Forum will come to a close on Friday August 25th with a beat making activity in collaboration with Ableton and Artbeat.

Tuesday, August 22

• Crafting indie video games: An introductory workshop with Bitsy
Presented in collaboration with Revital Software

• Deploying Ephemeral Immersive Spaces
Presented in collaboration with the Society of Arts and Technology

Wednesday, August 23

• Connect the dots : digital innovation, new audiences and unexpected collaborations
Presented in collaboration with La Piscine

• From Text to Sound: Building Multi-Modal AI Agents
Presented in collaboration with Milieux Institute / Concordia and UKAI Projects

Thursday, August 24

• Building your Brand DNA in the Music Industry
Presented in collaboration with Keychange

Friday, August 25

• Art, AI and the Law – IP for Digital Artists

• The Art of Production: Deena Abdelwahed
Presented in collaboration with Resident Advisor

• Artbeat Montreal and Ableton present: Loop Sessions Speedrun

4 days, 35 activities, 70 speakers

Each day of the Forum showcases and investigates innovation belonging to a specific track of digital creativity, ranging from digital creation and curation to artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), and electronic music. These explorations will flow towards a new horizon of digital creation while simultaneously navigating the backdraught of tensions that come with innovation, from the heedless rise of technological development to issues of inaccessibility. Throughout the week, various workshops will be held in parallel with the main activities that will explore the future of festivals, branding 101 for artists and the implications of AI in regards to intellectual property.

Full program

MUTEK would like to thank its partners, who play a key role in the maintenance and development of its activities and have provided particular support towards the production of the Forum.

The Government of Québec, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the ministère du Tourisme du Québec, the Secrétariat à la région métropolitaine du gouvernement du Québec, the ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the City of Montréal, FACTOR and Canada’s private radio broadcasters, the Department of Canadian Heritage, Musicaction, Tourisme Montréal, Canada Media Fund (CMF), Xn Québec, Notch, Machine Agencies, Concordia University, EarthPercent, INSCAPE, Keychange, Eastern Bloc, PHI, Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).