Activities Schedule

Registration & Welcome Coffee

8:30 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Symbiotic Frequencies: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:30 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Sarah Mackenzie

Collective Interactivity, presented by the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT)

10:00 am

Société des arts technologiques [SAT]

Manuel Bolduc

Who Shapes the Story? An Opening Talk by Loretta Sarah Todd

10:00 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Loretta Sarah Todd

Vibe-ocracy in the Psyber Age

10:15 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

New Models (Caroline Busta & Lil Internet)

Silent Praxis

10:30 am

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Tati au Miel

10 Years of Atelier Grand Nord XR: Pushing the Boundaries of XR Creation

11:00 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Maude Thibodeau
Ziad Touma
Isabelle Brodeur
Vincent Morisset
Thomas Payette
Éloi Champagne

The Fool’s Journey

1:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Paloma Dawkins

Ic3y Mag and MUTEK present : Listening Room / Fold by Jump Source

1:30 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Jump Source
Nyshka Chandran

The Three-Body No-Problem

1:30 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Navid Navab

Ableton Live as a Performative Ecosystem: Building Dynamic Workflows for a Flexible Live Set with Noémi Büchi

2:00 pm

DASA - Digital & Analogue Studio Apparatus

Noémi Büchi

Sound-Reactive Badge Making with Dr. Lee Cyborg

2:00 pm

Société des arts technologiques [SAT]

Mourad Bennacer
Lee Wilkins

Village numérique : Light Play

2:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Alexandra Marin
Marie Leblanc Flanagan

Does an AI God Have an Ass?

2:15 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Zach Blas

Entangled Spaces: Art, Technology and the Future of Cultural Engagement

3:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Tracy Rector
Daniel Iregui
Nicolas S. Roy
Teresa Retzer
Sunny Cheung

The Future Is Experienced: Case Studies in Art, Interaction and New Technology presented by TIFF : The Market and in collaboration with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)

3:30 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Kim Alpert
Adriano Martella
Vanessa Costa
Quinn Hopkins
Sebastian Monroy
Hamie Robitaille

Emerging Voices : MUTEK Market 2026 Cohort

4:00 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

MOORE + SALAS
Myriam Bleau
Florence-Delphine Roux
Nelly-Eve Rajotte
Nyshka Chandran

WhatRemains, Genesis : Screening and Artist Q&A with Lou Fauroux, presented by L’Euguélionne

4:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Lou Fauroux
Benoît Palop

Immersive Iterations: Storytelling Across Platforms

4:40 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Josh Goldblum
Samantha King
Line Katcho
Mathieu St-Arnaud

Artist Talk with Caroline Monnet, presented by the MAC

5:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Caroline Monnet
Mojeanne Behzadi

Networking Cocktail presented by the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)

5:30 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Registration & Welcome Coffee

9:00 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Cosmos to Quanta in 10 Terms: Curators' Take

10:00 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Auronda Scalera
Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti

The Monolith, presented by Milieux Institute

10:00 am

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Aurélie Petit
François Lespinasse
Cristina Jimenez
Kamyar Karimi
Milton Lim
Paolo Gruni
Syd Hamidreza Hosseini

Into the Visuals, presented by Epson

10:30 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Kamil Nawratil
Mika Oki
Stefans Berens
Erin Dragotto
Sydney Bouhaniche
Manuel Galarneau
Simon Léveillé

Cosmosapience: Embodying our Planetary Mind

11:30 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Katie Hofstadter & Memo Akten

Brainless : How the World Thinks

1:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Claire L. Evans

TouchDesigner Confluence at MUTEK Forum 2026

1:00 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Michel Didier
Hugo Daoust
BunBun
Isabelle Rousset
Sébastien Mercier

Generative AI for 3D Projection Mapping: From Concept to Canvas

1:30 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Land-Based AI Ecologies

1:30 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Jackson 2bears
Ceyda Yolgörmez

Lumen Prize Spotlight: 15 Years of Art Created with Technology

2:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Erin Thompson­

Making Music From Nothing

2:00 pm

DASA - Digital & Analogue Studio Apparatus

Matthew Herbert

Tuning the Machine: Power, Protocol, and Creative AI

3:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Margaret McGuffin
Sean Power
Jesse McKee
Paul McCabe
Melissa Vincent

Build it Or Buy it? Creativity and Intellectual Property (IP)

3:30 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Madeleine Bernatchez
Meritaten Mance
Amélie Richard
Myriam Achard
Jordana Leigh

Emerging Voices : MUTEK Market 2026 Cohort

4:00 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

ebb
ArtSaves
Cleo Leigh
Nyshka Chandran

Responsible Futurism: Designing South Asian Plural Futures

4:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Elsewhere in India ft. Murthovic & Thiruda

Biosignals in Digital Art, presented by the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT)

4:30 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Anouk Ethier
Karim Jerbi
Isabella Salas
Jacqueline Beaumont
Erin Gee
Jean-Michaël Celerier

Going ‘Glocal’: Digital Art, Local Ecosystems, and International Collaboration

4:30 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Véronique Paradis
Naomi Johnson
Asad Lalljee
Heleen Rouw
Francis Gélinas

Networking Cocktail presented by XN Québec

5:30 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Registration & Welcome Coffee

9:00 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Music Hackspace x MUTEK: Hackathon Winners Showcase

10:00 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Paul McCabe

Symbiotic Frequencies / Symbiotic Futures : A Worldbuilding Workshop presented by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

10:00 am

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Paisley Smith

SINAI SOUND SYSTEM : The Sonic Earthquake

10:15 am

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Huw Williams

Whose Music Is It? Care, Capital, and Accountability in Electronic Music

11:00 am

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Matthew Herbert
Rachel Weldon
Frickenmia­
Nadim Maghzal
NVST

Why DIY? The Rise of Queer Soundsystems and an Introduction to DIY Loudspeaker Design

11:00 am

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Fait Poms

Feel the Room: Designing for the Felt Experience

11:20 am

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Salima Punjani

Afrosonic Movements. To Canada with Love.

11:40 am

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Mark V. Campbell
Safia Siad

Music as Wetware: Composing Bodies with Biofeedback, Sound, and Light

12:30 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Erin Gee

Correlated States: Listening Between Certainties

1:00 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Alexandre Blais
France Jobin

Listening at the Edge: Sound, Quantum Physics, and the Act of Attention

1:30 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

France Jobin
Alexandre Blais
Kara-Lis Coverdale
Rena Anakwe
Eva Fischer

Sonic States: Practices in Spatial Sound

2:15 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Dr. Lea Luka Sikau
Laura-June Clarke
Myriam Boucher
Alain Mongeau

Beyond the Naked Ear: A Contact Microphone Workshop with Evicshen

2:30 pm

DASA - Digital & Analogue Studio Apparatus

Evicshen

final-bounce, presented by World Creation Studio

2:30 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Frequency and Footprint: Rethinking the Live Experience

3:00 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

Chloé Gatignol
Samantha Melnyk
Sergio Parra Aguilera
Pauline Bourdon
Grace Xu

Industry Meet-Up: Sustainability for Creative Business Models, presented by La Piscine

4:00 pm

Édifice Wilder – Espace danse

A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET

4:30 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets

Mindy Seu

Closing Cocktail, presented by DistroKid

5:30 pm

Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets