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Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

Wednesday, August 20, 2025
10:00 am_6:00 pm

Quartier des Spectacles

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Day 1 of MUTEK Forum 2025 explores how technology is reshaping the way we experience narrative. From memory and identity to embodiment and design, this day invites participants to rethink storytelling as an immersive, collaborative, and radical act. Expanding Realities: Immersive Media & Storytelling, presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF), dives into new narrative forms and methods of worldbuilding across visual, sonic, and technological landscapes.

Kicking off the day, AI provocateurs Dadabots deliver an opening manifesto tying into the Forum's overarching theme. Language artist Sasha Stiles follows with a lecture-performance, presenting a live AI poetry reading that explores the human-machine relationship.

Interdisciplinary artist Jason Voltaire and Argentinian duo Motia take the stage to highlight the storytelling power of live visual design—unpacking how creative rituals and aesthetic decisions shape collective experiences in performance.

In an interactive ‘playformance’, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s What Happens Next is Up to You places the audience at the center of a provocative narrative on censorship and division.

MUTEK and Xn Québec unveil the 2025 edition of the Village Numérique, a unique urban digital art circuit across the Quartier des Spectacles, where cutting-edge technology meets artistic genius, alongside project presentations from a handful of participating studios. Presentations by new media artist Mélanie O’Bomsawin and founder and creative director of Akoia, Nyambura M. Waruingi, highlight innovative and resilient approaches to cultural storytelling and spatial design.

The talk-show segment What’s Next in Immersive?, hosted by Myriam Achard (PHI), features a dynamic lineup exploring the future (and past) of immersive technologies as tools for imagination and engagement. Guests include immersive curator Ana Brzezińska, Marc Barto (V&A), artist Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes, and more.

Also featured: a critical talk titled Inversive Exhibitions by renowned artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer; artist Q&As with SIM and Ida Toninato & Pierre-Luc Lecours; a hands-on workshop on scenophony—immersive audio design—led by the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]; and the AI xVoice masterclass with Harry Yeff (Reeps100) and Bertie Sampson (immersive-me), exploring how AI, visual language, and the human voice converge to shape new forms of expressive, ethically-driven storytelling.

Finally, the day culminates with a public showcase of the MUTEK AI Ecologies Lab—an interdisciplinary residency launched in April 2025 exploring sustainable, socially just, and culturally meaningful approaches to artificial intelligence. Developed in partnership with the SAT, Milieux Institute, Applied AI Institute, and Abundant Intelligences, the lab presents six innovative projects shaped through design sprints, hackathons, and mentorship. Highlights include contributions from Soliphilia, Mila, and La Piscine. MUTEK would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Montreal for their support. This project is funded as part of the Cultural Development Agreement of Montreal established between the City of Montreal and the Government of Quebec.

Alexandra Marin^CA/QC

Société des arts technologiques

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Ali Kays^CA/QC

LCI Éducation

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Ana Brzezińska^PL/FR

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Bertie Sampson (Rapid Eye Movement)^UK

immersive-me

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes^CA/QC

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Dane Malenfant^CA/QC

Université McGill | Mila

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley^UK/DE

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

DADABOTS (CJ Carr & Zachary Zukowski)^US

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

David Barlow-Krelina^CA/QC

ED Films

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

David Ledoux^CA/QC

Society for Arts and Technology

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Eyez Li^CA/QC

Eyez Production

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Femke Kocken^CA/QC

Next-Generation Cities Institute

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Harry Yeff (Rapid Eye Movement)^UK

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Jason Voltaire^CA/QC

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Jeanne Dompierre^CA/QC

Xn Québec

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Kelly Andres^CA

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Lionel Ringenbach^CA

Ucodia | Metacreation Lab

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Marc Barto^FR/UK

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Mélanie O'Bomsawin^CA/QC

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Mikaël Frascadore^CA/QC

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Motia (Maria Gimena Federici & Maria Julia Posada)^AR

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Myriam Achard^CA/QC

PHI

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Nelly Markovsky^CA/QC

La Piscine

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Nyambura M. Waruingi^CA/QC

La Perle Noire Immersive

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Pauline Bourdon^FR/UK

Soliphilia

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Rachel Germain^CA/QC

Société des arts technologiques

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer^MX/QC

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Sasha Stiles^US

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

SIM^CA/QC

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Sura Hanna^CA/QC

Next-Generation Cities Institute

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Tegan Maharaj^CA

Mila

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

Tommie Introna^UK

Serpentine Arts Technologies

Day 1 | Expanding Realities: Immersive Media and Storytelling presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

20 Aug

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Day 2 | Future Interfaces: Technology

Thursday, August 21, 2025

10:00 am_6:00 pm

Quartier des Spectacles

Alice Bucknell^US
Catherine Lejeune - Université du Québec à Montréal^CA/QC
Ceyda Yolgörmez - Abundant Intelligences^CA
Connor Cook - Next-Generation Cities Institute^CA/QC
France Jobin^CA/QC
François Lespinasse - Machine Agencies^CA/QC
George Kerasias - Machine Agencies^CA/QC
Harry Kumar - MOTH^UK
Héli Hontoy-Major^CA/QC
Ilā Kamalagharan^UK
James Holden^UK
Jean Guesdon - Ubisoft^CA/QC
Jihane Mossalim - Machine Agencies^CA/QC
Jon Yu - MYTHOLOGI^CA/QC
Justine Lahaie-Gagnon - Club Sexu^CA/QC
Kahentawaks Tiewishaw - Revital Software^CA/QC
Kristian North^CA/QC
Léa Séguin - Université du Québec à Montréal^CA/QC
Lexis - Music Is My Sanctuary | Cult Studio^CA/QC
Libby Heaney^UK
Louis Barbier - Machine Agencies^CA/QC
Lydia Graveline^CA/QC
machìna^KR/JP
Migueltzinta Solís - House of -tzintlán^US/CA
Mike Cassidy - Machine Agencies^US/CA
Nata Pavlik - Machine Agencies^CA/QC
Nicola Cruz^EC
Olivier Cardinal-Landon - École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)^CA/QC
Poki Chan - Machine Agencies^CA/QC
Sebastián Duque Mesa^CO
Suzanne Kite - Wihanble S’a Center: Abundant Intelligences^US
Vanessa Racine^CA/QC

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