Immersive Means Everything (and Nothing) : Case Studies from the Spectrum, presented by TIFF : The Market and in collaboration with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)
Immersive Means Everything (and Nothing) : Case Studies from the Spectrum, presented by TIFF : The Market and in collaboration with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
3:30 pm_4:30 pm
Édifice Wilder – Espace danse
85$
Day Pass price, excl. fees & taxesWhat's Next in Immersive ? Depends who you ask. "Immersive" now covers everything from Olympic ceremony design to AI-driven theatre, which is exactly the point. Hosted by Vanessa Costa, Producer Innovation at TIFF: The Market, this series of case studies brings together creatives working at the frontier of that spectrum, examining emerging technologies, new forms of storytelling, underserved audiences, and cross-regional collaboration.
Presentations include:
Filmmaster’s Adriano Martella presents Art at the Heart: Ceremonies as Symbiotic Ecosystems, a reflection on the design of Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies as participatory ecosystems, with the beating heart sequence of the Milano Cortina 2026 Opening Ceremony as a central case: a work that moved across ceramic sculpture, digitization, and collective bodies to explore disturbed authorship at planetary scale.
Kim Alpert and Sebastian Monroy (Nilor) share the story behind GAWD v. The People, an AI-led theatrical experience and speculative court simulation, selected for the Cannes Immersive Competition 2026, in which 100 audience members become witnesses in a tribunal where humanity is on trial for the right to remain on Earth.
Quinn Hopkins (Noodin Studio) presents Sacred Tag, part of MUTEK's Village Numérique digital art circuit, centering Anishinaabe perspectives and urban Indigenous experiences. Sacred Tags is an interactive projection blending graffiti with Anishinaabe language, sacred symbols, and urban imagery. Using augmented reality, viewers trace tags and rock-painting forms into the projection, revealing hidden animations: each mark unveils the story behind it, old ways reawakening through new technology. What if every tag could speak back our histories and keep our languages alive?
Please note: this activity will be in English, with live transcription available.
Presented by TIFF : The Market, in collaboration with
Adriano MartellaIT
Filmmaster
Immersive Means Everything (and Nothing) : Case Studies from the Spectrum, presented by TIFF : The Market and in collaboration with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)
26 Aug
Performs at 3:30 pm_4:30 pm Montréal time
Kim AlpertUS
Nilor
Immersive Means Everything (and Nothing) : Case Studies from the Spectrum, presented by TIFF : The Market and in collaboration with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)
26 Aug
Performs at 3:30 pm_4:30 pm Montréal time
Vanessa CostaCA
TIFF: The Market
Immersive Means Everything (and Nothing) : Case Studies from the Spectrum, presented by TIFF : The Market and in collaboration with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)
26 Aug
Performs at 3:30 pm_4:30 pm Montréal time
