MUTEK Forum 2026

12th Edition — Symbiotic Frequencies

From August 26 to 28, 2026, MUTEK Forum returns to Montréal for three days of talks, performances, workshops, screenings, masterclasses, and professional gatherings dedicated to the future of digital creation.

Bringing together over 100 artists, researchers, technologists, curators, studios, and cultural practitioners, the Forum explores the evolving landscape of electronic music, digital art, and emerging technologies through an interdisciplinary programme grounded in research, experimentation, and collaboration.

This year, MUTEK Forum moves into a new environment in the heart of the Quartier des spectacles: Atrium et Studio-Théâtre des Grands Ballets and Édifice Wilder – Espace danse.

Symbiotic Frequencies

Boundaries between disciplines, cultures, and systems of intelligence are continuously dissolving under the influence of digital technologies, automation, ecological disruption, and geopolitical transformation.

Under the theme Symbiotic Frequencies, MUTEK Forum 2026 examines the relationships between artificial intelligence, living systems, artistic practices, and technological infrastructures. This edition explores how computational tools are reshaping not only creative processes, but also the very conditions through which we coexist and engage with the world.

Through talks, critical conversations, performances, and workshops, the Forum brings together voices from across the arts, research, and creative industries to imagine more ethical, sustainable, and human-centred technological futures.

Three Thematic Days

Day 1 — Storytelling: Expanding Realities

Presented by the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

A day dedicated to immersive storytelling, Indigenous media practices, expanded narratives, and the relationships between embodiment, technology, and communities.

Featuring Loretta Sarah Todd, Navid Navab, Zach Blas, Caroline Monnet, New Models, Lou Fauroux, and Tracy Rector.

Day 2 — Technology: Future Interfaces

An exploration of digital infrastructures, artificial intelligence, biosignals, generative systems, and new forms of collaboration between humans and machines.

Featuring Katie Hofstadter & Memo Akten, Jackson 2bears, Claire L. Evans, Elsewhere in India, Mika Oki, Moment Factory, and several leading voices from the immersive technology sector.

Day 3 — Sound: Ecologies of Listening

Presented by DistroKid

A day focused on contemporary sound cultures, immersive audio technologies, sound system practices, and the relationship between listening, ecology, and space.

Featuring Uncle Ronnie, Kara-Lis Coverdale, France Jobin, Evicshen, Afrosonic Innovation Lab, Salima Punjani, and Mindy Seu.

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Expanded MUTEK Market

Running alongside the Forum, MUTEK Market returns from August 26 to 28 in a significantly expanded format.

Hosted at Édifice Wilder – Espace danse, MUTEK Market serves as an international professional platform connecting artists, studios, curators, presenters, cultural institutions, and creative industry professionals.

• daily curated B2B meetings;
• talks and case studies;
• industry cocktails;
• international networking opportunities;
• dedicated programming focused on digital arts, immersive media, music technologies, and audiovisual creation.

Industry Networking

Throughout the three days, MUTEK Forum hosts a series of activities designed to foster dialogue, collaboration, and professional exchange between attendees, delegates, and invited guests.

Cocktails, community gatherings, sector meetups, and partner-led activities create opportunities for connection across local and international artistic, institutional, and technological communities.

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Box Office

Several ticketing options are available:

• Forum Passport;
• Festival + Forum Passport;
• Day Passes;
• Student Forum Passport at a fixed price of $90.

The Festival + Forum Passport grants access to all regular paid festival programming as well as the complete Forum programme.

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Montréal During MUTEK

Every summer, MUTEK transforms Montréal into an international meeting point for electronic music and digital art, bringing together artists, audiences and professionals around contemporary sonic and visual experiences.

Through concerts, installations, professional gatherings and outdoor programming, MUTEK offers an exploration of contemporary forms of sonic and visual creation in the heart of the city.

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Partners

MUTEK would like to thank its partners, whose support plays an essential role in maintaining and developing its activities and in the realization of MUTEK 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 ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation du Québec, the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles du Québec, the ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie du Québec, the ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, FACTOR and Canada's private radio broadcasters, the Department of Canadian Heritage, Musicaction, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Ville de Montréal, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Tourisme Montréal, the Consulat général de France à Québec, Society for Arts and Technology, Hôtel Monville, Indigenous Screen Office, DistroKid, Canada Media Fund (CMF), TouchDesigner, Epson, Milieux Institute, XN Québec, Moment Factory, The Lumen Prize, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), SOCAN, Communicating the Arts, Ic3y Mag, Obscura, National Film Board of Canada, La Piscine, Debaser, Mozilla Festival, World Creation Studio and DASA.