Welcome to MUTEK Forum
A platform and gathering for bold ideas in digital creation
MUTEK Forum is MUTEK’s professional platform dedicated to digital creation, artistic research, and creative technologies.
Each summer in Montréal, the Forum brings together artists, researchers, institutions, and professionals around critical and experimental practices at the intersection of digital arts, electronic music, and emerging technologies.
The Forum prioritizes an “artist-centered” approach:
- tools shaped by creative practice;
- concrete exchanges across disciplines;
- ongoing attention to the ethical, ecological, and social implications of technology.
Talks, labs, residencies, a professional market, and international missions form a coherent whole—designed to support artists’ development and foster lasting collaborations.
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MUTEK Forum 2026
The 27th edition marks a turning point for the MUTEK Forum, the festival’s platform for connection and discussion.
This summer, from August 26 to 28, and for the first time, the Forum expands across two of Montreal’s key performing arts institutions—the Atrium and Studio-Théâtre of Les Grands Ballets and Agora de la Danse.
The programme will include talks, project presentations, performance lectures and workshops, positioning the festival week as a major international hub for professionals exploring the changing nature of creativity in a digital age. A range of networking activities will also take place throughout the week, creating opportunities for the local sector while serving as an international platform for Québec’s creative ecosystem.
The MUTEK Market, dedicated to fostering opportunities and connections for Canadian artists and creatives, returns for its most ambitious edition yet, welcoming dozens of curators and decision-makers from around the world.
Partial Forum programming will be announced in April.
Box Office
The Forum Passports and the Festival + Forum Combo Passports, which provide access to the festival's regular paid programs and all Forum activities, are now on sale.
MUTEK aimerait remercier ses partenaires qui jouent un rôle considérable dans le maintien et le développement de ses activités et qui ont particulièrement soutenu la réalisation du Forum.
Le Gouvernement du Québec, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, le ministère du Tourisme du Québec, le Secrétariat à la région métropolitaine du gouvernement du Québec, le ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, le Conseil des Arts du Canada, FACTOR et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada, le ministère du Patrimoine canadien, Musicaction, la Ville de Montréal, le Conseil des arts de Montréal, Tourisme Montréal, l’Hôtel Monville et la Société des arts technologiques.
