https://smackenzie.ca Sarah Mackenzie Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:24:27 +0000 https://smackenzie.ca en https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Symbiotic-Frequencies Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:24:27 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Symbiotic-Frequencies MUTEK Forum: Symbiotic Frequenciesart &amp; technology symposium role ︎ director What if the vibrations that shape our world, sonic, electromagnetic and algorithmic, had their own forms of intelligence? <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b4348fb3069cb64ee6080be515b3153fef5c8cbcfb39cf124b91f8bbb6f1b54/FORUM12_20260827_NetworkingCocktail_credit_FelixBonnevie_08.jpg" data-mid="254100916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b4348fb3069cb64ee6080be515b3153fef5c8cbcfb39cf124b91f8bbb6f1b54/FORUM12_20260827_NetworkingCocktail_credit_FelixBonnevie_08.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14edc61e30140f202e8e2d2566428b0545a04587ec89819c9d0ccf8b8e6d6898/FORUM12_20260827_Brainless_credit_FelixBonnevie_11.jpg" data-mid="254100935" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14edc61e30140f202e8e2d2566428b0545a04587ec89819c9d0ccf8b8e6d6898/FORUM12_20260827_Brainless_credit_FelixBonnevie_11.jpg" /> <img width="3500" height="2334" width_o="3500" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6aa1c486ec8bf35d040eef72ecd633257748ff35748152d00aceb1b4ce2bd69a/FORUM12_20260828_Sex_History_Internet_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_06.jpg" data-mid="254100944" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6aa1c486ec8bf35d040eef72ecd633257748ff35748152d00aceb1b4ce2bd69a/FORUM12_20260828_Sex_History_Internet_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_06.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/986b1be616dbcb39ff4028eaec82278286041403e7a290c02de5e445e5587533/FORUM12_20260826_EmergingVoices_credit_FelixBonnevie_08.jpg" data-mid="254100924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/986b1be616dbcb39ff4028eaec82278286041403e7a290c02de5e445e5587533/FORUM12_20260826_EmergingVoices_credit_FelixBonnevie_08.jpg" /> For the Forum’s 12th edition, Sarah developed the curatorial theme Symbiotic Frequencies and led its programming across three days. At a time when AI is flattening definitions of intelligence and the music industry is fighting for the value of human creativity, the theme insisted that the world is full of ways of knowing and feeling that computation has not accounted for. The program moved from storytelling and worldbuilding to AI and ecology, Indigenous knowledge systems, immersive media and embodied sound. Highlights included an opening keynote and live podcast taping with Caroline Busta and Lil Internet of New Models, and sessions such as Land-Based AI Ecologies, Tuning the Machine and Frequency and Footprint. Sarah worked alongside guest curators Kahentawaks Tiewishaw and Honeydrip, and integrated an expanded MUTEK Market into the Forum for the first time. The Forum sold out for the first time in its history. <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d2101ed9db4000763620cde75cf6ca0c07aea525ebda10c9c9bad870ff7150b/FORUM12_20260827_Cosmosapience_credit_FelixBonnevie_01.jpg" data-mid="254100936" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d2101ed9db4000763620cde75cf6ca0c07aea525ebda10c9c9bad870ff7150b/FORUM12_20260827_Cosmosapience_credit_FelixBonnevie_01.jpg" /> <img width="3500" height="2334" width_o="3500" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5eda8474dddcb591d0ab3faaf864cbfde367ba9327f56b4fd246376d23320464/FORUM12_20260827_Monolith-Milieux_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_09.jpg" data-mid="254100939" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5eda8474dddcb591d0ab3faaf864cbfde367ba9327f56b4fd246376d23320464/FORUM12_20260827_Monolith-Milieux_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_09.jpg" /> <img width="3500" height="2334" width_o="3500" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dc888bc7d5d3e9fc371e4b48101a172eaeb536fcd18d56317ed21c93e834f7a/FORUM12_20260826_Vibe-ocracy_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_07.jpg" data-mid="254100930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dc888bc7d5d3e9fc371e4b48101a172eaeb536fcd18d56317ed21c93e834f7a/FORUM12_20260826_Vibe-ocracy_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_07.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5af0ce9b9a5dbe54025ac031659f1d05f605c390dd6c4e5ad51f0ebf93ca5e4/FORUM12_20260827_CosmosToQuanta_Iterations_credit_FelixBonnevie_02.jpg" data-mid="254100938" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5af0ce9b9a5dbe54025ac031659f1d05f605c390dd6c4e5ad51f0ebf93ca5e4/FORUM12_20260827_CosmosToQuanta_Iterations_credit_FelixBonnevie_02.jpg" /> <img width="2200" height="1467" width_o="2200" height_o="1467" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a09f45d12437a75ac7e6d1fb2a0f94244ffa203ba2688a1e9fe0031b899da75/FORUM12_20260828_ONF_Symbiotic_credit_FelixBonnevie_01.jpg" data-mid="254100945" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a09f45d12437a75ac7e6d1fb2a0f94244ffa203ba2688a1e9fe0031b899da75/FORUM12_20260828_ONF_Symbiotic_credit_FelixBonnevie_01.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfae0711c3e5138d54ac46ca40ad679f2dfda75f83f511d1ead9d3e101e7a143/FORUM12_20260826_CollectiveInteractivity_credit_FelixBonnevie_04.jpg" data-mid="254100908" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cfae0711c3e5138d54ac46ca40ad679f2dfda75f83f511d1ead9d3e101e7a143/FORUM12_20260826_CollectiveInteractivity_credit_FelixBonnevie_04.jpg" /> 2026 in numbers: 1,057 participants 942 professionals from 579 organisations 158 speakers, 58% women or non-binary 50+ talks, panels and workshops Selected speakers:Caroline Busta and Lil Internet (New Models), Mindy Seu, Caroline Monnet, Zach Blas,&nbsp;Claire L. Evans, Elsewhere in India, Katie Hofstadter &amp; Memo Akten Partners and Collaborators: Indigenous Screen Office, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), The Lumen Prize, Roland, TouchDesigner, Epson, MAC (Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal), Moment Factory Photos: Katya Kounioukhova, Félix Bonnevie <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d20db2bcd3101ea947548b702b54c03a3b45468aaeb939bd464e9e2596ea92b/FORUM12_20260826_Ableton_credit_FelixBonnevie_02.jpg" data-mid="254100919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d20db2bcd3101ea947548b702b54c03a3b45468aaeb939bd464e9e2596ea92b/FORUM12_20260826_Ableton_credit_FelixBonnevie_02.jpg" /> <img width="3500" height="2334" width_o="3500" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6de146f45c56889ff5ba89e9aba636a21d6266499aa92cf5af70d62a3445e090/FORUM12_20260826_Networking-Cocktail_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_09.jpg" data-mid="254100901" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6de146f45c56889ff5ba89e9aba636a21d6266499aa92cf5af70d62a3445e090/FORUM12_20260826_Networking-Cocktail_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_09.jpg" /> https://smackenzie.ca/Picture-Yourself Fri, 20 Sep 2024 21:07:07 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/Picture-Yourself Picture Yourself (Documentary)role ︎ co-directorA tenacious drag king fights to protect analogue photobooths, sanctuaries for self-expression and queer identity, from becoming yet another casualty of the modern digital world. <img width="462" height="578" width_o="462" height_o="578" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1a4228e2ce2e54bff7f9401dbd9b0e0902a894fde320d89f048631db460b772/Screenshot-2024-10-01-at-9.00.45PM.png" data-mid="219061137" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/462/i/f1a4228e2ce2e54bff7f9401dbd9b0e0902a894fde320d89f048631db460b772/Screenshot-2024-10-01-at-9.00.45PM.png" /> <img width="1218" height="738" width_o="1218" height_o="738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/883cc6377170df0e83b57d6ae44b0e92f713b4f11548cc2cc1f3fab75d0cf287/Screenshot-2024-10-01-at-9.02.25PM.png" data-mid="219061140" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/883cc6377170df0e83b57d6ae44b0e92f713b4f11548cc2cc1f3fab75d0cf287/Screenshot-2024-10-01-at-9.02.25PM.png" /> <img width="462" height="634" width_o="462" height_o="634" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/558ccb604fb3e9e152192a4c4744a593f6d3a02e87118997022a1a23524bcb3b/Screenshot-2024-10-01-at-9.02.46PM.png" data-mid="219061141" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/462/i/558ccb604fb3e9e152192a4c4744a593f6d3a02e87118997022a1a23524bcb3b/Screenshot-2024-10-01-at-9.02.46PM.png" /> <img width="1138" height="594" width_o="1138" height_o="594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09e5eebb3975ba19543069d1cc8f9a429dcc654fa68d3ea7775eaed0b5077419/Screenshot-2024-10-01-at-9.03.01PM.png" data-mid="219061142" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09e5eebb3975ba19543069d1cc8f9a429dcc654fa68d3ea7775eaed0b5077419/Screenshot-2024-10-01-at-9.03.01PM.png" /> Picture Yourself is an upcoming feature-length documentary, co-directed by Meags Fitzgerald and Sarah Mackenzie, and produced by EyeSteelFilm and Gorgeous Mistake.&nbsp; As the world regresses into hostility toward queer and trans realities, the film examines the little-known queer history of photobooths, and how these private spaces democratized photography by creating a safe way for marginalized people to document their lives.&nbsp; Along with vérité scenes, the story is told through staged scenes using costumes and choreographed movement. These sequences are performed by the Queer Ensemble made up of queer drag and burlesque artists of diverse backgrounds. Through big visual metaphors, energetic travel sequences, and intimate interviews, the film writes a love letter to photobooths, and invites audiences to experience the joy and wonder that these machines have to offer. The film is currently in post-production and will be broadcast on Crave (Bell Media) in 2027.&nbsp; https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Market Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:10:29 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Market MUTEK Market international platform for the digital creative industries role ︎ director An industry market that feels like a festival: rooted in culture, curiosity and real connections.&nbsp; <img width="4400" height="2933" width_o="4400" height_o="2933" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00ef730ef931b58a457552e056761ce8f4c2bfdd084babd89cab916b1efbde69/MUTEK27_20260825_Buyers-Cocktail_Vivien-Gaumand_47-1.jpg" data-mid="254100771" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00ef730ef931b58a457552e056761ce8f4c2bfdd084babd89cab916b1efbde69/MUTEK27_20260825_Buyers-Cocktail_Vivien-Gaumand_47-1.jpg" /> <img width="2200" height="1467" width_o="2200" height_o="1467" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86a38173801f05f8b540bebd8a1d23c547af2531d164798cd1d6c67fefabb2c6/FORUM12_20260828_B2B_credit_FelixBonnevie_02-2.jpg" data-mid="254100765" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86a38173801f05f8b540bebd8a1d23c547af2531d164798cd1d6c67fefabb2c6/FORUM12_20260828_B2B_credit_FelixBonnevie_02-2.jpg" /> MUTEK Market is the professional platform of MUTEK Montréal, connecting international buyers, presenters and decision makers with Canadian artists and creative studios working in immersive media, digital art and music. In 2026, the Market grew significantly, becoming a key meeting point for the digital creative industries, integrated with the MUTEK Forum and festival. Sarah oversaw the strategy, programming and curator delegation. Over four days (Aug 25 to 28, 2026), the Market combined curated B2B meetings with reverse pitches, case studies, networking events, and studio visits to Moment Factory, Daily tous les jours, Iregular, and others. It opened with a welcome reception for international delegates and ran alongside the Forum’s talks and the festival’s performances. <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/717208b6b44daa092ea58957621c7ca9831974c74e2cd413413b76b8762eaf0c/FORUM12_20260826_B2B_credit_FelixBonnevie_03-1.jpg" data-mid="254100753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/717208b6b44daa092ea58957621c7ca9831974c74e2cd413413b76b8762eaf0c/FORUM12_20260826_B2B_credit_FelixBonnevie_03-1.jpg" /> <img width="3500" height="2334" width_o="3500" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7e6be78b8fa4844b8eb9b1eca109233dda6ee68ce2ce775fd6459a0250b84c6/FORUM12_20260828_Cocktail-Moog_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova-4-2.jpg" data-mid="254100767" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7e6be78b8fa4844b8eb9b1eca109233dda6ee68ce2ce775fd6459a0250b84c6/FORUM12_20260828_Cocktail-Moog_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova-4-2.jpg" /> <img width="3500" height="2334" width_o="3500" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e60fff5b813646fb50651dd46d9f236b1fdea0cb2a782551967b0c7d3cb122a2/FORUM12_20260827_B2B_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_11.jpg" data-mid="254100759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e60fff5b813646fb50651dd46d9f236b1fdea0cb2a782551967b0c7d3cb122a2/FORUM12_20260827_B2B_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_11.jpg" /> <img width="2200" height="1467" width_o="2200" height_o="1467" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6632abd99bc77bca64e73c0cb4dd7c3d90be19c4a9254b9a63c1824e8a3e4dc1/FORUM12_20260828_B2B_credit_FelixBonnevie_05-1.jpg" data-mid="254100766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6632abd99bc77bca64e73c0cb4dd7c3d90be19c4a9254b9a63c1824e8a3e4dc1/FORUM12_20260828_B2B_credit_FelixBonnevie_05-1.jpg" /> 2026 in numbers: 160+ international decision-makers from 40+ countries 1,700+ one-to-one meetings, nearly double 2025 10,700+ messages exchanged on the event app, three times more than in 2025 942 professionals from 579 organisations across Forum and Market Selected delegates: M+ Hong Kong · Cleveland Museum of Art · Getty Center · Lincoln Center · Barbican Immersive · Onassis Foundation · ZKM Karlsruhe · Shibuya City · Signal Festival · KIKK Festival · FACT Liverpool · Illuminate Adelaide · Arts Korea Lab · Gray Area · Museo Kaluz...and many more! Photos:&nbsp;Katya Kounioukhova and&nbsp;Félix Bonnevie <img width="3500" height="2334" width_o="3500" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec84aaad11c895c20d79d67b3695bcfce90193ad470079716d04342e979906d1/FORUM12_20260827_B2B_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_36-2.jpg" data-mid="254100762" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec84aaad11c895c20d79d67b3695bcfce90193ad470079716d04342e979906d1/FORUM12_20260827_B2B_credit_Katya-Kounioukhova_36-2.jpg" /> https://smackenzie.ca/L-Effet-Quebec-Toronto-Symposium Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:21:12 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/L-Effet-Quebec-Toronto-Symposium L’Effet Québec: Torontoart &amp; technology symposium role ︎ curator and host An interregional gathering bridging Québec and Ontario's digital arts sectors, organized by Xn Québec, in collaboration with MUTEK, the City of Montréal, the Québec Office in Toronto, the City of Toronto, Interactive Ontario, The Bentway, and TIFF. <img width="4925" height="7384" width_o="4925" height_o="7384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23b3f9044b5168c91ee8b3835524d8e6d292a8a463a61ed02c7f19a700e4394c/WESTENDSTUDIO-0015-2-1.jpg" data-mid="246891423" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23b3f9044b5168c91ee8b3835524d8e6d292a8a463a61ed02c7f19a700e4394c/WESTENDSTUDIO-0015-2-1.jpg" /> <img width="4664" height="6992" width_o="4664" height_o="6992" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0deb23d857c31279fa8b9899f6d8bc313aaa6788a7f76f66a5cda823711519c/WESTENDSTUDIO-0030.jpg" data-mid="246891428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0deb23d857c31279fa8b9899f6d8bc313aaa6788a7f76f66a5cda823711519c/WESTENDSTUDIO-0030.jpg" /> In March 2026, Sarah curated and hosted the talks program for L'Effet Québec Toronto, a landmark cross-provincial summit held at The Bentway bringing together creative leaders from Québec and Ontario's digital media sectors. Co-presented by Xn Québec, MUTEK, TIFF, Interactive Ontario, The City of Montréal, and the City of Toronto, the event catalyzed new co-production and distribution opportunities across two of Canada's most dynamic creative ecosystems. Programming highlights included interventions from Naomi Johnson, Executive Director of imagineNATIVE, and Kat Cizek, Artistic Director and Co-Director of the Co-Creation Studio at MIT's Open Documentary Lab, alongside panels spanning distribution, emerging technological trends, and export opportunities. The event drew over 120 representatives from museums, cultural institutions, festivals, and city governments across both provinces, and debuted a new immersive format that reimagined traditional industry networking. <img width="6660" height="4442" width_o="6660" height_o="4442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/450e0fd35b465f941ff6c9ba688e20d5595dd4926c2b27573b5178aece8995ab/WESTENDSTUDIO-0002-1.jpg" data-mid="246891421" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/450e0fd35b465f941ff6c9ba688e20d5595dd4926c2b27573b5178aece8995ab/WESTENDSTUDIO-0002-1.jpg" /> <img width="7941" height="5297" width_o="7941" height_o="5297" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c5691f252f200dfb74ae39086403bcd06e104234dea70eb481d4c2fe6f8e1a3/WESTENDSTUDIO-0039-1.jpg" data-mid="246891429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c5691f252f200dfb74ae39086403bcd06e104234dea70eb481d4c2fe6f8e1a3/WESTENDSTUDIO-0039-1.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39f207bcb662074c76e7e5eb90d5dc82d075ee94e35dd135f90b22a589ba43cd/WESTENDSTUDIO-0013.jpg" data-mid="246891422" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39f207bcb662074c76e7e5eb90d5dc82d075ee94e35dd135f90b22a589ba43cd/WESTENDSTUDIO-0013.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5871803fccaf2c903e900967c497bf6a7377d397a61246202e8faf50f0a45bd1/WESTENDSTUDIO-0029.jpg" data-mid="246891427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5871803fccaf2c903e900967c497bf6a7377d397a61246202e8faf50f0a45bd1/WESTENDSTUDIO-0029.jpg" /> Photos by Johnathan Ball https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Radical-Rituals Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:47:45 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Radical-Rituals MUTEK Forum: Radical Ritualsart &amp; technology symposium role ︎ director Radical Rituals invites a collective cultural inquiry through bold perspectives and transformative practices. In a time of rapid technological shifts and socio-political instability, rituals become essential tools for navigating complexity. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55ed684d12dab7a50a6ec65336ac03cb31278bbcc281cf835db56e9a3cb216b9/FORUM11_20250820_MaryseBoyce0253.jpg" data-mid="238896227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55ed684d12dab7a50a6ec65336ac03cb31278bbcc281cf835db56e9a3cb216b9/FORUM11_20250820_MaryseBoyce0253.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0847d250fa95b5846c1cd0b485d84e6c3ae1028a050dcefe90ece7f0021b38c/FORUM11_20250821_QuantumMusicFelix-Bonnevie-14.jpg" data-mid="238896271" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0847d250fa95b5846c1cd0b485d84e6c3ae1028a050dcefe90ece7f0021b38c/FORUM11_20250821_QuantumMusicFelix-Bonnevie-14.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87456b7cf1c41a252159907427e0f39368f828763759a0eb4e7d983932c178b2/FORUM11_20250820_ArtOfScenophonyFelix-Bonnevie-11.jpg" data-mid="238896233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87456b7cf1c41a252159907427e0f39368f828763759a0eb4e7d983932c178b2/FORUM11_20250820_ArtOfScenophonyFelix-Bonnevie-11.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e44143c8bd6b99239ae9c624f0ef6703e9452fd98407e528ffa0fd79c019da59/FORUM11_20250821_MaryseBoyce1617-1.jpg" data-mid="238896234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e44143c8bd6b99239ae9c624f0ef6703e9452fd98407e528ffa0fd79c019da59/FORUM11_20250821_MaryseBoyce1617-1.jpg" /> The 11th edition of MUTEK Forum – MUTEK’s annual gathering and showcase of digital creativity’s future – took place from August 20 to 22, 2025, in Tio’tia:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal, Canada at Monument-National, the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), OASIS Immersion and DASA. Mind-expanding talks, performances, exhibitions, workshops, masterclasses, readings, and networking activities facilitated urgent conversations and new connections within digital culture — bridging music, artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), media arts, gaming, ecological futures, quantum art, and design.&nbsp; The theme Radical Rituals frames the Forum as a space for resilience, care, and collaboration, where existing and emerging practices can spark systemic change. Radical Rituals are practices that build meaning and community while challenging dominant paradigms and imagining more just, inclusive futures. To deepen this inquiry and encourage interdisciplinary dialogue, the Forum unfolded over three acts —&nbsp;Storytelling, Technology, and Practices&nbsp;— each offering a distinct entry point into the rituals of digital creation. <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fab92eab45ddc4acef7933249bb2931c873042f4624ed5dc0dcc43a1f10abdb2/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-12-1.jpg" data-mid="238896230" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fab92eab45ddc4acef7933249bb2931c873042f4624ed5dc0dcc43a1f10abdb2/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-12-1.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d85cc298c5c98e99a61a13d07873253ec4a84b2b096abd3a845c3271ef12c50/FORUM11_20250822_MaryseBoyce_2511.jpg" data-mid="238896275" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d85cc298c5c98e99a61a13d07873253ec4a84b2b096abd3a845c3271ef12c50/FORUM11_20250822_MaryseBoyce_2511.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e807a5005d1e57aadc2d443dca899d840d4cef82ddcf081d89996857d1ca4e5/FORUM11_20250821_MaryseBoyce1590.jpg" data-mid="238896257" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e807a5005d1e57aadc2d443dca899d840d4cef82ddcf081d89996857d1ca4e5/FORUM11_20250821_MaryseBoyce1590.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d11a4e9d23ad839535ceabb91e34ca0f622f552803422214081cf1be846b8ff3/FORUM11_20250821_MaryseBoyce1178.jpg" data-mid="238896255" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d11a4e9d23ad839535ceabb91e34ca0f622f552803422214081cf1be846b8ff3/FORUM11_20250821_MaryseBoyce1178.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1402" width_o="2000" height_o="1402" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15985e98bac96590d9fff0a0e57a2a433cd2f66df3082430003332d1f83e23de/FORUM11_20250822_MaryseBoyce_2198.jpg" data-mid="238896273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15985e98bac96590d9fff0a0e57a2a433cd2f66df3082430003332d1f83e23de/FORUM11_20250822_MaryseBoyce_2198.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/938ce34efe14d6d903a7c4ea40d1aa0341ab894be96207b8e562dd5eba0d777d/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-20-1.jpg" data-mid="238896231" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/938ce34efe14d6d903a7c4ea40d1aa0341ab894be96207b8e562dd5eba0d777d/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-20-1.jpg" /> Highlights: a live AI poetry reading from language artist Sasha Stiles; AI Ecologies Lab exhibition (a techno-ecological jungle where six groundbreaking AI projects tackle sustainability and creativity), What’s Next in Immersive? A talk show on immersive storytelling with guests from PHI Studio, Ottomata, Victoria and Albert Museum;&nbsp;Quantum Matters Are Never Settled Matters: A talk by quantum art pioneer Libby Heaney; All the World’s Polygons: game-engine lecture by Alice Bucknell in Unreal Engine,&nbsp;a performance lecture from Suzanne Kite, fusing Lakȟóta cosmology and AI, a live reading from critical theorist and author McKenzie Wark, a quantum music demo by MOTH and ILĀ, and a closing conversation with award-winning composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus, Babygirl, Utopia).&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4251d271d03fb5d8f904f8c814abd864c7df79bc8096dc1a77a45c07b9b42d83/FORUM11_20250822_MaryseBoyce_3412.jpg" data-mid="238896280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4251d271d03fb5d8f904f8c814abd864c7df79bc8096dc1a77a45c07b9b42d83/FORUM11_20250822_MaryseBoyce_3412.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72366299257401d09b29a350e20b7a10851adf19fb443d65e06023d858c24464/FORUM11_20250822_AbletonSpacesFelix-Bonnevie-7.jpg" data-mid="238896283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72366299257401d09b29a350e20b7a10851adf19fb443d65e06023d858c24464/FORUM11_20250822_AbletonSpacesFelix-Bonnevie-7.jpg" /> Photos by Maryse Boyse, Felix Bonnevie https://smackenzie.ca/Barbican-Centre-Feel-The-Sound Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:53:43 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/Barbican-Centre-Feel-The-Sound Feel The Soundimmersive exhibition, Barbican Centrerole ︎ co-curator How does sound—through its materiality, immateriality—act as a form of resistance and open up deeper questions of agency? <img width="4600" height="3450" width_o="4600" height_o="3450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12e61d0d4ef08bed48a6b141522a2624f032375fbab7c36dee668b32c6539a92/B_FTS_P_30.jpg" data-mid="234840307" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12e61d0d4ef08bed48a6b141522a2624f032375fbab7c36dee668b32c6539a92/B_FTS_P_30.jpg" /> Feel the Sound is a new multi-sensory immersive exhibition that transforms how we think about sound, at the Barbican Centre in London, UK. Taking place across the Centre, visitors can explore how sound shapes emotions, memories, and even physical sensations. Feel the Sound challenges us to listen not just with our ears, but with our whole bodies – redefining what we hear, how we feel, and what we think we know about ourselves. Together with artist Nicole L'Huillier, Sarah curated two immersive ‘Playgrounds’—Embodied Listening and Sonic Machines—inviting visitors to explore sound not just as something we hear, but something we feel, shape, and share.&nbsp;These spaces invite visitors to pause, listen, and engage with sound in radically different ways — through vibrating plates, instruments powered by magnets and AI, installations that sonify environmental data, and reimagined South American sonic technologies. &nbsp; The Playgrounds feature works by: Amor Muñoz, Jan St. Werner with Gascia Ouzounian, Evelyn Glennie, Ryuichi Sakamoto &amp; Daito Manabe, Ale Hop &amp; Tatiana Heuman, Ei Wada / ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!, Intelligent Instruments Lab, Holly Herndon, and Yuri Suzuki.The exhibition is now on view in Tokyo at the&nbsp;MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives. <img width="2600" height="1950" width_o="2600" height_o="1950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d81f7fc514381ba2582cfb7addf90fc1c7f7c6ec1f72e4a9b8bd5c736ecaf9f6/B_FTS_P_54-1.jpg" data-mid="234840303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d81f7fc514381ba2582cfb7addf90fc1c7f7c6ec1f72e4a9b8bd5c736ecaf9f6/B_FTS_P_54-1.jpg" /> <img width="2600" height="1950" width_o="2600" height_o="1950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68870f6902f2180a57c96ebdb125cdf79fac5a4a2eaeca5d5aeb4888557bb5b1/B_FTS_P_34.jpg" data-mid="234840302" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68870f6902f2180a57c96ebdb125cdf79fac5a4a2eaeca5d5aeb4888557bb5b1/B_FTS_P_34.jpg" /> <img width="3450" height="4600" width_o="3450" height_o="4600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bce556546044d7490131cae1f14900bd9597a4cda42b386552b8167e508a466/B_FTS_P_61.jpg" data-mid="234840310" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5bce556546044d7490131cae1f14900bd9597a4cda42b386552b8167e508a466/B_FTS_P_61.jpg" /> <img width="1950" height="2600" width_o="1950" height_o="2600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98d3d04119d1100420c5d0fcc59cff39d355ae706dbe2cd67b474e47dc2197ce/B_FTS_P_32.jpg" data-mid="234840300" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98d3d04119d1100420c5d0fcc59cff39d355ae706dbe2cd67b474e47dc2197ce/B_FTS_P_32.jpg" /> <img width="2600" height="1950" width_o="2600" height_o="1950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87b72792a85166b139a27559b629820fececf8581443d41f1200acce42f1e52e/B_FTS_P_58.jpg" data-mid="234840305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87b72792a85166b139a27559b629820fececf8581443d41f1200acce42f1e52e/B_FTS_P_58.jpg" />Photos: Thomas Adank / Barbican Centre https://smackenzie.ca/AI-Ecologies-Lab Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:11:06 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/AI-Ecologies-Lab AI Ecologies Lab artist residencyrole ︎ project lead In a moment of climate urgency and digital transformation, AI Ecologies Lab asks: What might artificial intelligence look like if it were rooted in ecological thinking, not extractivism? <img width="4000" height="2668" width_o="4000" height_o="2668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fa4450d268599b43c3ca39f745a3eff0f760b969c24313bd11981ac9da74ac6/DSC04747-FelixB.jpg" data-mid="234841345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fa4450d268599b43c3ca39f745a3eff0f760b969c24313bd11981ac9da74ac6/DSC04747-FelixB.jpg" /> The AI Ecologies Lab is an artist residency program that explores how artificial intelligence can be reimagined through ecological, ethical, and culturally situated lenses. Developed in collaboration with local and international partners (Society for Arts and Technology, Milieux, Applied AI, Abundant Intelligences) the Lab supports artists and technologists in prototyping new forms of AI that resist extractivism and embrace sustainability, care, and plural worldviews. From localized language models and low-energy networks to climate-aware animation and Indigenous-led frameworks, the Lab fosters experimental projects that challenge dominant AI narratives and propose regenerative alternatives grounded in both technological and relational innovation. <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ac73bd0ccedb74736eb0e6086c25292acbe3e57b80ada2024e68a7195f87d94/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-28-1.jpg" data-mid="238775729" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ac73bd0ccedb74736eb0e6086c25292acbe3e57b80ada2024e68a7195f87d94/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-28-1.jpg" />Over the course of 6 months, a cohort of six selected projects was developed through workshops and sessions with mentors (Society for Arts and Technology, Mila, Abundant Intelligences, Applied AI Institute, Accenture Song, and The Climate Reality Project). The residency culminated with a hackathon that took place at the SAT in June 2025. The projects were then exhibited at MUTEK Forum 2025 with a series of talks and demos on responsible AI for the arts sector.&nbsp; <img width="4000" height="2668" width_o="4000" height_o="2668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23d7545e07fde3fc275e0f06fe66b1b6a1b767b062c96bba9cf17b8a47c58aa5/DSC04326.jpeg" data-mid="234841336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23d7545e07fde3fc275e0f06fe66b1b6a1b767b062c96bba9cf17b8a47c58aa5/DSC04326.jpeg" /> <img width="4000" height="2668" width_o="4000" height_o="2668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c96874a122d99ca28820961338e6bdb68b1e3f26b27bccf945a7ae9054cda1b/DSC04460-FelixB.jpg" data-mid="234841339" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c96874a122d99ca28820961338e6bdb68b1e3f26b27bccf945a7ae9054cda1b/DSC04460-FelixB.jpg" /> Selected projects:CITYLLM + CITYchat (Montréal)A locally-trained LLM and chatbot using city-specific data—leveraging hydro-powered servers to reduce energy and improve relevance&nbsp; You, Me, the Lichen &amp; Spore (Alberta)Translates lichen growth, an air-quality bioindicator, into an immersive AI-driven "alphabet" of ecological transformation TamagotchU (Montréal)A decentralized network using low-energy devices (inspired by lo-tech and pufferfish) to probe collaborative, non-extractive AI models&nbsp; Artist‑Led AI in Animation – Environment Art in The Garden (Montréal/Val-Morin) Uses open-source 3D AI tools to explore ethical creation, authorship, and the labor dynamics of automated content generation Robust AI Training and Sustainability (Montréal) Advances entropy in reinforcement learning to foster model adaptability while reducing energy needs—shifting from brittle to robust AI systems&nbsp; Wattsup (Vancouver) Real-time energy monitoring embedded in AI tools—displaying power use and CO₂ impact to raise awareness and prompt accountability <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c431533e02d6a02bf66800389dba2064b2ddf791c365576b62bcce7fde7e51c7/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-6-1.jpg" data-mid="238775719" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c431533e02d6a02bf66800389dba2064b2ddf791c365576b62bcce7fde7e51c7/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-6-1.jpg" /> <img width="3200" height="4000" width_o="3200" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61d1f3c0e79a873b9b295bda0d23aeb8323d98fb182fe12a190e0a6281e99f60/DSC04175-FelixB-1.jpg" data-mid="234841335" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61d1f3c0e79a873b9b295bda0d23aeb8323d98fb182fe12a190e0a6281e99f60/DSC04175-FelixB-1.jpg" /> <img width="3200" height="4000" width_o="3200" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f40183f5f3c55fadbdcfc64d61f25c96d37603cfd44e5728b24a58a7e12150d/DSC04038.jpeg" data-mid="234841334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f40183f5f3c55fadbdcfc64d61f25c96d37603cfd44e5728b24a58a7e12150d/DSC04038.jpeg" /> <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3743e4f26f3760c734d831f83b78ff82299edea098e7babbc52044fc95ff344b/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-20-1.jpg" data-mid="238775725" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3743e4f26f3760c734d831f83b78ff82299edea098e7babbc52044fc95ff344b/FORUM11_20250820_AIEcologiesLabExhibitionFelix-Bonnevie-20-1.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2668" width_o="4000" height_o="2668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c47f9492612e06872871a710a2271827db8e5835f12f5fd853c6be354c1f83a/DSC04360.jpeg" data-mid="234841337" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c47f9492612e06872871a710a2271827db8e5835f12f5fd853c6be354c1f83a/DSC04360.jpeg" /> Thank you to 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. Photos by Felix Bonnevie https://smackenzie.ca/Impostor-Cities Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:05:57 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/Impostor-Cities Impostor Citiesinternational art exhibition role ︎ communications manager + digital storyteller <img width="4000" height="5538" width_o="4000" height_o="5538" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5afc6dc8b6ba6abfff61636c740eb3d9ba0deefe44428b4903a30c1f0d26463/01-Impostor-Cities-Roy-Thomson-Hall.jpg" data-mid="95009850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5afc6dc8b6ba6abfff61636c740eb3d9ba0deefe44428b4903a30c1f0d26463/01-Impostor-Cities-Roy-Thomson-Hall.jpg" /> <img width="3123" height="1856" width_o="3123" height_o="1856" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32b169804dcb8aea015355c62b0bfdfa0f93076bd51b734c6069bd61d8b5809b/04-Impostor-Cities-SFU2.jpg" data-mid="95009851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32b169804dcb8aea015355c62b0bfdfa0f93076bd51b734c6069bd61d8b5809b/04-Impostor-Cities-SFU2.jpg" /> <img width="2667" height="1730" width_o="2667" height_o="1730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4488259266da402f97de287da73aaffb0f089a4d04490e74af11058186372671/05-Impostor-Cities-SFU1.jpg" data-mid="95009852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4488259266da402f97de287da73aaffb0f089a4d04490e74af11058186372671/05-Impostor-Cities-SFU1.jpg" /> Canada's representation for the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture. Presented by T B A + David Theodore. Exhibited in summer 2023 at the MOCA in Toronto.&nbsp; Canada's architecture is film-famous but rarely are Canadian cities the settings in films. Why are Canada’s buildings so good at posing as elsewhere at the cinema? Impostor Cities is an exhibition that explores how Canadian cities double as other places on screen. Citizens of the world know about Canada’s architecture not only because they visit our cities and enjoy our buildings, but because they watch film and television. But unlike Paris, New York, London, or Rio de Janeiro, our cities are rarely the settings for popular shows. Instead, filmmakers and television producers turn Canadian locations into impostors. As the communications manager and digital storyteller, Sarah’s work involves building awareness and excitement around the project. Such as, conducting media outreach, managing the creation and development of their&nbsp;digital platforms, and overseeing the documentation of the project through the production of a print publication and digital content pieces. Impostor Cities has been featured in The&nbsp;New York Times, Domus, The Globe and Mail, Canadian Architect, and many more.&nbsp; <img width="600" height="2110" width_o="600" height_o="2110" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fe6fa1018d1d733490a1132b9cae89fc99a2212bb2e1107515168986c9334af/IC-Interview-mosaic-newsletter-EN.jpg" data-mid="95009635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/9fe6fa1018d1d733490a1132b9cae89fc99a2212bb2e1107515168986c9334af/IC-Interview-mosaic-newsletter-EN.jpg" /> https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Utopia-Or-Oblivion Wed, 02 Oct 2024 01:28:08 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Utopia-Or-Oblivion MUTEK Forum: Utopia or Oblivionart &amp; technology symposium role ︎ director, head of programming How do we remain human in our hyperconnected world, and how can we create and use technology in an ecological, decolonial, and inclusive fashion? <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77410c84366ab81d078c6913930d1bb416599f941299a0af0b3f5a708ada45da/SAT_Mutek_symposium-2335_-Camille-Gladu-Drouin.jpg" data-mid="219742898" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77410c84366ab81d078c6913930d1bb416599f941299a0af0b3f5a708ada45da/SAT_Mutek_symposium-2335_-Camille-Gladu-Drouin.jpg" /> <img width="5929" height="3953" width_o="5929" height_o="3953" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4249794968c5f369c994eac064070b94425c308e35866652c77be0217aac3306/SAT_Mutek_symposium-3100.jpg" data-mid="219742900" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4249794968c5f369c994eac064070b94425c308e35866652c77be0217aac3306/SAT_Mutek_symposium-3100.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/642551aceaaf98dde60bc334337141bfebd8e07d3acb2205d1ee22434049fe9f/MUTEKforum2024_web_credMaryseBoyce_3779.jpg" data-mid="219742896" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/642551aceaaf98dde60bc334337141bfebd8e07d3acb2205d1ee22434049fe9f/MUTEKforum2024_web_credMaryseBoyce_3779.jpg" /> <img width="5817" height="3927" width_o="5817" height_o="3927" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/315cf6721925f3b6ce4b5489c1b13129bc7e3a109f4a05a683cd28c4d1d08e0b/6_1S1A0392_credit_Tannaz-Shirazi.jpg" data-mid="219742891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/315cf6721925f3b6ce4b5489c1b13129bc7e3a109f4a05a683cd28c4d1d08e0b/6_1S1A0392_credit_Tannaz-Shirazi.jpg" /> The 10th edition of MUTEK Forum – MUTEK’s annual assembly and showcase of the future of digital creativity – took place from August 20 to 23, 2024, in Tio’tia:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal, Canada at Monument-National, the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), and Vino Disco. 45 activities (talks, performances, labs, workshops, masterclasses, film screenings, demos, and meetups) hosted by 135 experts (musicians, filmmakers, technologists, researchers, game designers, and digital artists) working across technology and innovation (XR, gaming, music, AI, ecology, architecture, and urban design). <img width="1500" height="953" width_o="1500" height_o="953" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3763ded51fc97eb4ef8d8f6acaefb02121279d67dc57c867ed631ce7d7cd38f/10_MUTEKforum2024_web_credMaryseBoyce_2651.jpg" data-mid="219742892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3763ded51fc97eb4ef8d8f6acaefb02121279d67dc57c867ed631ce7d7cd38f/10_MUTEKforum2024_web_credMaryseBoyce_2651.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7ab78087b3e285e5fb9aeba8d6a9d06c0230a2d5a5e0f82ca2d5e1c64420346/1_1S1A0341_credit_Tannaz-Shirazi.jpg" data-mid="219742884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7ab78087b3e285e5fb9aeba8d6a9d06c0230a2d5a5e0f82ca2d5e1c64420346/1_1S1A0341_credit_Tannaz-Shirazi.jpg" /> <img width="2160" height="1440" width_o="2160" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a9eb4f02bfa57a5f7208dccedddf85d4436b24cc53fa0c3f8e2f73045df5db5/MUTEK_SYMPOSIUM-IX_Viviengaumand_39.jpg" data-mid="219742894" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a9eb4f02bfa57a5f7208dccedddf85d4436b24cc53fa0c3f8e2f73045df5db5/MUTEK_SYMPOSIUM-IX_Viviengaumand_39.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f9de46d97697e8e435e6aae373f4077ab99cd2668ae253cf2918200791707a8/MUTEKforum2024_web_credMaryseBoyce_6886.jpg" data-mid="219742897" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f9de46d97697e8e435e6aae373f4077ab99cd2668ae253cf2918200791707a8/MUTEKforum2024_web_credMaryseBoyce_6886.jpg" /> Utopia or Oblivion&nbsp;draws inspiration from the book Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity by the prolific architect, designer, and philosopher R. Buckminster Fuller, and his futuristic ideas for how technology and ecology can work together.&nbsp;Highlights: sonifying climate data with Portrait XO, TouchDesigner meet-up, GenAI film screenings, exploring Indigenous immersive futures with Skawennati, Loretta Todd, Amelia Winger-Bearskin and Kayla Briët, immersive keynote in the Satosphère with Spherical’s David McConville and Dawn Danby, investigating learnings in accessibility from gaming, and an exclusive demo of new hybrid performance technologies developed between Moment Factory and the Society for Arts and Technology. <img width="6314" height="4209" width_o="6314" height_o="4209" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0504e5ce1f82fb9f8181c801a49a61758b5d1d15cc1ef13e96eda0ee129323ba/SAT_Mutek_symposium-2854.jpg" data-mid="219742899" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0504e5ce1f82fb9f8181c801a49a61758b5d1d15cc1ef13e96eda0ee129323ba/SAT_Mutek_symposium-2854.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16564865e43ba3cda84fec2a9448346401b1c49f23051a7ebd86a56601063543/5_MUTEKforum2024_web_credMaryseBoyce_2560.jpg" data-mid="219742890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16564865e43ba3cda84fec2a9448346401b1c49f23051a7ebd86a56601063543/5_MUTEKforum2024_web_credMaryseBoyce_2560.jpg" /> MUTEK Forum in CLOT Magazine MUTEK Forum in The Gazette MUTEK Forum in The Quietus Photos by Maryse Boyse, Tannaz Shizari, Viviene Gaumand https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Future-Currents Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:22:17 +0000 Sarah Mackenzie https://smackenzie.ca/MUTEK-Future-Currents MUTEK: Future Currentsart &amp; technology symposium role ︎ creative director, curator <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/876345f654346a44e5919b09bc66b45532115140f4988de78e339a614a4ef98b/MutekForum2023-08-23_web_credMaryseBoyce_3236.jpg" data-mid="194833619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/876345f654346a44e5919b09bc66b45532115140f4988de78e339a614a4ef98b/MutekForum2023-08-23_web_credMaryseBoyce_3236.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bfd57ded10485a22b5ba9d1b79231dc962db5fd8052e9841bd50a411aa98044/1661449372443.jpeg" data-mid="152008081" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bfd57ded10485a22b5ba9d1b79231dc962db5fd8052e9841bd50a411aa98044/1661449372443.jpeg" /> <img width="4800" height="3200" width_o="4800" height_o="3200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59fd0be8b8dc7d805a20cafd30b3c8e5713cf4c10f00d1a98a264277bb56b862/Boyce_Cindy_3452-3.jpg" data-mid="194834429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59fd0be8b8dc7d805a20cafd30b3c8e5713cf4c10f00d1a98a264277bb56b862/Boyce_Cindy_3452-3.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9273d7ece407a56eb70d80318d7ade1078b0df73ab66daeb9c69acfd618517b4/MutekForum2023-08-22_web_credMaryseBoyce_1417-3.jpg" data-mid="194833612" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9273d7ece407a56eb70d80318d7ade1078b0df73ab66daeb9c69acfd618517b4/MutekForum2023-08-22_web_credMaryseBoyce_1417-3.jpg" /> The MUTEK Forum is a marketplace of ideas that brings together artists and industry experts in digital culture to explore the most innovative artistic practices, while stimulating reflection on the ethical and political issues related to technology.&nbsp; MUTEK Forum 2023 (August 22-25) followed the theme Future Currents, featuring a carefully curated program of thought-provoking keynotes, performative presentations, interactive panels as well as workshops and masterclasses that examine our technological futures and the role of digital creativity within them. Each day of the Forum investigated innovation belonging to a specific track of digital creativity, ranging from digital creation &amp; curation to artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), and electronic music. These explorations will flow towards a new horizon of digital creation while simultaneously navigating the backdraught of tensions that come with innovation, from the heedless rise of technological development to issues of inaccessibility. Sarah collaborated with Water &amp; Music, National Film Board of Canada, Keychange, Goethe Institut, Ableton, Eastern Bloc and more to build a program of 41 activities involving 85 media arts experts. See the full program here.&nbsp; 1% of all proceeds from the festival were given to EarthPercent, Brian Eno’s climate emergency charity.&nbsp; In 2023, MUTEK Forum won the Vivats Grand Prize, which recognizes eco-responsible events in Québec. &nbsp;<img width="1500" height="857" width_o="1500" height_o="857" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82e979d30044aefb1370dbd332bb5ee8dee4d783fc5929c18b4d6494104da33d/MutekForum2023-08-24_web_credMaryseBoyce_6092.jpg" data-mid="194834434" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82e979d30044aefb1370dbd332bb5ee8dee4d783fc5929c18b4d6494104da33d/MutekForum2023-08-24_web_credMaryseBoyce_6092.jpg" />