MUTEK Forum - Edition 6 for iOS

MUTEK Forum is a marketplace for ideas; a place for artists and companies in digital creativity and electronic music to explore the latest artistic practices and build networks. Inspiration and connection are our founding principles. In response to this years circumstances, MUTEK Forum 2020 is a new professional experience designed to bring together our local and international communities in the virtual space. It will be an opportunity to stand out within our milieu and to initiate new collaborations.

MUTEK FORUM 2020: How It Works

Meeting

MUTEK Forum will take place on the Swapcard online platform, accessible from September 1 to 20, 2020 via mobile app and web browser.

Inspiration

The platform allows you to browse participant and company profiles, conferences, discussion channels, and networking activities. From September 8 to 11, we will be offering a program of nearly thirty conferences and live activities by sixty Canadian and international artists and speakers.

Connection

Your participant profile and exhibitor centre on the platform are a showcase for your expertise, projects, content, services, and products. You can get in touch directly with more than 600 participants and 300 companies from all over the world: festivals, events, cultural places, promoters, labels, radios and other media, digital creation studios, technology companies, universities and schools, as well as a sharp selection of independent artists and creators. The platforms AI feature gives you suggestions for your top professional matches.

Some of the themes addressed: impact of technologies in our society, extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI), music industry, digital creativity, inclusion, ...

Confirmed speakers:

Aleksandra Przegalinska (PO) Kozminski University / Amaury La Burthe (FR) Novelab / Antoine Cayrol (FR) Atlas V / Arthur Yeung (CA) Albedo Informatics / Charlne Blanger (CA/QC) Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Cheryl Sim (CA/QC) Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art / Chris Barr (US) Knight Foundation / Christina Heller (US) Metastage / Diego Galafassi (BR/SE) Fasad Film / Diliana Alexander (CA/US) FilmGate Miami / Edy Fung (UK) / milie F. Grenier (CA/QC) Thinkwell Studio Montral / Erin Gee (CA/QC) Perte de Signal / Frances Adair Mckenzie (CA/QC) / Gabriel Vigliensoni (CL/QC) Goldsmiths, University of London / Jake Sally (US) RYOT / James George (US) Scatter / Jason Lewis (CA/QC) Initiative for Indigenous Futures / Jean-Pascal Beaudoin (CA/QC) Headspace Studio / Jess Engel (US) Crimes of Curiosity / Joe Cutts (UK) Sheffield Doc/Fest / Jonny Ahdout (US) Within / Jose Sotelo (MX/QC) Descript / Jovanka von Wilsdorf (DE) BMG Rights Management / Karine Charbonneau (CA/QC) Antimodular Research / Klasien van de Zandschulp (NL) affect lab / Lisa Moren (US) University of Maryland Baltimore County / Louis-Richard Tremblay (CA/QC) NFB Interactive / Marie-Pier Gauthier (CA/QC) NFB Interactive / Martin Viau (CA/QC) NFB Interactive / Myriam Achard (CA/QC) Phi / Nicolas S. Roy (CA/QC) Dpt. / Perry Chen (US/FR) / Peter Kirn (US/DE) Create Digital Media / Refik Anadol (TR/US) / Ruha Benjamin (US) Princeton University / Ryan Thompson (CA/QC) Anteism Books / Sadah Espii Proctor (US) Espii Studios / Sahar Homami (IR/CA) / Sally Reynolds (AU/US) The Mill / Samantha Storr (US) Within Sarah Spring (CA/QC) Parabola Films / Savannah Niles (US) Magic Leap / Valrie Darveau (CA/QC) NFB Interactive