Virtual Wonders

Photo credit: "Solar Bodies" by Stephanie Castonguay and PRIFMA

Online, at virtual.mutek.org
Free with registration

While the last few months have intensified our relationships to the virtual and changed our perceptions of digital tools and spaces, a growing desire to disconnect has also taken hold in us. That said, this difficult time has underscored some of the extraordinary opportunities afforded by virtual spaces — as they have generated new locations in which to meet and exchange ideas — whether in the private sphere, the arts, research, or activism. As the world continues to resettle into a new equilibrium, the virtual exhibition that is part of MUTEK’s 22nd edition specifically highlights attributes native to the web that make it a tool for creation and a preferred medium of dissemination.

The 24 works that comprise Virtual Wonders make no attempt to serve as substitutes for reality — instead, they amplify and extend it as they play in the liminal space between that which takes place on the screen, and that which doesn’t. The pieces probe the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, and between human and machine. Whether they feature virtual reality or artificial intelligence, the exhibition’s captivating videos, net.art pieces, lively games, and interactive works have all been specifically designed to live on the web.

Adonia Bouchehri ^DE — Jello Anna Eyler et Nicolas Lapointe ^CA/QC — D.o.t.T.D (Dance of the Techno-Demons) Bomi Yook ^KR/CA — Dream Machine Brad Todd ^CA/QC — 3050 K Cinzia Campolese ^IT/QC — Idle (online version) Commonolithic & Olivia Mc Gilchrist ^{UK/QC+JM/FR/QC} — World Space V2 Ender Gallery ^CA — Ender Gallery Minecraft Artist Residency Entangled Others ^DE — This Jellyfish Does Not Exist Eva Papamargariti ^GR/UK Jawa El Khash ^SY/CA — Hammam Libby Heaney ^UK — FIGURES, £igur€$, go figure!? Matt DesLauriers ^CA/UK — Wayfinder Meagan Byrne ^CA — Wanisinowin|Lost Memo Akten ^TR — The Awesome Machinery of Nature Nicole He ^US — ENHANCE.COMPUTER Nirma Madhoo ^ZA — Azimuth Noah Pred ^CA/DE — Panarchae Raphaël Moreira-Gonçalves ^FR — M.I.T.M. Stéphanie Castonguay & PRIFMA ^CA/QC+AR — Solar Bodies Steven Sych & Timothy Thomasson ^CA/QC — Telephone Paintings Studio Everywhen (Brad Necyk x Jonathan Kawchuk) ^CA — ALL SKY, MIRROR OCEAN Taylor McArthur ^CA — Line of Sight Ursula J'vlyn d'Ark ^US/QC — Ecotone Wenxin Zhang ^CN — Inorganic Mysteries

Stéphanie Castonguay & PRIFMA appear as part of AMPLIFY D.A.I, an initiative of the British Council in partnership with MUTEK Montréal, MUTEK Buenos Aires, Artlab in Argentina, Oi Futuro in Brazil and Somerset House Studios in the UK. The programme is supported by Canada Council for the Arts, Instituto Nacional de la Música and Fundación Williams.

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