A Virtual Market for Creative Minds and Connexions

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In this second year of fully embracing a hybrid format, MUTEK Forum is excited to extend its virtual market activities, which aim to connect Québec and Canadian and international artists with creative companies, festivals, curators, promoters, and cultural organizations and institutions. The market is an opportunity for participants to stand out in the milieu, explore the latest in digital artistic practices and engage in inspiring conversations with peers. More than 100 companies and organizations from 38 countries have already confirmed their participation including:

Abuja Art Week ^NI Amplify Music ^US AnD Festival ^UK Ars Electronica ^AT Art Center NABI ^KR Arts at CERN ^CH ARTYPICAL ^RU Baltic Contemporary Music Network ^EE Beatclub ^US Beyond The Frame ^JP B39 ^KR Casa Axxon ^US Chilemusica ^CL Chronus Arts Center ^CN Circulart ^CO Citizen City ^AUS CPH:DOX ^DK Creative Economy Agency ^TH CTM Festival ^DE c/o pop ^DE Digi.logue ^TR Discwoman ^US Ditto Music FuturX ^AR EKKO Festival ^NO Electric South ^SA Endemico ^MX Estonian Composers’ Union ^EE Fabbula ^FR Fak'ugesi Festival ^SA FilmGate Miami ^US FIMPRO ^MX Fridaymilk ^RU Future Everything ^UK GiiÖii ^KR Gray Area ^US HELLERAU - European Centre for the Arts ^DE Hong Kong Arts Center ^CN IMESUR ^CL IMI Chile ^CL Inphase ^US Insomnia Festival NO Institute for Sound and Music ^DE Intonal Festival ^SE Inversia Festival ^RU Irtijal Festival ^LB Justice Fund ^US Kaohsiung VR Film Lab ^TW Keychange ^CA Linecheck Festival ^IT Lunchmeat Festival ^CZ LyricFind ^US Magnetic Asia ^CN Magnetic Fields Festival ^IND MaMA Festival ^FR Media Architecture Institute & Biennale ^AUS Meet Factory ^CZ MIGZ Festival ^RU MONOM ^DE Museum of Transitory Art ^SI Musikcentrum Öst ^SE MUTEK.AE ^AE MUTEK.AR ^AR MUTEK.ES ^ES MUTEK.JP ^JP MUTEK.MX ^MX MUTEK.SF ^US New Media Caucus ^RU NEW NOW ^DE NIFFF ^CH NODE Forum ^DE Norient ^DE Novas Frequencias ^BR NRMAL Festival ^MX O Cinema ^US ORF ^AT Refraction ^CAN Reworks Festival ^GR Rotondes Festival ^LU Semibreve Festival ^PT Somerset House Studios ^UK Sónar ^ES Sónar Hong Kong ^CN Sonica Glasgow ^UK Splice ^US Streaming Museum ^US SXSW ^US Taipei Digital Center ^TW The Bass Valley ^ES TPAM ^JP transmediale ^DE Twitch Partnerships ^US Urban Screens Production ^AUS Virtuality ^AR VRHAM! ^DE WAVLNGHT ^IND WISE ^CN xtopia ^TR York Mediale ^UK

This edition will mark the beginning of a new collaboration with Air Canada for Business as a Program Partner, who will present the programming team’s official selection of 20 Québec and Canadian artists, all embodying the most cutting-edge developments in the national artistic community. In addition to benefiting from specific support in training and presentation, these artists will be offered 1-on-1 meetings with international buyers throughout the Forum dates.

Official market selection - presented by Air Canada for Business

Alex Tibbitts ^US/QC Brad Todd ^CA/QC Ciel ^CN/QC Cinzia Campolese ^IT/QC France Jobin ^CA/QC GOLPESAR ^CA/QC Jeremy Rotsztain ^CA/US Jonathan Kawchuk ^CA/QC Lucas Paris ^CA/QC Martin Bootyspoon ^CA/QC Matthew Cardinal ^CA Myriam Bleau ^CA/QC Myriam Boucher ^CA/QC Olivia Mc Gilchrist ^FR/JA/QC Phèdre ^CA Pierre-Luc Lecours ^CA/QC Stéphanie Castonguay ^CA/QC Thisquietarmy ^CA/QC Woulg ^CA/QC Xuan Ye ^CN/CA

Beyond Canadian artists, a selection of 50 innovative projects in digital creativity and electronic music will be presented, hand-picked by the Forum’s past and present partners. The virtual market will also feature a number of thematic roundtables, offering a unique opportunity to network and interact directly with Forum speakers, industry experts and other participants in a privileged and interactive context.

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Explore the complete selection of MUTEK Forum speakers

Dive into the fields of expertise covered:

• Exploring Imaginaries of Artificial Intelligence
• XR, Immersive and Experiential Storytelling
• New Frontiers in Digital Art and Sound
• Music Matters
• Fashion and Art for Our Futures
• New Models for Presentation and Monetization
• Digital Detox

About MUTEK Forum

In parallel to the Festival, the MUTEK Forum is back for its seventh edition from Tuesday, August 24 to Thursday, September 2 on our virtual platform. This market for ideas aims to bring together artists and companies in digital creativity and electronic music, with the goal of exploring the latest artistic practices while stimulating reflection on the ethical and political issues related to technology and the digital world. Artificial intelligence, extended reality (XR), immersive creation and crypto art are among the many themes that will be explored by more than 100 local and international speakers through 60 activities.

For a second consecutive year, the Forum will also feature a virtual market that facilitates networking by showcasing Québec, Canadian and international artists to buyers from around the world. More than 750 participants, including over 200 distributors, representing 400 different organizations and companies from over 50 countries, will gather on the online platform to attend conferences, panels and workshops, and to develop artistic connections and business opportunities.

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