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Amplify D.A.I 2020: MUTEK Replay, Noviembre Electrónico, and Somerset House Studio

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Image: Howe are you Island? By Frances Adair Mckenzie

Amplify Digital Arts Initiative connects and empowers an active network of women-identifying artists and professionals working in the digital arts, sound and immersive storytelling sectors in Canada, Latin America, and the UK. Find the artists of the 2019 and 2020 cohorts in 3 events in November 2020:

MUTEK Replay
04_30.11.2020
Experience again the performances and works from the Distant Arcades exhibition that animated the 21st edition of the MUTEK Festival, in addition to 20 exclusive sound pieces from the Stream On project. All of which is available free of charge, anytime until November 30.

Festival: Cy-Ens IR/QC Desert Bloom CA/QC Efe Ce Ele CO/AR Flor de Fuego AR
Le désert mauve FR/QC+CA/QC Mimi Allard CA/QC OBUXUM SO/CA
Exhibition: Debby Friday CA Erin Gee CA/QC Frances Adair Mckenzie CA/QC GLOR1A UK
Heather Lander UK Katy Hinde UK Lila Tirando a Violeta UY Quantum Foam UK
Sahar Homami IR/QC Sol Rezza AR Tatiana Heuman AR/DE Vicky Clarke UK
Stream On - with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
France Jobin CA/QC Korea Town Acid CA/KR OBUXUM SO/CA Pursuit Grooves CA

Noviembre Electronico
24_28.11.2020
Noviembre Electrónico is one of the main events for the electronic and digital culture of the city of Buenos Aires. Produced by Centro Cultural San Martín since 2012, its ninth edition will take place on November 24-28 with free entrance. Over 60 artists will showcase exhibitions, shows, performances, masterclasses, conferences and other activities focusing on the topics of arts and science crossovers, video games, virtual and augmented reality, music, and robotics.

Part of the Amplify 2020 cohort will present shows and exhibitions as part of the lineup:
Erin Gee CA/QC Kathy Hinde UK Heather Lander UK Desert Bloom CA/QC
Le désert mauve FR/QC+CA/QC Cy-Ens IR/QC Mimi Allard CA/QC

Somerset House Studios
Somerset House Studios continues its partnership with MUTEK and the British Council on Amplify Digital Arts Initiative, a residency that connects and empowers an active network of women-identifying artists and professionals working in the digital arts, sound and immersive storytelling sectors in Canada, Latin America and the UK.
As part of the residency, we present a selection of digital artworks, some of which were originally presented as part of MUTEK’s virtual exhibition Distant Arcades, alongside live-streamed music performances and artist presentations and discussion exploring how we create art in a time of crisis.

Digital Installations and Films Online:
24.11 to 20.12.2020
Debby Friday CA Edy Fung UK Erin Gee CA/QC Frances Adair Mckenzie CA/QC Heather Lander UK
Kathy Hinde UK Libby Heaney UK Lila Tirando a Violeta UY Sahar Homami IR/QC Sol Rezza AR
Tatiana Heuman AR/DE Vicky Clarke UK
Performances:
26.11.2020 from 19:30 to 23:00 GMT
Candie AR GLOR1A UK Obuxum SO/C Ouri FR/QC and Whisky with Flor De Fuego AR
Presentation and discussion: How do we create art in a time of crisis?
27.11.2020 from 17:00 to 18:30 GMT
Chloe Alexandra-Thompson CA/US Efe Ce Ele CO/AR GLOR1A UK Sonya Stefan CA
Moderator: Patti Schmidt CA/QC

In partnership with British Council and MUTEK. Canadian Amplify artists are supported by the British Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Supporter logos for Amplify 2020, from left to right: Amplify Digital Arts Initiative, British Council, MUTEK, Noviembre Electronico, Canadian Council for the Arts
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