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PLAY: A Book Launch By Mariah Horner and Jenn Stephenson FOLDA hosts the launch of PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation by our great friends Dr. Jenn Stephenson and Mariah (Mo) Horner, published by Playwrights Canada Press. The book is comprised of alphabetical standalone mini-essays that collect, describe, and analyze live performances in which the audience become […]
KaKaow in Concert Kick off the seventh Festival of Live Digital Art with musical guest, KaKaow. Presented in partnership with the Kingston Canadian Film Festival. KaKaow (aka. Ricky Brant ) is a psychedelic and funk-infused multi-instrumentalist creating what he calls an Electro Psychedelifunk experience; to bend the mind and perception of what sound can be, […]
There are few ways it has become clear that AI has a lot of work to do to in order to not be harmful, and one of is how it embeds race bias into large language models in implicit and explicit ways. We will explore the how and why of this bias, discuss strategies for […]
Meet with the artists from bluemouth inc behind LUCY AI, Co-Artistic Director of Guilty by Association Cole Lewis, and David Rokeby, Director of The BMO Lab for Creative Research in the Arts, Performance, Emerging Technologies and AI. Talk about real examples of artificial intelligence in creative performance practice. Through real-life case studies, we’ll uncover how […]
LUCY AI By bluemouth inc. and Reimagine AI ASL Interpretation LUCY AI is a collaboration between Lucy Simic and her Toronto-based interdisciplinary performance collective bluemouth inc. and Montreal artificial intelligence company Reimagine AI. Lucy and David Usher, the founder of Reimagine AI have been close friends for 3 decades since they first met as students […]
SmartSmart By Adrienne Wong ASL Interpretation Relaxed Performance Closed Captions Blind/Low Vision Watch/Listen Party Take your phone to the theatre! Join Adrienne Wong for coffee, crafts, storytelling, and surprises. Leave your phone on. SmartSmart combines audience participation and a modular script where the storytelling is predetermined, but the order […]
StartUp cohort members share their current projects and preoccupations in 15 minutes Laser Talks. This is an opportunity to hear what others are working on and share your own. Coffee and pastries provided. Sign up if you have projects or ideas to share or just come listen and hear what folx are up to.
Join Marcel Stewart, FOLDA's Director of Artistic Outreach, for an engaging workshop inspired by his new project, Windrush. Enjoy a conversation between Marcel and Oonya Kempadoo (creator of Naniki Immersive), a live reading, and activities exploring identity, migration, and belonging. Local Caribbean food provided. About Windrush: In Windrush, we journey through the intertwined lives of three […]
HORIZON 360º By SESQUI HORIZON 360º is SESQUI’s marquee hemispherical film. The 20-minute film is a soaring visual symphony that places viewers in the centre of the action during an inspiring showcase of Canadian creative expression that unfolds from coast to coast to coast. HORIZON 360º is viewed within a film dome and takes its […]
Mash Up: Explorations of Creative Access in Performance Art By Erin Ball, Maxime Beauregard, Andrew Heule, Gaitrie Persaud-Killings, Jaideep Goray ASL Interpretation Relaxed Performance Closed Captions Blind/Low Vision Watch/Listen Party This Disability-led collaboration explores creative accessibility in aerial arts and music with a mash up of digital technologies and […]
