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Hybrid – Cutting Edge Canada
Four-day virtual festival collaboration between MUTEK and HYBRID/HELLERAU (Dresden), presented on MUTEK’s streaming platform virtual.mutek.org in March 2021.
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11–14 March 2021 | Virtual
MUTEK presented Hybrid — Cutting Edge Canada, a festival collaboration with HYBRID/HELLERAU, one of Europe’s most important arts centres in Dresden, Germany, from 11 to 14 March 2021.
For four days, 20 artists presented—mostly as world premieres—their new creations and reflections on MUTEK’s virtual platform, virtual.mutek.org, customized for the 21st edition of the Festival the previous September:
Visitors navigated between virtual stages with live performances, an interactive Virtual Gallery, an Auditorium with talks and panels, and a Listening Room showcasing the best of the MUTEK archives.
Beyond the performative program, the festival also presented the NEW NATURE initiative in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Montréal: a project in which climate scientists, technology experts, and artists responded to the need to rethink our relationship with nature. With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada, the collaboration offered a platform for the artists and a shared virtual experience for the audience.
Artists
Alexis Langevin-Tétrault CA/QC — Hypercube (one) / BunBun US/QC / Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules & Michael Gary Dean CA/QC — Previz / Chloe Alexandra Thompson & aesthetic.stalemate CA+US — Morié / Deadbeat & Fatima Camara CA/DE / Gene Tellem CA/QC / Line Katcho CA/QC — Immortelle / Lucas Paris CA/QC — Light Center Folds / Matt Thibideau & Markus Heckmann CA/QC+DE — Reclusion / Myriam Boucher CA/QC / Ouri FR/QC / Pierre-Luc Lecours CA/QC / Priori CA/QC / Sabrina Ratté QC/FR — Floralia / Sahar Homami IR/QC / T.Gowdy CA/QC
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Partners
- Canada Council for the Arts
- Government of Canada