MUTEK Anniversary Tour: Twenty years of artistic collaborations between Canada and Mexico
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MUTEX Mexico until October 20
Martin Messier 1 drop 1000 years / Photo credit: Bruno Aiello Destombes
MUTEK Montréal is celebrating the anniversary of MUTEK Mexico by mobilizing its largest cohort of artists and professionals to date.
For the 20th edition of MUTEK Mexico, MUTEK Montréal is proud to support fifteen artists from the Canadian and Quebec avant-garde until October 20, as well as a delegation of twenty-four experts from creative organizations , to amplify the programming and highlight the unprecedented cultural exchange between the two countries.
Innovative performances will be given by artists such as The Bionic Harpistwho returns after a captivating concert in 2022 with a collaboration with Mexican producer Techno for Doswhere classical music and contemporary electronica will merge using a modular harp. The incandescent trio Honeydrip, Emma Forgues et King Shadrock will also perform with their first live A/V Psychotropicala futuristic dub journey full of electronic and Jamaican inspirations. Martin Messier will present his innovative installation-performance 1 drop 1000 yearswhere lighting and sound generate an impressive flow of water droplets, inspired by the alteration and balance of current climatic phenomena. Furthermore, the Canadian artist of Haitian origin, Dads have Lambwill present his latest live A/V, Reveriea multidisciplinary exploration of identity through abstract storytelling and powerful sound composition.
Quebec and Canadian selection at MUTEK Mexico
- Ali Phi CA
- Claire Kenway & Patrick Trudeau CA/QC
- Deadbeat CA
- Debashis Sinha CA/QC
- Flabbergast CA/QC
- Honeydrip & Emma Forgues & King Shadrock CA/QC
- Irregular CA/QC
- Martin Messier CA/QC
- Myriam Boucher CA/QC
- Sahar Homami IR+CA/DE
- Dads Have Lamb CA/QC
- The Bionic Harpist & Techno Para Dos AV CA/QC+MX
Discover the complete MUTEK Mexico program (in English)
MUTEK internationally:
Alain Mongeau and Gonzalo Solimano at MUTEK Argentina
Damian Romero, director of MUTEK Mexico
The MUTEK Barcelona team
A year of celebrations around the world
These performances are part of the MUTEK anniversary tour which began in April with the 15th anniversary of the Catalan edition in Barcelona and which continued in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Santiago (Chile), just after the 25th edition of MUTEK Montreal last August. This significant mobilization for the 20th edition of MUTEK in Mexico particularly strengthens cultural exchanges between the artistic communities of Quebec and Latin America.
Furthermore, MUTEK can count on long-lasting and inspiring relationships thanks to its network in Japan (the 9th edition of MUTEK Tokyo will take place in November) and in the United Arab Emirates (the 4th edition of MUTEK Dubai will be held in spring 2025) as well as ‘with cultural organizations around the world. In September only, MUTEK Montréal organized artistic showcases illustrating the creative vitality of Quebec and Canada in digital arts at the Transart (Bologna, Italy), Sonica (Glasgow, Scotland) and Lunchmeat (Prague, Czech Republic) festivals. This week, MUTEK also brings together around ten artists and studios as part of Bright Festival Connect in Leipzig (Germany) and will present a program at ADE 2024 (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
More information here
Strengthen professional and cultural ties
MUTEK Montréal, in collaboration with l’Effet Québec (an initiative of Xn Québec), the Ministry of Culture and Communications, SODEC, the General Delegation of Quebec in Mexico and Investissement Québec international, is setting up a Quebec producer delegation ·ice·s of studios, creators, broadcasters, distributors and cultural places of digital creativity to participate in this 20th anniversary edition of MUTEK.MX.
In addition to the activities planned as part of the festival, four days of meetings, exchanges, pitches, personalized B2Bs and visits will take place in order to generate links with the local creative ecosystem as well as with professionals. internationals participating in the event.
More information on the delegation here
Press review – We talk about MUTEK internationally
- MUTEK arrives, a festival to discover the best electronic music and the creativity of contemporary digital art – The Nation
- Honeydrip: «I hope I can pioneer a new sound in my life» – Billboard Argentina
- MUTEK MX celebrates 20 years: Digital art and technology transforming Mexico City – WIRED
- Fact Mix: Tati with Honey – FACT
- Martin Messier: “My goal? Pushing the imagination of everyday life a little further » – Fisheye Immersive
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