Event Filter: Technology

Inspired by the iconic children’s book Harold and The Purple Crayon, ZOOOM is a story about a child who makes sense of their world through art with music, lasers and projections for a heartfelt and immersive performance.  ZOOOM begins at home or in the classroom, as we invite our audience to “bring a piece of […]

Bring your friends, dancing shoes and mittens: our Nordic Silent Disco is here to brighten up those dark December nights. Dance the cold away as our Icelandic guest DJ spins tunes straight into your headphones. You won’t want to miss out!    The Silent Disco is the anchor activity of AIRMOVES: It represents the first […]

Access the Post Capitalistic Auction Catalogue below: The auction is the performance and the performance is the auction. You are invited to bid for artworks in new ways, and actual transactions occur. The twist: bidders are invited to make offers not only with money; understanding, opportunity, and/or exchange are equally accepted currencies. The artists are […]

Kaeja d’Dance celebrates 31 years with two new dance works created by Artistic Directors Allen and Karen Kaeja. Grounded in memory, Karen Kaeja’s TouchX and Allen Kaeja’s I am the Child of… investigate the complexity of our lived experiences. Community, perspective and a fascinating take on augmented reality technology generate evocative worlds in this double […]

Soca, dancehall, reggae, coming straight to your headphones all night long! Everyone else will be dancing, join in too! The Silent Disco is the anchor activity of AIRMOVES. It represents the first generation of events that utilized wireless headphones. Silent Disco migrates the standard party from the typical “club” sound system to non-traditional venues and […]

Join an expedition into the distant past to learn about the beginning of life on Earth in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, 508 million years ago. During this prototype of Rella’s Cambrian Dream, your smartphone transforms the world into an ancient ocean and you become a researcher using story, song and technology to discover the first creatures […]

The Sense Light Swing is a light fixture that is also a moving, eye-catching work of art. The fixture’s shape comes from a hanging swing for children; Alexander Lervik’s concept for Sense Light Swing was created for the 2005 show “Five Playful Chairs.” The seat of the swing, made from transparent acrylic, is lit from within by a strip […]

Pressure is a piece consisting of a 300-metre long RGB-LED hose shaped like a doodle wrapped in the construction. Flashes of impulses whip around in the LED doodle and run towards each other while shifting colour and giving the expression of a digitally-stressed doodle.

Great Minds is a dynamic monument that praises the birth of ideas and relates to all creative people. Light work appears in the form of two monumental brains in dialogue, performing active, luminous brainstorming – the unavoidable phase of each creative process – and figuratively using light to emphasize births of unique ideas and sparkling […]

In Gorži, waterfalls cascade from the Power Plant building’s windows. The installation by Outi Pieski is inspired by the Sámi spiritual tradition, in which we live in a reciprocal relationship with all living entities. Gorži creates a poetic sight in which clean water flows freely. The voice of Sámi yoik singer Hildá Länsman brings out […]

Equinox asks questions about the nature of light and darkness and about the unique moment of equinox when they are in balance. Equinox combines elements of contemporary dance, nu-jazz and graphics to invite the audience into a dynamic, poetic and contemplative experience. 

Conceived mainly for big open spaces, CONTROL NO CONTROL is a large-scale interactive installation in a minimalistic geometric structure, true to Studio Iregular’s signature style. Created in 2011 in Montreal for Igloofest, it has since been presented over 35 times worldwide.   CONTROL NO CONTROL is a big LED cube that reacts to everything that touches it […]

Harbourfront Centre welcomes our audiences back for illuminating outdoor winter experiences, starting with Nordic Lights, a dazzling display of Nordic and Canadian light art. Nordic Lights features 6 outdoor light installations placed across the Harbourfront Centre campus. Supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers, Waterfront Business Improvement Area, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, NEXT Magazine, Icelandair and Nordic Culture Point

Violette welcomes you into her space. She lets you enter the privacy of her room and then of her imagination. Put on your VR headset and become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story, both magical and tragic. You may never look at this world – the one you share with Violette and the rest […]