An experimental project space and curatorial platform organised by Miriam Arbus.

Representing international contemporary and other artists with new ideas and new methods.

Specifically focused in new media, digitally informed practices, and digital processes.

A rejuvenating experience, concerned with ecologies, inclusion, simulation, screens and realities.

229 Geary Ave

Amanda Amour Lynx (they/she/nekm) is a Two Spirit, neurodivergent, urban L’nu (Mi’kmaw)-Scottish interdisciplinary artist and facilitator currently living in Guelph, Ontario. Lynx was born and grew up in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) and is a member of Wagmatcook FN. Their art making is a hybridity of traditional l’nuk approaches and contemporary painting with new media and digital arts, guided by the Mi’kmaq principles netukulimk (sustainability) and etuaptmumk (two-eyed seeing), Lynx’s artistic practice discusses land and relationality, environmental issues, navigating systems and societal structures, cultural and gender identity, (L’nui’smk) language resurgence, quantum and spiritual multiplicities. Their facilitation work focuses on designing community spaces committed to creating healthy Indigenous futurities, guided by lateral love, accessibility and world-building.

Amour-Lynx’s recent projects include Spark Indigenous(2023), a collaboration with Meta and Slow Studies Creative, an augmented reality creator accelerator that amplifies Indigenous cultural expression and storytelling through using emerging technology and AR. Virtual Beginner Two Spirit Regalia Making Skills (2021-2023) with Canadian Roots Exchange, a program for Indigiqueer, two spirit and LGBT+ youth, that provides access to regalia making workshops, genderfluid ceremonial teachings, pow wow culture and rooted in peer-led community and cultural practices. Their curatorial projects include 2S Digital Constellations (2023) a short project incubator and augmented reality virtual exhibit highlighting the works of emerging two spirit textile-based artists using new media, and Shapeshifters(2019) exhibit at Beaver Hall Gallery (Toronto) part of the annual Bi+ Arts Festival, which featured and highlighted the work of Two Spirit artists in dialogue with the Bi+ festival showcase. Their writing was published as part of grunt gallery’s Together Apart anthology (2020), and revue esse (2020). Lynx also worked as program assistant at Xpace Cultural Centre, a cultural programming hub and art gallery serving emerging artists (Toronto) from 2016-2018. Their artwork has been featured in gallery spaces, festivals and publications nationally.

Instagram: @amour.lynx, @freelynxii

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Elina Lex is a media artist based in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal, interested in immersive media technologies (XR/AR/VR), digital archiving, and place-based digital storytelling. Her creative projects have ranged from 360 VR, AR and locative sound walks, and 3D scanning and photogrammetry projects often focused on themes of gentrification and urban change, sensory ethnographies, living archives and heritage futures. Her projects have been presented at the Artist Project Toronto with Radiance VR, the Festival of Live Digital Art Kingston, The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University, and 4th Space at Concordia University. Elina is currently a PhD Candidate in Communication Studies at Concordia University and is an active member of the Feminist Media Lab and the Immersive Storytelling Studio at the Milieux Centre for Arts and Technology.

Attached is a sample image of a scan: I'm using polycam + record 3D to take scans of different plants/species, and hoping to bring them into Blender to play with textures/possibly painting over them.

In AR, I picture them as a few 3D installations/sculptures embedded in the landscape that a user can walk towards and hear different soundscapes: ravine/ flowing water, electricity sounds, railway sounds -- to engage with the sonic histories/ruderal dimensions of place through sound.

Bartlette Parkette

Tru is a Canadian new media/digital artist and animator currently residing in Paris, France. She earned her undergraduate degree at OCADU, specializing in Digital Painting and Expanded Animation (DPXA). Tru's exceptional academic performance culminated in her graduation with honors as Valedictorian, and she was also honored with the prestigious Governor General Award for academic excellence in 2016. In the same year, she achieved recognition by winning both the DPXA Capstone/Thesis award and the Emerging Digital Artist award from Equitable Bank.

In 2018, Tru made a significant mark in the art world by participating in 'Spatial Reality,' the world's largest XR fine arts exhibition, held at LA's Sp[a]ce gallery. This groundbreaking event, which marked a sold-out success, was the first of its kind. Tru's capstone/thesis project, titled 'Stranded Assets,' received acclaim and was screened at Harvard University in 2017.

Tru's creative journey continued with her second CG animation project, 'Algorythms,' commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario for their 'Massive' event in 2017. This work later evolved into an immersive VR experience for the V/Art app in 2018 and gained international recognition when showcased in Madrid during the Hybrid Art Fair in 2019.

In 2021, Tru ventured into the dynamic world of NFTs, directly connecting with collectors online, where she sells animations and still images. Her innovative approach quickly gained traction, and she recently enjoyed a successful exhibition at La NFT Factory in Paris, France, where all her available editions sold out.

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Akshata Naik (b. 1990, Mumbai, India) is a contemporary visual artist, educator, researcher, and administrator based in Toronto, Canada. Born and raised in Mumbai, Akshata has lived in Vadodara and the UK. Her works reflect her lived experiences of moving homes, cities, and countries. Through the lens of immigration, war, displacement, home, and belonging. She works towards co-creating with her viewers an immersive experience and interactive art installations that consist of drawing, painting, ephemeral temporary sculptures, and art in virtual reality and augmented reality. She was an Assistant Professor at Parul University in Vadodara, where she taught drawing and painting in India before moving to Canada. She moved to Canada, and soon after she arrived in 2017, she became active in the arts scene, widely showing her interactive art in several communities across Toronto.

Akshata has exhibited internationally in North America, Europe, and Asia, including solo and group exhibitions at galleries in the UK, Canada, and India. Most recently, her explorations of digital art and (VR) virtual reality artwork, ‘Song of the Water, was projected on a building in Lakeshore Park, Toronto, Canada, as part of the BigArtTO initiative by the City of Toronto in partnership with OCAD University. Her popular interactive and immersive art installation ‘Bloody Boats 2.0’ was first shown at Artcore Gallery, UK (2016), and at the Gladstone Hotel for Nuit Blanche (2019). She was also invited as a guest artist by the town of Collingwood

to lead an experiential public art project. Her piece, 'Frozen Voyage' was installed at the council chambers of the town hall of Collingwood. She is also an accomplished speaker, presenting at De Montford University, UK; THE MUSEUM in Kitchener-Waterloo; the Gathering organized by Cultural Pluralism in the Art Movement Ontario (CPAMO), Emergence Symposium organized by Neighbourhood Arts Network; and Humber College in Toronto.

She was the recipient of notable grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council, andin 2020, she was awarded the RBC Newcomer Arts Award by the Toronto Arts Foundation and Neighborhood Arts Network. She was also awarded two gold medals in her final-year master's display. Akshata is a graduate of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (B.F.A. and M.F.A.), which is one of the most renowned art schools in India. She recently showcased her work, ‘Infinite Journeys’ as part of the Home(Land): Bodies of Water, curated by Claudia Arana at Cloverdale Mall, West Hub for ArtworxTO, Toronto’s Year of Public Art. Her piece, 'Bloody Boats' has been installed at the Billy Bishop Airport, and her sculpture, 'Voyage I, was acquired by Humber College.

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