Digital arts and culture
A platform that showcases creators.
MTL connect is a unique platform that showcases local and international creators through its initiatives. These demonstrate that digital art is not only a driver of innovation but also a tool for imagining and experimenting with possible futures in a rapidly changing technological world.
Through this artistic programming, MTL connect highlights creators from here and abroad and fosters a dialogue between art and technology. Because digital art is not just about new ways of creating: it also opens up spaces to imagine, experiment, and question possible futures in a world in constant transformation.
360° DOME IMMERSIVE PROJECTIONS
From October 10 to 17, 2026, in the heart of Montreal, in the Grande Place of Complexe Desjardins, discover 4 themes each exploring different emotions and imaginaries through works by Francophone and international artists.
👉 Activity free and open to the public, and accessible to people with reduced mobility.
📍On the Grande-Place of Complexe Desjardins: 150 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal, QC, CANADA H2X 3Y2
Program 1 (10h 12h20 15h 17h)
RECOMPOSED REALITIES: AI, Digital Worlds, and New Imaginaries
A section dedicated to how immersive technologies transform our perception of reality. From generated landscapes to impossible spaces, exploration of the unknown, and new forms of imagery, the works blur the boundaries between the real, the imaginary, and the artificial.
Introspection du Voyageur / Traveller’s Introspection (2025) | Québec | 9 min | Fantastic Obsolete — Pascal Lavallée, Nicolas Lachance-Brais, Killian Pichon.
A mystical being, neither man nor god, traverses a series of worlds suspended between life and memory. Guided by an instinctive quest, it glides from scene to scene in search of a forgotten harmony. Each world embodies a universal emotion, a stage of existence, or a collective archetype. The audience, immersed in these visions, becomes a witness to the Traveller’s inner metamorphosis.
Hypnos (2025)| Russia | 4 min 40 | Studio Knife.
Like a dreamlike experience, alternately colorful or darker, this film explores sensory perception and the surreal nature of dreams through richly detailed synthetic imagery.
Sous Le Ciel (2026)| France | 6 min | Jérémy Griffaud.
Inspired by Marc Chagall’s Biblical Message cycle, this fulldome work transforms the paintings into a panoramic and dreamlike world. Navigating between Eden, hospitality, and celestial spheres, hybrid beings and looping movements evoke an eternal journey through time. Created from nearly 300 watercolors, the work explores spirituality and the fluid boundaries between inner worlds and imagined landscapes.
Angel (2026)| Québec | 5 min | Sean Caruso.
«I will find you again, beyond the nights and the shattered peaks. Beyond the stars and the northern lights, I will find you again.».
“ANGEL” is a journey of love suspended between heaven and earth. A race through shadows, rooftops, and the lights of a sleeping city. We move forward, we fall, we rise—drawn by something we never quite see. A memory, a presence, perhaps a promise. And somewhere, beyond the heights, someone waits.
Program 2 (10:30 13:00 15:30 17:30)
WHAT CONNECTS US: Memory, Transmission, and Stories of the World
A more human and poetic program where immersion becomes a way of telling what connects us: to others, to previous generations, to territories, and to the sky. From intimate stories to ancestral narratives, the works use immersive space to bring memory to life in a new way.
Liminality (2018) | United Kingdom | 9 min | 4PI Productions
This work is the result of a collaboration between cultures and technologies. It offers a snapshot of the perpetual cycle of transition and transformation. Five dancers move from industrial landscapes to coastal ones, in Wales, Delhi, and Goa. The ritualized movements of dance, in a 360° immersive environment, evoke something far older than civilization. A connection with the ceaseless cycle of creation, channeled and expressed through movement.
Biosphere (2022) | Belgium | 7 min 40 | Florian Guibert
A journey through breathtaking landscapes, from arid deserts to lush jungles, through underground caves and bodies of water, up to the northern lights.
Le Canoë Céleste (2022) | Québec | 7 min | Sébastien Gauthier
The First Peoples of what is now northern Canada observed the slow rotation of a canoe in the sky, reflecting the changing seasons on earth. This celestial canoe guided them through a particularly difficult time of the year.
Program 3 (11h 13h40 16h 18h)
CARTE BLANCHE: Jérémy Oury
A leading figure in immersive creation and curator of, among others, the Sous Dôme at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie in Paris, as well as the Domo Arte festivals in South America, Jérémy Oury offers a selection that explores abstraction and travel, showcasing the diverse perspectives of artists from several countries.
Destin (2023) | France | 3 min 20 | Jérémy Oury
Destin is an invitation to travel into the future of our universe by building the most beautiful and spectacular setting possible through a 360° projection: our imagination. Imagine for a moment that we had the ability to travel through space.
A small group of people, gathered here in the dome, is chosen to leave Earth and discover the destiny of our universe by embarking on a journey through nebulae and other celestial objects.
Vestigi Dome (2026) | Spain | 5 min | VPM Creative Lab.
VESTIGI explores the memory of water as a living trace: layers that accumulate, transform, and disappear, revealing the passage of time and the relationship between matter and memory.
Pale Blue Dot (2026) | Thailand (2026) | 3 min | Yellaban
The project is inspired by the Overview Effect—a psychological shift in perspective experienced by astronauts when they view Earth from space. A fragile blue dot in the vastness of space, Earth reminds us that our resources are limited, that our lives are interconnected, and that the impact of our actions extends far beyond the present. The work invites us to step back, broaden our perspective, and rethink our relationship with the only home we share.
Flicker & Gambol (2026) | Québec | 3 min 30 | Tara Rose Morris & Graham Steinman
Forward, upward. Unmask, relax, free yourself. Dance as the sun and moon pass by. Flicker and Gambol stages the cycles of trauma and healing in colour, image, and dance to the song “heal, my love” by Graham Steinman.
Program 4 (11:30 14:20 16:30 18:30)
🚀 CREATIVE FUTURES AND EMERGING TALENT: École NAD/UQAC and Collège Bois de Boulogne
A selection dedicated to student films and emerging talent, showcasing young creators as well as local digital and multimedia art schools.
The Unknown (2026)| Québec | 7 min | Nexus Lab / Collège Bois de Boulogne
An immersive experience that takes you on a journey through the depths of the ocean and the limits of space. In the darkness, the barriers between the abyss and the void, marine life and extraterrestrial life, bioluminescence and the stars, melt away and reveal their true nature: the unknown.
Crux Redux (2025) | Québec | 3 min 30 | Alexandre Roy / NAD
A fulldome 360° reinterpretation of the 2D short film « Crux » (2017), combining 35mm film drawing and digital animation. Original music: Tortion. (Julien Michel and Michael Pellegrini).
Flight Over the Parthenon (2026)| Québec | 5 min | Shirin Abu Shakra / NAD
The first work in a triptych on contested museum objects, Flight Over the Parthenon traces the trajectory of the Parthenon frieze, extorted by Thomas Bruce, held by the British Museum and not returned for two centuries. Faced with the performativity of museum discourse, this film opposes historical facts: the documented narrative replaces the fabricated legend.
The Perfume, the Incense of Syria (2026)| Québec | 4 min 40 | Arnaud Lescure / NAD
The Perfume, the Incense of Syria is an immersive music video for Jad Orphée Chami’s music, blending archival images, photogrammetry and motion capture.
General screening schedule
| October 10: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. | October 14: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
| October 11: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. | October 15: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| October 12: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. | October 16: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. |
| October 13: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. | October 17: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
TECHNO-CULTURAL TOURS
The techno-cultural tours will take place on Friday, October 16, from 9:15 AM to 5:00 PM and require a full pass to participate.
Discover the behind-the-scenes of Behaviour Interactive, one of Canada’s leading independent video game studios, and learn more about its creative and production environment.
Explore the behind-the-scenes of Moment Factory, a Montreal-based multimedia entertainment studio, and learn more about its creative approach, technologies, and the immersive projects developed by its teams.
Discover the spaces of NAD-UQAC School and learn more about its educational approach and programs in the fields of visual effects, 3D animation, video games, and digital experiences.
The curator’s tour: international delegation
This international welcome tour invites curation, programming, and distribution professionals to discover Montreal’s digital arts ecosystem through exclusive visits and meetings.
On the program:
- Centre d’art daphne
- Ada X
- World Creation Studio
- OBORO
- Milieux (Concordia)
- VOX
- Le Quartier des spectacles.
