{"id":28452,"date":"2025-08-18T06:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtlconnecte.ca\/?p=28452"},"modified":"2025-08-18T06:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:12:32","slug":"creating-in-the-age-of-machines-culture-identity-and-ai-at-mtl-connect-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtlconnecte.ca\/en\/creating-in-the-age-of-machines-culture-identity-and-ai-at-mtl-connect-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating in the Age of Machines: Culture, Identity, and AI at MTL connect 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28452\" class=\"elementor elementor-28452\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-952b3c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"952b3c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-131a501\" data-id=\"131a501\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bd8f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bd8f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <strong>October 30<\/strong>, MTL connect: Montreal\u2019s Digital Week dedicates a day to the theme <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culture &amp; Creativity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As artificial intelligence reshapes modes of creation, memory, and transmission, artists, thinkers, and innovators reflect on the impact of these technologies on our understanding of identity, art, and collective narratives.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"color: #e75d9c;\"><b>Opening Talk: Moridja Kitenge Banza<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multidisciplinary artist Moridja Kitenge Banza will open the day with an exclusive talk on the tensions between human creativity and generative intelligences. Through a sensitive reflection, he asks: What becomes of the author when the tool creates? Who holds memory in a world of data?<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"color: #e75d9c;\"><b>Highlights of the Culture &amp; Creativity Day<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #00577b;\"><b>The cultural industry in the age of AI<\/b><\/span><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rencontre des Secteurs d\u2019Excellence<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Xn Qu\u00e9bec will bring together industry actors to discuss new business models, discoverability, adaptation to AI tools, and the sustainability of creative practices.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #00577b;\"><b>Transatlantic collaborations with Horizon Europe<\/b><\/span><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A panel hosted by Stereopsia Europe will present opportunities for funding and partnerships between Canada and Europe through the Horizon Europe program, Pillar II. A strategic opportunity for Canadian cultural enterprises.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #00577b;\"><b>Influence, AI, and narrative power<\/b><\/span><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With G\u00e9raldine Bueken (X4Heritage), explore how AI is reshaping the production and dissemination of narratives worldwide. 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