We’re excited to welcome ILIDI/ILINU to Hamilton to share their exploration and experimentation in Virtual Reality. This is your opportunity to come learn about the possibilities of collaboration in digital technologies and try out FMC’s new VR gear!
Friday, August 25th | 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Factory Media Centre (366 Victoria Ave. N, Hamilton ON)
This talk and VR showcase will present the project ILIDI/ILINU, a digital literature incubator that resulted in 7 Virtual Reality Projects / Spaces between artists from Canada and Mexico, built in Mozilla.hubs. This project was born from the collaboration between the Montreal artist-run center TOPO, the artistic collective andamio.in, and the Centro de Cultura Digital (CCD) of Mexico.
Presented by andamio.in and TOPO, the talk and showcase will discuss the ILIDI program and guide through the different VR exhibition spaces.
Showcased VR Projects / Spaces
Re: < Je suis tout le paysage >, Claudia Bernal
[error], Martín Rangel
L’Équation Humble, Mynah Marie & Gaëlle Étémé
(Don’t) be a cyborg, Xochitl Segura + Angel Servín + Rey
Collaborative Poetry, Jessica Tremblay + Marjha Paulino
Ané, Mynah Marie + Jessica Tremblay + Leodán Morales
Píldoras contra el sueño, Salvador Armas
For more information on the virtual exhibition, the participating artists, and the ILIDI project visit the ILIDI website:
Documentation from the ILIDI / ILINU: Talk and VR Showcase 
Documentation from the ILIDI / ILINU: Talk and VR Showcase 
Documentation from the ILIDI / ILINU: Talk and VR Showcase 
Documentation from the ILIDI / ILINU: Talk and VR Showcase 
Documentation from the ILIDI / ILINU: Talk and VR Showcase 
Documentation from the ILIDI / ILINU: Talk and VR Showcase
Presented in collaboration with
TOPO is a Montreal-based artist-run centre whose mission is to assist and equip artists in their exploration of contemporary digital art practices.
Andamio.in is a collaboration platform where producers from different backgrounds can be found, generating long-distance projects. Members: Rolando Rodriguez (Mexico), Luis M. Guzman (Mexico), Maria Paula Jaramillo (Colombia), Jessica Rodriguez (Mexico), Alejandro Brianza (Argentina).
The Centro de Cultura Digital of Mexico city is dedicated to producing, training, communicating and reflecting on new cultural, social and economic manifestations that arise from the daily use of digital technology.
About the presenters
Alejandro Brianza, Argentine composer, researcher and teacher. Master in Methodology of Scientific Research, Bachelor in Audiovision, Sound and Recording Technician and recorder player. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in Humanities – Music at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral. He teaches at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional de Lanús, where he is also part of research related to sound technology, electroacoustic music, artistic research and contemporary languages, of which he has given talks, lectures and workshops at congresses, festivals and various national and international academic meetings. His professional performance as an artist oscillates between his individual projects and those he carries out in collaboration with Andamio, and his productions have been presented in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, United States, Canada, Spain, United Kingdom, France, Monaco, Austria and Japan. [ alejandrobrianza.com ]
Michel Lefebvre is General Director and founding member of TOPO, an art centre dedicated to creation, production and dissemination of new media projects at the crossroads of visual arts, literature and digital narrativity. The centre celebrated in 2022 close to 25 years of creation on the web which started with the web-radio photonovel LIQUIDATION, which was also produced on a CD-ROM as a random fiction using a generative engine. Since then he has pursued the exploration of digital writings with TOPO, which has created and produced numerous interactive projects with artists of different disciplines. Michel Lefebvre started in the 80’s his artistic career as a poet, author and cultural organizer.
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