Folda - Festival of Live Digital Art

June 7, 2023 – 8:00pm–9:15pm ET

Scored in Silence

By Chisato Minamimura

GO – A solo immersive performance that unpacks the hidden perspectives of Deaf people who survived the atomic bomb atrocity in Japan in 1945.

Venue: Power Corporation of Canada Studio Theatre, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

June 7-10, 2023 – Various times

Through My Lens

By Amy Amantea with Theatre Replacement

BETA – A new, intimate, rhythmic work that couples hospitality with portraiture.

Venue: The Gordon Vogt Film Screening Room, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

June 8, 2023 – 4:00pm

asses.masses

By Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim

BETA – Donkeys. Labour. Technophobia. Revolution. Video Game. Audience. Seven Hours.

Venue: Power Corporation of Canada Studio Theatre, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

June 9, 2023 – 8:00pm–9:00pm ET

HOME

By Beau Dixon and Linda Garneau

BETA – A physical, expressionistic exploration of Dixon’s response to a home invasion.

Venue: Power Corporation of Canada Studio Theatre, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

June 10, 2023 – 6:30pm–7:30pm ET

Intercomplementary Elements

By Erin Ball, Maxime Beauregard and collaborators

ALPHA – An immersive accessibility experience about a queer love story.

Venue: Power Corporation of Canada Studio Theatre, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

June 10, 2023 – 3:00pm–5:00pm ET

Silent Disco

Presented in association with the Kingston Library

FOLDA provides the DJ, wireless headphones, live ASL interpretation, and more. You bring your dance floor moves.

Venue: Kingston Frontenac Public Library

Robotics in Live Performance

June 7, 2023 – 10:00am–1:00pm ET

Led by Michael Wheeler and Shaza Kaoud

A hands-on introduction to the basic use of ROS and running a robot in a simulation.

Venue: The Ingenuity Labs, Queen’s University

Artificial Intelligence in Live Performance

June 7, 2023 – 2:00pm–5:00pm ET

Led by Adrienne Wong with Xianzhi Jason Li

Introduction to text-to-image models and music generation models. This workshop combines theoretical and practical learning to create AI-
assisted performance assets.

Venue: The Ingenuity Labs, Queen’s University

Exploring Physical Sound from a D/deaf Perspective

June 8, 2023 – 10:00am–1:00pm ET

Led by Chisato Minimamura

Deaf-led bespoke workshop for participants who are deaf and/or hearing exploring: movement, physical and sensory expression.

Venue: The Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

Motion Capture in Live Performance

June 9, 2023 – 2:00pm–5:00pm ET

Led by Marcel Stewart and Aaron Best

An introduction to motion capture using both the VICON system and the XSENS suit. This workshop will focus on the uses applicable to live performance versus the many recorded outputs.

Venue: The Ingenuity Labs, Queen’s University

How To Be A Sighted Guide

June 9, 2023 – 10:00am–2:00pm ET

Led by Amy Amantea and Gail Ritter

Participants will learn basic skills for guiding and assisting people who are blind and partially sighted in everyday situations.

Venue: Kingston Frontenac Public Library

Virtual Reality IRL/URL Creation Mob

June 10, 2023 – 10:00am–1:00pm ET

Hosted by Kingston Theatre Alliance and Spiderwebshow Performance

Join a VR flash-mob that brings twenty creators together first physically, and
then virtually, to create original artwork connected to one another.

Venue: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts