MUTEK: When Atmosphere and Innovation Attract Tourists

Did you know that nearly half of the audience at MUTEK comes from outside Québec? Tourists arrive in large numbers to enjoy the metropolis and, above all, performances bynearly one hundred artists from fifteen countries. Alain Mongeau, founder and director of MUTEK, says he has always believed in the convergence between MUTEK and Montréal. Festivalgoers love the experience and often return year after year. They appreciate the quality of the welcome and the program, but

the city.^For its sixteenth edition, the international festival of digital creativity and electronic music continues to innovate at the heart of Printemps numérique. MUTEK stands out as one of the only festivals presenting music almost entirely live, made up of

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creations. Several events are not to be missed. Play is free and brings experimental audio-visual, electroacoustic and ambient works to the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, offering a strong showcase

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free: every afternoon, the Parterre du Quartier des spectacles becomes a stage where passersby can vibrate to artists from here and abroad. Minotaur, Dome

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artistic multidisciplinarity. It is the perfect moment to immerse yourself in Munro Ferguson’s universe, with his film Minotaur presented by the NFB in the dome of the Société des arts technologiques while brunching to the eclectic sounds of Kid

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numérique co-spokesperson Martin Messier at Théâtre Maisonneuve, where he premieres his multi-technical project Fields, capturing electromagnetic fields that surround usbut remain invisible to the eye and ear. Tyondai Braxton follows with Hive. The full MUTEK program offers a broad view ofMontréal’s electronic and

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creativity.