Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 6 – 8PM (Doors at 6, Performance at 6:30)
In person at InterAccess (32 Lisgar St, Toronto ON)
$5 tickets, registration here

The Handprint and the Hand is an interdisciplinary new media dance performance that explores how AI-driven vision systems capture and erase human presence.

A dancer performs accompanied by a projected feed of their performance. The feed uses AI-powered motion capture and human driven visuals to produce scenes that display or omit the dancer’s body in digital space. The performance questions what is rendered visible, what is discarded, and how technology reframes authorship. Where does meaning reside when human labor is reduced to machine-readable fragments?

• 6:00PM Doors open
• 6:30PM Performance followed by artist Q&A
• 7:30PM Interactive installation + mingling

This presentation is part of the ongoing practice-based research collaboration between Toronto-based media artist Tara Rose Morris and dancer/choreographer Kin Nguien. With this work both artists step beyond their established mediums: Morris pushing her real time video performance work to include bodies in motion and physical sculpture and Nguien integrating projection and AI-driven media into her choreographic language.

This project is presented as part of IA Gateway. 

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Tara Rose Morris is a mixed desi new media artist based in Toronto (Tkaronto), Canada. They create animated video artworks, immersive installations, audio/visual performances, and interactive websites that explore emerging technology as a platform to connect more deeply with the self and with each other. This most often looks like visualizing community through digital dance floors, engaging with AI as a medium for identity construction, and using the browser as a site of ritual. Their work has been presented at Gray Area, SXSW, VIFF, Superchief Gallery, NFT NOW, SmartBomb, and InterAccess. They have led workshops with David E. Glover Center, Bay Area Mural Program, NeueHouse, InterAccess, and IM4 Lab. They are a current NEW INC Y11 Art + Code member. 

Kin Nguien, an award-winning choreographer and performer originally from Ukraine and now based in Toronto, Canada, has earned acclaim for her impactful contributions to dance. As a first-generation Vietnamese-Ukrainian, she brings a unique perspective to her work, tackling cultural biases and advocating for mental health awareness. Kin's choreography draws on her European upbringing and Vietnamese-Asian heritage, reflecting bold storytelling and emphasizing compassion and mindfulness. As co-artistic director of KINAJ and a member of the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, Kin plays an active role in the dance community. Her recent accomplishments include choreographing and performing at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and for Red Bull Dance Your Style. KINAJ has received international acclaim, including for ALIENS, a sci-fi-inspired mainstage piece commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre that garnered critical praise and sold-out audiences for its cross-genre choreography and bold aesthetics. Kin is currently working on an exciting project with SYNC&FLOW, a community engagement initiative that provides non-professional and pre-professional dancers with resources and opportunities to explore the arts at a professional level, fostering growth and connection through competitive excellence.

ABOUT IA GATEWAY

The InterAccess Gateway (IA Gateway) program facilitates low-barrier, no-cost access to gallery space for new media artists within our community. “Gateway” is an entry point; the term refers to network gateways, telecommunication devices that allow for the flow and translation of data between separate networks – an apt metaphor for the responsibility of organizations to provide resources and support to the artists in their community. IA Gateway was first held in 2024.