EXHIBITIONS 

InterAccess flashDRIVE: Digital Arts Fundraiser Exhibition 

May 1 – 17, 2025
Opening Party: May 1, 7 – 10PM

Celebrate the opening of our new programming space with a survey exhibition, curated by Miriam Arbus, of Toronto’s current digital arts scene. Support the future of new media arts with an archive poster sale, artist panel, digital arts market, and more. 

 

IA Gateway

May 19 – June 20, 2025
A selection of local new media artists taking part in InterAccess's no-cost, low-barrier gallery access program. Artists and programs TBA!

 

Magpie Online, Christina Dovolis 

May 21 – 24, 2025
Magpie Online is a docu-installation that explores how virtual worldbuilding reshapes identity and connection, as told by users of Decentraland – an online, multiplayer environment. Presented as part of Doors Open Toronto.

 

EVENTS

Collaborative Robot Drawing: Beyond Optimization

Saturday, April 5, 2025 | 2 – 3:30PM 
FREE, register here
Work together with the Kuka robot to draw paper illustrations from digital designs.

 

Remember Tomorrow: A Telidon Story, Online Exhibition Launch

Friday, April 25, 2025 | 6 – 8PM | The Centre for Culture and Technology (CCT) at University of Toronto 
FREE, register here
Join curator Shauna Jean Doherty for a conversation on the significance of Telidon on the wider telecommunications sector in Canada followed by a screening of artist interviews.

 

TerribleHack 2025: AI (Artificial Ignorance)

Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 11AM – 6PM
FREE, register here
Most hackathons are about coming up with innovative new ideas and making plausible startup prototypes. This one is different. This one is about making terrible hacks! Take some time to make your bad ideas a reality. Organized by Creative Code Toronto.

 

Sensorium Artist-in-Residence Artist Talk, Gala Hernández López

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | 6:30 – 8PM
FREE, registration TBA
Gala Hernández López, one of Sensorium's inaugural Connected Minds Artist-in-Residence, is a filmmaker, artist and researcher, focused on the impact of computational capitalism on subjectivity, often through an ecofeminist and techno-critical lens. 

 

InterAccess flashDRIVE Events

Join us for a full schedule of fundraising events showcasing local digital artists. More details and registration TBA. 

• flashDRIVE Opening Party
  Thursday, May 1, 2025 | 7 – 10PM
• Digital Collecting Practices Panel
  Wednesday, May 7, 2025 | 6:30 – 8PM
• Spring Open HDMI, presented with Venus Fest 
  Friday, May 16, 2025 | 7 – 10PM
• Archive Poster Sale 
  May 1 – 17, 2025
• Digital Arts Market
  May 1 – 17, 2025

 

The InterAccess Time-knot: Should We Let Media Die?, Kit Haehnel

RESCHEDULED: Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 2 – 3:30PM
FREE, register here
Join our resident archivist, Kit Haehnel, as she shares discoveries from her time with the InterAccess archive and argues for the ephemerality of media. Followed by an archive remix party.

 

Sensorium Artist-in-Residence Artist Talk, Ar Ducao

Saturday, May 10, 2025 | 3:30 – 5PM
FREE, registration TBA
Ar Ducao, one of Sensorium's inaugural Connected Minds Artist-in-Residence, is an artist, creative engineer, educator, and organizer, working to develop materials to help marginalized learners feel well-resourced in pursuing their creative ideas. 

 

Summer LGBTQ+ Mixer, Alison Clark

Thursday, June 19, 2025 | 6 – 9PM
FREE, registration TBA
This seasonal gathering offers a welcoming space for LGBTQ+ community members to mingle, discuss your latest projects, and spark potential collaborations.

 

Open Studio

Most Wednesdays |  6 – 9PM
FREE, no registration required
On Wednesday nights, the InterAccess studio is open to the public, offering casual co-working, thematic meetups and occasional events. See the full list of upcoming sessions on our Studio website.

 

WORKSHOPS

Eurorack Synthesis with VCV Rack 2, Tosca Terán

RESCHEDULED: Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 12PM – 4PM
$30 for members, $50 for non-members, register here
This hands-on workshop introduces electronic sound creation using VCV Rack 2, a Eurorack simulator. 

 

Tool Training: 3D Printing (FDM), Andre Markovic

Saturday, April 5, 2025 | 11AM – 2PM
FREE for members, $25 for non-members, registration TBA
Learn how to safely operate the FDM 3D printers in the InterAccess studio. 

 

Sustainable Practices: Linux Petting Zoo, Terry Anastasiadis & Shaughn Martel

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | 6 – 9PM
FREE, registration TBA
Get to know the open-source operating system Linux and how it can help combat forced obsolescence.

 

Sustainable Practices: Carefully Hacking, Fixing, Repurposing Electronics: An Exploratory Session, Ar Ducao

Saturday, May 10, 2025 | 12 – 3PM
FREE, registration TBA
Learn about what’s inside your electronics, and how to carefully take them apart for hacking, repair, or reuse.

 

Alternative Arcade: Hardware for Accessible Play, Brendan Lehman (Hand Eye Society)

Sunday, June 15, 2025 | 1 – 4PM
FREE, registration TBA
Deconstruct Hand Eye Society’s Torontron arcade cabinets and learn how to incorporate classic and custom arcade controllers into digital games, with a disability justice lens by Game Art Residency curator Bracy Appeikumoh. Presented with Hand Eye Society as part of the Vector Festival 2025 Game Art Residency.

 

OPPORTUNITIES 

Vector Festival 2025: Call for Submissions

Deadline: April 7, 2025 at 11:59PM ET
Application forms and details at vectorfestival.org

Vector Festival 2025, 404_not_found, embraces the broken hyperlink, the loading screen, and the sharks biting undersea fiber-optic cables. Applications open for the flagship exhibition curated by Dallas Fellini, Game Art Residency curated by Bracy Appeikumoh, AR multi-site exhibition, workshops, performances, and more.

 

Images courtesy of Christina Dovolis, Don Lindsay, and Hand Eye Society