EVENT 2021

Future: Now

The online exhibition held on April 9 and April 10, 2021, featured thesis projects (MA, MDes, and MFA) that engage, investigate, and explore a wide range of technical and socio-cultural topics. Through digital making, the soon-to-be graduates of OCAD U’s Digital Futures program reimagined, augmented, and actualized the ‘futures’ they envision by creating them in the ‘now.’ The Launch Events consisted of sneak previews of the thesis projects and panel discussions followed by breakout rooms where the attendees met the makers and experienced live demos, and street view window display put up at 205 Richmond Street Toronto (OCAD Grad Building).

PANEL Discussions

Reimagining the Past: Decolonizing the Future

A Panel Discussion hosted by Immony Men
Featuring Nadine Valcin, Priya Bandodkar and Lilian Leung

Digitizing Physicality: Embodiment through Technology

A Panel Discussion hosted by Cindy Poremba
Featuring Jun Li, Neo Chen and Jessie Zheng

Neural Synthesis: Augmenting experiences with neural networks

A Panel Discussion hosted by Adam Tindale
Featuring Arshia Sobhan, Manisha Laroia and Liam Clarke

Humanizing Web Experience

A Panel Discussion hosted by Nick Puckett
Featuring Rittika Basu, Masha Shirokova and Sananda Dutta