VECTOR FESTIVAL 2025: Workshops

Call for Submissions

We invite artists, facilitators, and educators to submit proposals for online and in-person workshops teaching emerging and experimental approaches in new media and game art.

The 12th edition of Vector Festival, 404_not_found, will resurface our forgotten realities of the 1:1 relationship between digital representations of the physical. If we held close the understanding that our digital memories had physical footprints – motherboards that can corrode or servers that require maintenance – would we still expect immortality from the web? How can we build websites that are meant to decay, perennial files, or computers that are only awake with the sun? Can our machines teach us to celebrate impermanence?

InterAccess’s workshops combine technical skill-building with creative, critically focused topics that explore the impact of technology on the social, political, and cultural aspects of contemporary life. Focused on small groups of up to 15 participants, professional artist-instructors provide tailored instruction, focused individual support, and facilitate safe spaces for participants to create and explore.

We are looking for workshop proposals that respond to the festival theme and are timely, relevant, and comprehensive.

Ideal Workshop Proposals:

  • Focus on a contemporary skill set in new media or electronic art
  • Allow for hands-on instruction
  • Make use of the facilities, tools, and equipment already available to InterAccess
  • Require minimal material or software purchases by individual participants
  • Are single-session workshops, up to 4 hours in length.

Timeline

Application deadline: April 7, 2025
Workshop dates: Between July 10 – July 20, 2025

Type of Submission

New media workshop proposals

Location

Workshops are either held on-site at InterAccess (32 Lisgar Street, Toronto, ON M6J 0C7) or online through Zoom

Fees

Vector Festival does not charge submission fees or provide production expenses. All artists selected for participation will receive fees in accordance with CARFAC and IMAA fee schedules, as well as support to apply for external funding.

Equity

InterAccess is committed to equity and strongly encourages applications from equity-deserving communities, including artists who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, LGBTQ-identified, Gender Diverse, Two-Spirit, and Persons with Disabilities. 

Contact

Please reach out to art@interaccess.org with any questions.