Here are some of the types of events we've run in the past! Have an event, project or experiment you think we'd dig? Need a studio to develop AND exhibit your work? Contact us!
It's the 4th anniversary of Hypergame and we're celebrating by traveling back in time to the year 1997 and attempting to return a rented VHS or die trying.
WrestleMania 2020K is an audience participatory Create-A-Wrestler tournament using the WWF No Mercy N64 game live at Electric Perfume! We have spots for YOU to sign up and face-off YOUR wrestler!
The Living Arts Centre will be buzzing with FREE family-friendly programming, including make-and-take crafts, performances, and much, much more! We're setting up our game Super Pump! Info here.
Bring in 2020 with some Time Traveling fists and splits of fury! Watch Van Damme time travel to stop a corrupt politician from becoming President!
Learn how to create interactive video and build custom hardware interfaces by combining the power of Arduino with TouchDesigner!
Everyone wants cybernetic implants for Christmas, so we're screening Star Trek: First Contact for our holidaze Super Comfy Movie Time! See the Next Generation Crew combat time travelling Borg!
Enter the Cage and join the fight for glory and survival! This Hypergame will give our audience two separate opportunities take control of an interactive Nicolas Cage action musical simulation.
Accidental Parkland is a documentary project on the changing nature and sustained value of Toronto’s urban waterways, both the waterfront and ravines. This screening is followed by a panel discussion.
Kitbash is a four day microfestival dedicated to the wonderful and weird intersections of toys and art. Designer Toys, Art Toys, Bootleg Toys, Custom Toys, Hacked and Mashed-Up Toys, and more!
Dress as a Hero or Villain, and check out our new interactive video battle Rock, Paper, Superpower, among other installations and spectacles at TIFF Boombox 2019! Tickets and info here.
It's October so we have a special screening of Lawnmower Man for Super Spooky Movie Time! See the movie Stephen King sued the producers of because it bore no resemblance to his original story!
Gameplanner is a new resource intended to help indies plan their exhibition and networking strategy, based on in-person interviews and surveys from 50+ creators across the country.
We're cooking up something special for thhe Handeye Society 10th Year Anniversary Ball at the Freemason Temple! Tickets and info here.
An urban weekend getaway like no other, Wavelength Music presents two magical days of musical and artistic discovery at Stackt. Find out more info here.
It's round #3 of our Hypergame spin-off where the audience is invited to describe their weird dreams so they can be analyzed by dream expert Kris Bone and then turned into song by Andrew Shenkman.
Friends! Hitting Taste of the Danforth? Whether you are or not, we have a tasty one for you! See a special screening of Demolition Man for Super Comfy Movie Time!
Have you ever wanted to get into machine learning, but thought it would be just too complicated? Well there's now some exciting tools available for machine learning in a simple and accessible way!
We did the software development for some of the interactive exhibitions in TIFF Picture Palace. Immerse yourself and learn more about how movie magic is made! Tickets and info here.
Hypergame returns with Death Duel to the Death! The story of two gladiators fighting for survival on the surface of an alien planet, shaped by audience participation and buttressed by improvised songz!
Vector Festival is a community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing digital games and creative media practices. Electric Perfume will be hosting an exhibition and closing reception for the fest!
Friends! Join us for a casual screening with community pals in cyberpunk fashion! Love VR? Love the 90's? Hate VR but love the 90's? We got Johnny Mnmeonic and a second movie you can vote for!
Addressable LEDs are used by installation artists, VJs, makers, and designers of all sorts. In this workshop, we will build a flexible system in TouchDesigner for pixel mapping and controlling LEDs!
Hyperdream Journal is back with Freudian Fury! Tell us more about weird dreams you've had then they get turned into a live improv song media content thing!
Join us in celebration of the life of famed natural historian and broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough, for his 93rd Attenbirthday! With multi-wall BBC projections, panel of conspiracy theoristists + more!
If you're a man who's disturbed by other men's behaviour towards women, what's the best use of your energy? A twenty minute video screening followed by a discussion looking at the critical differences…
We'll be speaking at FITC this year, conference dedicated to artists and designers creating cutting edge tech-based work! Tickets and info here.
The Hand Eye Society Annual General Meeting is upon us! Come on out to learn more about the organization and our plans for the year, register or renew your membership, meet cool people in the gaming arts…
Learn how to create interactive audio and video installations combining the customizability of Arduino with the power of Max 8 in this workshop!
Create and paint in VR with SculptrVR, and Tilt Brush. This workshop is for drawing and painting artists who want to explore new technologies and will focus on using hand drawn animation for 3D objects!
We're Project Sponsors and will have our piece Schwister at Toronto Kids Digital Festival! TKDF will feature interactive exhibitions and daily workshops to inspire kids of all ages to think creatively!
Come experience the interactive musical nonsense of the third installment of the universally beloved Star Hero of the Stars series. Let's learn to love. Together.
We're teaming up with Young Offenders and Reese to create an interactive light installation for Toronto Light Festival 2019!
Designed for users of Ableton Live, this workshop will focus learning of the possibilities Max For Live for your performances!
Designed for users of Max 8, this workshop will focus learning Ableton and how to integrate it with Max For Live!
This full day workshop will focus learning interactive audio and video techniques with the visual progamming language Max 8!
Electric Perfume and Underbelly Present: An evening of sound / art / performance / glory.
We're kicking off 2019 with brand new Hypergame format. You come tell us about weird dreams you've had then they get turned into a live improv song media content thing!
International performing artist Dogson steps back into VR for another evening of collaborative improvisational art! Join us for ANYTHING a casual creative VR performance party!
Join us for a fun and laid back EP birthday kick-off event: a casual screening of The Wizard (1989) with community pals! Bring your own pillow (BYOP)
This full day workshop will focus on tools and techniques available in TouchDesigner to create live video for musical performances!
We're designing the main stage for Steam Whistle's Halloween Jam! Check it out Friday & Saturday night at Steam Whistle Brewery. Tickets and info here.
On October 25, multiple rooms on multiple floors of the Toronto Media Arts Centre will be transformed by a guerilla exhibition of digital and interactive art, games, music and much more!
This full day workshop will focus on tools and techniques available in TouchDesigner to create live video for musical performances!
ChangeUp's Art+Tech Jam will unite a diverse group of artists and technologists in an intensive, collaborative three-day creation period and culminating showcase!
Hypergame is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together elements of tabletop RPGs and improv comedy, accompanied by elaborate projected visuals and musical score…
Learn how to design stories, games, and animations for the Cathode Mark 1 - a locally created a game console that plays Unity3D games across multiple CRT TVs! We supply the Unity Framework and show you…
Electric Perfume is working with Young Offenders and Aurora for designing the vibe for the Drake Hotel's Rooftop Patio for Manifesto Festival.
anyWare is a Internet of Things distributed sculpture comprised of three identical objects that are individually connected across Canada created by Cindy Poremba, Jane Tingley & Marius Kintel.
International performing artist Dogson steps back into VR for another evening of collaborative improvisational art alongside famed Montreal-based artist Emmanuel Laflamme…
This full day TouchDesigner workshop will focus on the elements required to get started with TouchDesigner as a tool for interactive installations such as video and interfaces for controlling installations!
This is a workshop on defining the expectations of a player in the very first parts of a game. Not just for establishing setting or mood, but for purposefully crafting the mind of the player around…
In this workshop, we’ll experiment with creating, customizing, and combining simple modular Unity scripts and prefabs to build complex Rube Goldberg machines with an emphasis on physics and…
Hypergame is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together elements of tabletop RPGs and improv comedy, accompanied by elaborate projected visuals and musical score…
Video game designers tend to fixate largely on creating experiences to be shown on a digital display. This workshop is aimed to get designers also thinking about the social and physical aspects of the games…
This exhibition showcases York University’s Digital Media students works that explore the convergence of art and science, through the use of code for creative expression…
This is a workshop on defining the expectations of a player in the very first parts of a game. Not just for establishing setting or mood, but for purposefully crafting the mind of the player around…
Learn how to build a platform game in Unity! Sidestep the structural work involved of making the basic framework of a game so that you can focus on experimental design!
North American debut of ANYTHING, a collaborative virtual reality improvisation. Attendees are invited to come, create, and contribute to an evolving digital world with their own photos, videos, words, music…
The Hand Eye Society Annual General Meeting is upon us! Come on out to learn more about the organization and our plans for the year, register or renew your membership, meet cool people in the gaming arts…
Come celebrate Hypergame's 2nd year anniversary! Hypergame is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together elements of tabletop RPGs and improv comedy.
In this workshop we will learn the basics of Tidal - a great programming language for beginners that allows for making complex sounds almost immediately!
We'll be hosting a live coding get-together/meet-up/hang-out/jam at Electric Perfume! This event is meant to bring together those interested in learning about live coding and those who practice...
What better way to learn p5.js than building a game! The skills the students will learn in this workshop can later be applied to any other creative coding project such as data visualization, image processing...
Presented by Okay Collective, Electric Perfume will how to document and archive digital and technology based art works in this free workshop at Cedarbrae Public Library.
This workshop is designed for musicians interested in incorporating digital technology into their rig as well as performance artists who want to be able to create and control audio...
Grab your Halloween Costume and come out for a night of games, music and action movie based comedy hijinks of Hypergame Storytime AND musical performances by Starpilot!
We're designing the main stage for Steam Whistle's Halloween Jam! Check it out Friday & Saturday night at Steam Whistle Brewery. Tickets and info here.
This two part workshop is ideal for people interested in building interactive installations, developing AR applications, or just learning more about openFrameworks C++ toolkit.
In this meetup, learn to make Halloween sound effects, PLUS we have composer and sound designer Chris Burke (NYC) Skyping in about some of his past work on cult classics such as The Toxic Avenger!
Massive player Humble Bundle, Inc announced at the last GDC that it's getting into publishing games, and funding lead John Polson is coming to town and wants to see what developers here have made.
In this meetup, will look at different programs and configurations for Single Board Computers such as the Raspberry Pi and Axoloti!
We have a new team-based multiplayer competitive light-up tabletop arcade game for Camp Wavelength 2017 called Schwister! Check it out Saturday & Sunday night at The Great Hall. More info here.
Curious Cabinets is a free 1-month exhibit devoted to the exploration of video game arcade hardware and public play. The exhibit features locally created games created for two custom arcade machines...
In this meetup, we will explore the use of our hand gestures with various technologies in creating sound art and electronic music projects!
rious what lurks behind the doors of EP? Come check out the Curous Cabinets Exhibition, meet the staff, or play some VR!
Hypergame Storytime is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together ideas from tabletop RPGs and improv comedy…
Vector Festival is a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing digital games and creative media practices.
Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter is delighted to host the SIGGRAPH 2016 Traveling Computer Animation Show! This show is a subset of the conference’s premiere show, the Electronic Theater...
We're assisting with the VR presentation of Beijing based artist Tian Xiaolei's Overload at Katzman Contemporary! More info here.
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
In this two-part workshop, you will learn essential knowledge for working with video and audio in a post-production environment as well as the tips, tricks and tools to get your video project off the ground!
Learn how to create generative 3-D visuals with Touch Designer, a versatile creative toolkit for video projection mapping, VR, interactive installions, VJing and more!
An IRL evening of sound and visual performances featuring ongoing series of interactive live stream events held on Facebook by Montreal digital artist baron lanteigne and local audio/video talent!
We’re looking for SIX Toronto-based game and/or interactive digital media artists to showcase work in one of two unique arcade machines for a one month public exhibit at Electric Perfume!
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Hypergame Storytime is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together ideas from tabletop RPGs and improv comedy…
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Electric Perfume and Underbelly Present: An evening of sound / art / performance / glory.
In this two part workshop you will learn how to create and design Hollywood-like sci-fi sounds using complex methods of sound synthesis!
The Hand Eye Society Annual General Meeting is upon us! HES has a lot of exciting news as the organization welcomes a whole lot of new faces and continues to plan for the future…
Hypergame Storytime is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together ideas from tabletop RPGs and improv comedy. The audience is guided through a series of …
Join the 2-Bit Game Club by making your own mod for the 1993 classic, Doom by Id Software. No prior coding experience required…
Tired of everything in your games looking kind of the same? Amp up your style with shaders! These GPU marvels are at the heart of nearly all game visuals - from realistic lighting and shadows to …
In this workshop, we'll build a VR environment from scratch in Unity 3D using assets from the Unity store. You'll learn abot building applications for the HTC Vive, as well as VR for mobile devices!
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Raktor invites you to take part in a new medium: participatory digital theater! The show takes place both in virtual reality and in a real theatre in San Francisco and Toronto, with audiences…
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Electric Perfume and Underbelly Present: An evening of sound / art / performance / glory.
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Commemorative performances of works by the four honorary composers as they emerge throughout the evening.…
Sustain-A-Thon is a community event that helps promote recycling and sustainable practices within the maker community with all proceeds going to…
Two part event featuring artist panels, installations and performances which explore game audio from the perspective of experimental music and sound art.
Sitting under a highway is part of a research-creation project and is presented as an interactive audiovisual virtual and presential space. Visitors will experience photo-realistic 3D visuals and spatial audio …
This month we have a special fundraiser edition of our monthly 2-Bit Game Club! We have a Pokémon Red & Blue Social, followed by a Hypergame Storytime Performance!
Happy Halloween! Join us at Electric Perfume for a night of sinister sounds, haunted installation, video apparitions, and classic horror videogames!
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Welcome to Escape the Jam, an informal one-day exploration of technologically mediated Escape Room puzzles…
Learn how to make videogames with Stencyl, a free game-making program where users snap together colourful "logic blocks"…
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
A night of experimental noise and drone musical performances, and video projections!
L.E.A.P. is a live-action gaming environment where the players are pitted against an ominous…
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Hypergame Storytime is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together ideas from tabletop RPGs and improv comedy. The audience is guided through a series of …
Vector Festival is a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing digital games and creative media practices.
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Calling all Jazzpunks! Necrophone Games is gearing up to launch Jazzpunk on the Playstation 4, with an enhanced 4-player splitscreen Wedding Qake mode!
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Hypergame Storytime is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together ideas from tabletop RPGs and improv comedy. The audience is guided through a series of …
2-Bit Game Club is like a book club for video games. We pick a game once a month to play together, and then host discussions at Electric Perfume and online in a podcast. Join in to play games, learn about…
Hypergame Storytime is a live choose-your-own adventure experience that crudely smashes together ideas from tabletop RPGs and improv comedy. The audience is guided through a series of …
OKAY Collective is proud to announce the first issue of Dispatch is ready for release! Dispatch is a twice yearly publication consisting of artist multiples and other things that artists make…
From community bike shops, to makerspaces, to repair cafes, something big is happening. Where do we see maker culture in Toronto in 5 years?…
In Escapade: Going Places, a lone participant will enter a series of interconnected spaces, becoming aware of the unspoken power that a place holds…
What if we could make music with our bodies? Wouldn’t it challenge everything we understand about dance?
L.E.A.P. is a live-action gaming environment where the players are pitted against an ominous…
Laser Equipped Annihilation Protocol is coming down at the end of February and going into hibernation…
Join us as we go through the history and importance of some of the most memorable baddies.…
Wanna spout horrible insults to your peers? Looking to get some backhanded compliments outta your butt? You're in luck!…
Don’t You Dare is an adult party game running in sneak-peak Private Limited Beta Mode for two nights only! Players advance the board by participating in flirty, risqué game prompts …
The Hand Eye Society Annual General Meeting is upon us! HES has a lot of exciting news as the organization welcomes a whole lot of new faces and continues to plan for the future…
Prepare your body for the game-story-musical event of your life! Inspired by tabletop RPGs, improv comedy and rock & roll, Hypergame Storytime: The Musical invites the audience…
Engineering cameras & sensors so they're good enough for interactive art, all the time, everywhere.
