Student installations light up the city at the Media Architecture Biennale 2023, led by Professor Dave Colangelo

The Media Architecture Biennale 2023 (external link, opens in new window)  (MAB23),a week-long event featuring keynotes, workshops, symposia, panels, awards, and an exhibition, is coming to Toronto Metropolitan University. The event aims to offer a platform for communities of research and practice concerned with media and the built environment. Led by Professional Communication Professor Dave Colangeglo, MAB23 will bring together students, academics, and professionals from architecture, art, design, urban planning, media and communication, urban informatics, and public policy to share new ideas and shape this evolving field.

Imagining innovation in the city

This year’s exhibition is hosted by The Creative School, with leadership from Colangelo and his team. Located in the heart of Toronto, The Creative School provides a unique landscape for the event to transpire. 

“The Creative School is right next to the densest concentration of Media Architecture in Canada: Yonge Dundas Square,” Colangelo remarked.

Throughout the month of June, Yonge-Dundas Square will act as a gallery for video (external link, opens in new window)  and photography works by Image Arts students. Every night from 11 p.m. to midnight, several screens in the square including Cadillac Fairview’s main screen (external link, opens in new window)  will display visuals created by students from The Creative School’s Film and Photography programs. 

Assembly Gallery

The Assembly Gallery at The Creative School located on the main floor of the Image Arts building at 122 Bond Street will host the MAB23 Exhibition, featuring a prototype of the LED sculpture on display in College Park, a project that was commissioned by MAB23 sponsor  StrongLED (external link, opens in new window)  and built by students in TMU’s Architectural Science department. 

All are welcome to attend the Assembly Gallery on Thursday, June 22 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for the exhibition and book launch party. The exhibition and launch party is free and open to all TMU community members.

The book launch will celebrate two new publications produced specifically for the Biennale. Provocations on Media Architecture (external link, opens in new window)  features responses to a series of prompts about Media Architecture by artists, designers, and thinkers such as Melissa Mongiat (external link) , Eliza Chandler and Lisa East, Ekene Ijeoma (external link) , Anthea Foyer (external link) , John Cayley (external link) , Scott Roders (external link) , and Susan Blight (external link) . The Media Architecture Compendium Volume 2 (external link, opens in new window)  draws on cutting-edge research and global studies. This transdisciplinary collaboration offers an in-depth account of Media Architecture’s evolution and its real-world applications.

For more information about MAB23, visit mab23.org (external link, opens in new window) .

The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University

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