Milieux x Montreal Connect / Showcase, 5 à 7, Networking Event

Milieux is excited to partner with Printemps numérique for the 7^th edition of MTL connect. This annual international event brings together entrepreneurs, researchers, industry professionals and artists to explore the evolving challenges and issues of the digital revolution.

On October 29^th, Milieux will host a delegation of international curators and industry professionals for a tour of the Institute followed by a 5 à 7 in the atrium on the 11^th floor.

This event is a fantastic opportunity for members to showcase their research and creative work with professionals and peers in an informal setting. It’s also an amazing chance to connect with other members, so even if you can’t present a project, we invite you to join us to celebrate the research-creation at the institute.

Here some pictures of last year’s event (Credits: Ana Isabel Duque):

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION:

Jack Thomas Taylor is the Curator of Art, Media and Technology at the media majlis museum (mm:museum) located within the school of Northwestern Qatar. He is one of the founding curators and has worked across multiple areas of the museum since its inception. In 2021 he was a key member of the team that helped the museum receive its accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (awarded in 2022).

Taylor holds a Master of Arts in Culture, Criticism and Curation from Central Saint Martins (CSM) at the University of the Arts London (UAL) and a Master of Business Administration in Culture and Enterprise, jointly awarded by Birkbeck Business School and his alma mater CSM. Taylor also has a diploma in Intellectual Property and Collections from the Institute of Art & Law at Queen Mary University, London.

His current research interests include the exploration of the cultural and creative industries in Doha, Qatar. This research is being supervised by King’s College London where he is also currently obtaining his PhD within the culture, media, and creative industries faculty.

Jens Hauser is a Paris and Copenhagen based media studies scholar and art curator focusing on the interactions between art and technology, trans-genre and hybrid aesthetics. He’s currently a researcher at University of Copenhagen’s Medical Museion, following a dual post-doctoral research position at the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, and coordinates the (OU)VERT network for Greenness Studies. He is also a senior postdoc researcher at the Medical University Vienna, a distinguished affiliated faculty member of the Department of Art, Art History and Design at Michigan State University, where he co-directs the BRIDGE artist in residency program, an affiliated faculty member at the Department for Image Science at Danube University Krems, a guest lecturer at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and at the University of Innsbruck, a guest professor at the Department of Arts and Sciences of Art at Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a researcher affiliated with École Polytechnique Paris-Saclay. Hauser has been the chair of the European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts’ 2018 conference in Copenhagen. At the intersection of media studies, art history and epistemology, he has developed an aesthetic and epistemological theory of biomediality as part of his PhD at Ruhr University Bochum, and also holds a degree in science and technology journalism from Université François Rabelais in Tours.

Mohumagadi Moruti is an emerging curator and researcher with a background in computing and an M.A. in Media Arts Cultures at Aalborg University, her research focuses on the ontology of technology, culture, memory, and geocultural-international curating. She has been actively involved in curatorial and collaborative projects through the Botswana National Gallery, Aalborg University, Siggraph 2023, 2024, 2025 as well as International Program Committee (ICP) member for ISEA 2025.

Georges-Emmanuel ARNAUD is a multidisciplinary artist and curator whose work transcends traditional art boundaries to create pieces that explore and challenge our relationship with body, time and memory.

Marine Haverland is the co-founder of fomo.scene, a Brussels-based company established in 2021 that curates and produces immersive installations and digital exhibitions for cultural venues. Her projects include Reset Immersive (Brussels, 2023). Previously, she worked in audiovisual production at Versus Production, founded Aura Films—a consulting agency specializing in new media and production—and co-founded the Liège Web Fest (2013-2016), a festival dedicated to emerging digital formats including transmedia, web series, and virtual reality. Marine actively participates in professional events related to immersive technologies and digital culture, with a particular interest in access to immersive art and the challenges of scenography, technology, and audience mediation.

Carol Giordano is Associate Director of Chroniques (Biennale of Digital Imaginaries) in Marseille, France.
Founded in 2018, the Biennale of Digital Imaginaries is the major event for digital arts and culture in Southern France. It showcases visual arts, sound arts, and live performance that explore new technologies, activates public spaces, and provides a platform for national and international artists from diverse backgrounds.
Carol Giordano is also affiliated with Seconde Nature and ZINC, key organizations in the digital arts scene of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Giordano also served as Associate Director Seconde Nature and ZINC from January 2020 to November 2023, where he coordinated innovative cultural and artistic projects.

🗓 October 29, 2025

⏱️ 5 – 7 PM

📍Milieux Institute, EV Building 11th floor