Bodies in Residency

Bodies in Residency (BIR) is a one-month residency program for artists, designers, and creative technologists that takes place in February 2024 at OCAD University, in Toronto, Canada. It is hosted by the Bodies in Play (BIP) project partners: OCAD University’s game:play Lab and Social Body Lab, and DMG.

Residents are invited to collaborate with each other and with BIP researchers to produce a body of work that integrates creative practice with wearable and/or XR technology.

The residency follows a hybrid format, with an in-person intensive taking place Monday, February 5th to Friday, February 9th at OCAD University in Toronto. Techniques developed during the residency will be open-sourced and shared with the DMG, BIP, and OCADU communities. The goal of the residency and the overarching BIP project is to facilitate meaningful equity within the creative technology space through participatory, feminist research-creation in the realm of embodied interfaces.

Selected Residents (Artists/Designers/Creative Technologists):

BIR Public Events

Thursday, February 1, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00PM EST – Resident Talks

Format: Online 

Meet the residents! Each BIR resident is invited to share a 15-minute talk about their work as artists/ designers/creative technologies. This is both an opportunity for the residents to meet each other and for the broader DMG and BIP communities to get to know their work!

Thursday, February 8, 2024, Time TBC – BIR Work-in-Progress Open Studio

Format: In Person (Toronto)

Wrapping up the end of the in-person week, come meet the BIR residents in person and check out their initial work-in-progress prototypes. It’s great opportunity to check out the wearable tech and extended reality tools that the residents are working with!

Thursday, February 29, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00PM EST – BIR Showcase

Format: Online

Join online for a closing set of talks where each resident will share their projects and/or other outcomes from the residency.