October 18th, 2023 For several years we’ve been exploring how technology can enhance live performance. What a pleasant surprise for our team to receive the HUB Innovation Award for Carry Me Home: the first-ever multi-reality show in Montreal! Using real-time motion capture and virtual reality technologies, this show is a deep dive into the universe of singer-songwriter and circus artist Didier Stowe, created by Samuel Tétreault (les 7 doigts de la main) and Athomas Goldberg (Shocap Entertainment, Ltd.), with the…
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September, 2023 September 13, 2023, saw the first meeting of LAB7’s brand-new Advisory Board, bringing together renowned professionals from the performing arts, multimedia creation, research, education and financing. They shared their knowledge and experience…
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The LAB7 team is excited to launch its new prototyping support program for creations combining performing arts and technology. This first phase of the program will support 3 projects in 2024-2025. This program is supported by…
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Carry Me Home win the NUMIX Award in the Best Xr Experience category! What a wonderful recognition for what we’ve been striving to achieve for several years with LAB7: exploring new creative spaces and dramaturgical languages for…
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The 7 Fingers Foundation is inviting professional artists and creators in circus arts to apply for residencies intended for embryonic or early-stage development projects. Whether you are a collective or an individual artist, this…
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Summer 2023 LAB7 commissioned HABO to gain a better understanding of what professionals working with performing arts and technology need in terms of services and ecosystem support. LAB7 wanted to know how they work,…
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November, 2023 LAB7 had the great pleasure to welcome PHI Studio for two weeks of prototyping with mixed reality and motion capture. As part of an immersive theater project by director Craig Quintero, founder…
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Autumn 2023 SYNTHÈSE – Pôle Image Québec helped LAB7 find the perfect fit through their ARRISTAGE internship contest! Vincent Ladouceur is a master’s student at NAD in Art and Digital Design – Virtual…
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The show will crown the festivities surrounding Riopelle’s centenary Montreal, October 5, 2023 – The immersive show RIOPELLE Grandeur Nature will be presented from February 13 to March 10, 2024, in the studios des…
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Isabelle Domens, April 2023 What if you carry a circus performance, in 3D, in your phone and watch it anywhere? It is possible with augmented reality, a technology that superimposes virtual content on the…