Here to bring your ideas into the future

Artengine is an artist-run futurelab that brings together artists, designers, technologists, and researchers to explore the social impacts of emerging technologies through collaborative learning and production.

 

For almost 30 years, we have been working in the capital region, producing innovative programming and finding unique ways to support artists and creatives of all kinds. The world is always changing and Artengine helps cultivate the new ideas and new froms of art for our new world.

 

Check out a bit more about us here and get a tour of a space and the work we do.  

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TouchDesigner Meet Up

Artengine TouchDesigner Meetup: Collaborative Session Join us at Artengine on Wednesday, June 25th at 6:30 PM for our next informal TouchDesigner meetup! This gathering is all about collaboration, problem-solving, and shared inspiration. …

TouchDesigner Meetup: Artist Talk Edition with Michaela van Beinum

Join us at Artengine on Wednesday, May 22nd at 6:30 PM for a TouchDesigner Meetup with Michaela van Beinum (MVB creates)! This event welcomes everyone, especially media artists interested in exploring interactive technology. Michaela, an abstract artist and electrical engineer, will take us “under the hood” of her captivating TouchDesigner project…

TouchDesigner Meetup

April 16th 2025 For this edition of our TouchDesigner MeetUp we have invited a number of local artists to show us under the hood of their TouchDesigner projects….

Flutterings / Papillonnements

Join us for the opening of Flutterings, a residency showcase exploring the delicate relationship between humans and insects. This work memorializes monarch butterflies and invites reflection on the fragility of life and the urgent need for sustainable cohabitation with more-than-humans….

TouchDesigner Meetup: MediaPipe Workshop

Join us for an interactive TouchDesigner meetup, where we’ll explore the powerful capabilities of the Free Motion Tracking plugin using MediaPipe for Face, Hand, and Pose Tracking. This session is perfect for creators who want to integrate real-time motion tracking into their projects using TouchDesigner and MediaPipe, an open-source machine learni…

Get Involved With Us

Artengine is here to get involved with your project and help in any way we can.

We are looking for interesting projects and initiatives to get to collaborate on.

Go here and learn a bit more about us and how we work with artists and creatives.

Make us a proposal and lets get involved!

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This fall we launch a new series… somewhere between a book club and an art experience, Group Chat will host intimate evenings focused on experiencing art works, from cinema to augmented reality to video games, and talking about them together. 

First up is an exploration of different AR and VR works on October 24th! Reserve your spot here!

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Our Ideas section is an active stream of conversations and presentations we have host here or online. Check out the Ideas section for conversations about animal intelligence, blockchain, labour organizing and more.