2 November 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm
Le Labo, studio #277, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto
Video mapping workshop with Maxime Touroute
Le Labo invites Francophone artists from Toronto to immerse themselves in the fascinating world of video mapping during a workshop led by Maxime Touroute, an internationally recognized artist and creative developer.
Important info
- Date: 2 november 2025, 11am to 3pm
- Place: Le Labo, Studio #277, 401 Richmond Street West
- Intended audience: artists with little digital experience
- Material required : laptop
- Registration required
This hands-on workshop offers an accessible introduction to video mapping, a technique that involves projecting digital images onto real surfaces, transforming any space into a canvas for visual experimentation. No prior experience is required: just curiosity, a desire to experiment, and a laptop!
Participants will learn to combine technical tools and an artistic approach to create their own mini-projection project, which they will share with the group at the end of the session. The goal: to demystify digital technology and open the door to new forms of visual creation.
Through this workshop, Le Labo continues its mission to make Francophone media arts accessible and inspiring, while fostering connections between artists, technologies, and audiences.
About the artist
Maxime Touroute is an interdisciplinary artist who explores the intersections between technology and humanity. His works question how our most profoundly human qualities – creativity, interaction, and a sense of community – are transformed in the digital age. Through participatory and immersive experiences, he invites audiences to reflect on the connections that bind us in a world shaped by technology.
His flagship project, Let’s Draw (presented in over 80 exhibitions across 10 countries), transforms public spaces into giant interactive canvases where participants draw together in real time using a video mapping system. By stimulating collective creation, Let’s Draw reveals our shared imaginations around universal themes: how to draw a tree, love, or our world?
His most recent creation, The Invisible Party, co-produced by Enter Art Fair and co-written with Natacha Paquignon, explores mixed reality through a dance performance where two performers interact with their virtual doubles. This work questions the relationship between body, space, and technology: can a digital world enhance our body awareness?
A practice at the intersection of art and technology
Behind each of his works lies a suite of creative software developed in-house, designed to make digital creation more accessible. These tools are now used in museums, festivals, and cultural institutions worldwide for immersive, educational, and accessibility projects. A recipient of numerous awards from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Maxime embodies a generation of artists who harness technology for sharing, collaboration, and collective creation.