Mary Hofstetter, president and CEO of The Banff Centre, says the grant recognizes the Centre’s leadership in connecting art and technology. “We are pleased to work with the Emily Carr Institute to put leading edge visualization tools into the hands of artists and researchers. Through interdisciplinary projects such as this, The Banff Centre fosters new forms of creativity and technical innovation.”

The grant will be used to create an interdisciplinary digital studio at the Emily Carr Institute and to network that lab to The Banff Centre’s A(rt) R(esearch) & T(echnology) Advanced Visualization Lab. Both labs will enable artists and researchers to develop visualization tools, technology for research in mixed media and design, and facilities for research in interactive virtual spaces.

In addition to networking the Centre’s A.R.T. Lab to the digital studio, The Banff Centre will provide access to its new media summits, ongoing research evaluation workshops, and presentation opportunities through the Banff New Media Institute and the Banff International Curatorial Institute.

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent corporation created in 1997 by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure and strengthen the ability of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and other non-profit institutions to carry out world-class research and technology development.

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