{"id":4678,"date":"2026-02-23T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:16:51","slug":"caden-manson-big-art-group-march-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?p=4678","title":{"rendered":"Caden Manson &#8211; Big Art Group &#8211; March 5, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BMO Lab Diagonal Speakers Series: Creative Research in Emerging Technologies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;\">When:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;Thursday, Mar. 5, 4\u20135:30pm<\/span><br><b style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;\">Where:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;BMO Lab,&nbsp;University College,15 King\u2019s College Circle, room H-12 &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: normal; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 124, 137);\"><u><a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?page_id=1809\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-outlook-id=\"36279f7c-f5fd-444e-b739-309115942fa0\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 124, 137)\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 124, 137);\" href=\"https:\/\/bmolab.artsci.utoronto.ca\/?page_id=1809\" id=\"OWA6b9cb5cb-4100-3ed1-4dc1-6f03b4173a69\">Map to BMO Lab<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:60.00% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1196075943?h=1c68d2ff62&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"...\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artistic Director <strong>Caden Manson<\/strong> presents an overview of <strong>Big Art Group<\/strong>\u2019s evolving practice through the lens of the company\u2019s current project, FIASCO. Framed by the forthcoming 2027 book on Big Art Group from Northwestern University Press, the talk traces the ensemble\u2019s history, the development of Real Time Film, and the pedagogical and working methodologies that have shaped its hybrid approach to live, media, and networked performance. Situating this lineage within contemporary conditions shaped by algorithmic culture and generative AI, Manson examines embodiment as a material and relational practice within technologically saturated environments, and failure as a structural strategy for interrupting repetition, exposing system logics, and pushing back against statistical normativity in probabilistic models.<br><br>Co-sponsored by the BMO Lab, the Helen and Paul Phelan Chair in Drama, and University of Toronto Mississauga\u2019s Department of English and Drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMO Lab Diagonal Speakers Series: Creative Research in Emerging Technologies When:&nbsp;Thursday, Mar. 5, 4\u20135:30pmWhere:&nbsp;BMO Lab,&nbsp;University College,15 King\u2019s College Circle, room H-12 &nbsp;&nbsp;Map to BMO Lab Artistic Director Caden Manson presents an overview of Big Art Group\u2019s evolving practice through the lens of the company\u2019s current project, FIASCO. 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