Cultural Productions – Building 21

Cultural Productions

In the News

Read about Building 21's features covered in the news.

Research by Darius Valevicius, a Building 21 alumnus, covered by the Guardian

The Guardian, 2023

Repenser le monde avec Building 21 et Ollivier Dyens

Mon Carnet, 2023

We need boldness and daring in our education system

University Affairs, 2023

Building 21: Make zines, not research papers

Culture Days, 2020

Partnerships & Ventures

Partnering with leading researchers, institutions, and Canadian stakeholders to extend Building 21's unique research reach.

Micro-MBA à Matane / Micro MBA Program in Matane (2023 - Current)

Un micro-MBA unique de cinq jours est offert chaque année à Matane, Québec, avec Groupe Rioux & McGill Executive Institute / A unique five-day micro-MBA is offered annually in Matane, Québec, in collaboration with Rioux Group and McGill Executive Institute

The Future of Cities (2022 - Current)

Reimagining cities that maintain the good. Led by Geography PhD candidate, Nakiya Noorbhai.

Radical Futures (2019 - 2023)

A desire to re-invent how we interact with the future spanning 4 cohorts

Productions

Unique projects conceptualised, prototyped, and created at Building 21.

Poetry and VR: “Scène de la Mer” (2023)

A brief, atmospheric poetry experience in French and English, created by scholars at McGill's Building 21.

The "Matterless Matters" Talks (2022 - 2023)

There are some questions that sound pointless, but aren’t. In the Matterless Matters talks, the answers don’t matter very much – but the questions, surprisingly, do.

The "I'm Not Sure" Talks (2022 - 2023)

What is beauty? What is knowledge? Are there limits to human understanding? Can a machine create moving poetry?

Virtual Open House (2022)

Created as part of a summer research project at McGill's Building 21: "Foundations of a Better World"

Poetry and VR: Ollivier Dyens & John Mac Master (2021)

What are poetry and literature when transformed and modified by technology?

Podcast

McGill's Building 21:
Thinking beyond the acknowledged, the recognized and the comfortable

On Spotify and Apple Podcasts