Cultural Productions – Building 21

Cultural Productions

In the News

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

Building 21: An innovative space for academic play

McGill University News and Events, 2019

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