Located in Montreal, Canada, the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) is a multidisciplinary centre dedicated to research, creation, production, presentation, education and conservation in the field of digital culture. The centre operates as a forum where practitioners who work with digital technologies may congregate and collaborate across an array of artistic and scientific disciplines. The centre is situated prominently within an international network of industry and educational institutional partners who share similar and complementary objectives.
Since 1996 the SAT has established a number of programs that facilitate access to human and technical resources with the aim of encouraging reflection on issues related to the use of technology. SAT[Art&D] supports IT projects in IP network environments by providing a studio for research, production and commission of artwork that is utilized as a workspace by artists participating in SAT’s artist in residence calendar. [Espace]SAT is a presentation space that is used to house live electronic music and video events conceived and performed by international artists. Between such larger events SAT[Mix Sessions] serves to promote and develop local audiovisual creativity by gathering Montreal’s VJ and DJ/sound artist communities for jam session meetings. SAT also provides education through [TransForm], which offers courses on production of interactive projects, video art, audiovisual creation in real time and VJing, teaching students to operate software such as Arduino, Max/MSP and Modul8.
SAT is an affiliate of The SenseLab, a research-creation laboratory that houses the collaborations of Erin Manning and Brian Massumi.