Common Process

September – November 2025

 

Apply to Common Process

Extended Deadline: September 12, 2025

 

Designed for artists working in sound, digital, and interdisciplinary practices, Common Process is a new series at World Creation Studio that brings together artists to work side-by-side, share skills, exchange feedback, and open their creative process in an informal setting.

Participants meet regularly for:

  • Co-working sessions
  • Peer-led skill-sharing and feedback exchanges
  • Informal showings and discussion opportunities

Encouraging artists to share their work, ideas, and processes, the series will also host a weekend-long Open Studio, welcoming any participating artist interested to present. Programming may include video installations, sound works, performances, XR works, talks, panels, workshops, etc. The goal is to offer a flexible and inclusive space for sharing in-progress or completed work with both peers and the public.

The pilot edition is presented in collaboration with MUTEK Montréal, with applications open to artists from MUTEK’s Incubator and Market as well as members of the WCS community. Together, up to 12 participants will form a three-month cohort of collective studio activity.

Program Structure

The program offers weekly co-working, with themed group sessions every other week—ranging from sharing origins and approaches, to troubleshooting challenges, to preparing work for presentation. The final sessions in November focus on assembling, testing, and presenting projects.

  • Bi-weekly Sessions: Mondays · 5–7 PM
  • Weekly Co-working: Mondays · 12-5 PM

Origins & Intentions

September 29

What are you making, and what drives it?

  • Artist introductions and project snapshots
  • Sharing creative “inputs” (references, sketches, tools)

Systems & Approaches

October 13

How do you work, and what tools shape your practice?

  • Share your workflow, setup, or creative system
  • Roundtable discussion on how form, technique, and tools influence outcomes

Iteration & Exchange

October 27

What’s emerging, and how is it taking form?

  • Open session for sharing works-in-progress and testing ideas
  • Collective feedback and discussion

Format & Experience

Nov 10

How does your work shift across different formats and settings?

  • Share near-final excerpts, mixes, or prototype setups
  • Compare different modes of presentation (screening, multi-channel, performance, installation)
  • Exchange practical considerations for showing work publicly (scale, duration, environment)

Presentation Lab

Nov 24

How will you present it? What’s ready?

  • Demos, test installations or rehearsal previews
  • Wrap-up reflection: what you’re taking forward
  • Feedback Session

Public Showcase

World Creation Studio will host a public showcase where participating artists can present developing ideas alongside finished works.

Applications are open until September 12, 2025.

In partnership with MUTEK Montréal