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Expanded Dis/Closures probes what constitutes truth and reality, and on whose terms? Taking reality as a continuum that is always in the making, the works featured in this program explore themes of reiteration, revisiting, and return in media formats including 360 cinema and docufiction, VR theatre, and interactive and multiplayer XR. They invite you on a journey across family archives and memories, historical events, what-if scenarios, and abstract realms to unsettle the conscious and provoke the subconscious. May it be done as a faint murmur into a void or shouted out loud, we encourage you to take the act of speaking one’s truth into reality as closure and disclosure, and (re)claim the narrative courage for realizing our worlds and stories anew.

Expanded Dis/Closures Keynote: Ana Serrano

Join Ana Serrano, president and vice-chancellor of OCAD University and recipient of Reel Asian's 2026 Fire Horse Award, in opening our Expanded Dis/Closures exhibition and conference with this keynote address discussing ever-changing media and the role of creators in the challenges of our time.

The keynote will be followed by the Sari-Sari Reception at 7PM.

Fri, Nov 13 at 7PM at OCAD University Auditorium (100 McCaul St.)

Means to Enfold: The Sari-Sari Xchange Community Showcase

Means to Enfold is an embrace, a remembrance, and a suggestion towards the ways we hold each other together through collective expression. In bringing together interactive installations, a travelling exhibit of works developed at the SSX x InterAccess AR residency, a curated section of student works created in Tech Jams and invited artworks by artists part of the inaugural SSX Artist Residency, this community showcase highlights how collaboration can be a potent means to enfold the meanings in all our relations.

Fri, Nov 13–Thurs, Nov 19, from 12–5PM (excl. Mon, Nov 16) at Open Space Gallery

Means to Enfold: Opening Reception

Drop by for the Means to Enfold opening reception featuring live music and refreshments and bring your infectious energies to the SSX Sing-Along Karaoke to end the evening at a high note (all singing styles and music genres welcome!).

Fri, Nov 13 from 7:30–11PM at Open Space Gallery

Views From the Pier: Taiwan VR

In celebration of the pioneering Kaohsiung VR Film Lab, established in 2017 to push the boundaries of immersive storytelling, Views from the Pier presents selected works supported by the Kaohsiung Film Festival over the past decade. These works explore how histories and memories can be told, revealed, and expressed through expanded forms of narrative.

Entry is PWYC, but spots are limited – guarantee your booking by purchasing an advance ticket for $5.

Thurs, Nov 12–Sat, Nov 21 from 12:00PM–5:00PM (excl. Mon, Nov 16) at Lower Lobby, 401 Richmond LL108

The Book of Distance

In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Hiroshima, Japan, for Canada. Then, war and racism changed everything. Three generations later, his grandson Randall Okita leads us on an interactive pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost. In this VR experience, Randall Okita explores new possibilities for deeply personal storytelling.

Entry is PWYC, but spots are limited – guarantee your booking by purchasing an advance ticket for $5.

Thurs, Nov 12–Sat, Nov 21 from 12:00PM–5:00PM (excl. Mon, Nov 16) at Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space, 401 Richmond

Palace Immersive GOONG (이머시브궁)

Join a multi-user VR journey set in Korea's iconic Gyeongbokgung Palace, where the grandeur of the Joseon Dynasty’s last unrealized royal banquet comes to life. More than a spectator, you are a part of the celebration in this cutting-edge, location-based entertainment experience that seamlessly blends history, culture, and technology in real time.

Entry is PWYC, but spots are limited – guarantee your booking by purchasing an advance ticket for $5.

Thurs, Nov 12–Sat, Nov 21 from 12:00PM–5:00PM (excl. Mon, Nov 16) at Open Space Gallery, OCAD University

Expanded Dis/Closures - XR Summit

Reel Asian’s XR Summit is a space for dialogue between emerging and established artists and studios, professionals from the industry, media scholars, and the wider communities who will connect and explore the state of the creative industries and the market trends leading innovation within the domains of XR and spatial media, both globally and locally.

Mon, Nov 16 from 10AM–7PM at School of Graduate Studies, OCAD University

Expanded Dis/Closures Keynote: Ana Serrano

Means to Enfold: The Sari-Sari Xchange Community Showcase

Means to Enfold: Opening Reception

Views From the Pier: Taiwan VR

The Book of Distance

Palace Immersive GOONG (이머시브궁)

Expanded Dis/Closures - XR Summit

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