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Factory Media Centre is Hamilton's artist-run centre for film, new media, installation and sound art.

The Factory Media Centre is a not-for-profit artist-driven resource centre dedicated to the production and promotion of creatively diverse forms of independent films, videos, and other streaming multimedia art forms. Our mission is to develop and support a vibrant, sustainable, creative, and diverse community of Members and non-Members within Hamilton and its surrounding region, who are involved o

r interested in the Art, the Craft and the Technologies of, but not limited to the motion picture media. The Factory exists to provide access to facilities, equipment, peer resources and educational initiatives to the community of time-based visual artists, as well as to the community at large. To encourage the development and appreciation of all related visual art forms through an ongoing program of screening and events.

08/12/2026

🚨 NEXT TUESDAY! 🚨

Join us for the opening reception of 💧Wet Maps💧 a culminating exhibition from one of our 2026 &NOW Artist-in-Residence, Emma Eichenberg!

📍 Tuesday, August 18th from 6–9PM
📍 Factory Media Centre (366 Victoria Ave. N)

Wet Maps reimagines the continuous movement of water through Hamilton’s Beasley neighbourhood sewer systems. The work builds on research into underground infrastructure and urban geographies, exploring how these systems mirror larger geological rhythms. Through conducting fieldwork in Hamilton’s Beasley and North End neighbourhoods, the work seeks to examine the duality between subterranean and atmospheric layers, the fast-moving asthenosphere below and the calm stratosphere above, and how these strata echo the hidden flows beneath Hamilton’s infrastructure.

🔗 Click through the link in our bio for more info about Emma’s residency work and the exhibition!

07/16/2026

🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED: July 26, 2026 at 11:59pm EST 🚨

Fluxus Experimental Film Festival is back for another year, and the deadline for submissions is now EXTENDED! 🎞️🤩

Fluxus is a contemporary short film and media arts festival hosted in partnership between Factory Media Centre, Hamilton Artists Inc., and McMaster University School of the Arts, dedicated to showcasing experimental and boundary-pushing media works from artists of all levels working in Canada.

Submissions are FREE and unrestricted by theme, and are open to a spectrum of artforms, including but not limited to: animation, documentary, video art, collage film, music video, experimental film, and more!

🔗To submit to Fluxus and learn more about the festival, click through the link in our bio!

06/19/2026

💥TONIGHT!💥

Join us for the opening of Dig Up My Heart, a new solo exhibition by Job Piston!

⛓️June 19th, 7–9PM
📍Orchid Contemporary (DM for address)

Co-presented by Orchid Contemporary and FMC, the works in Dig Up My Heart emerge through a process of excavation, both material and psychological. Borrowed from Canadian “The Peoples Poet” Milton Acorn, whose writing explored themes of love, death, labor, and working-class life, the show evokes associative thinking informed by poetry and psychoanalysis, where fragmented narratives dissolve as quickly as they appear. Ancient landscapes of abandoned Greek figures sit alongside formal portraits of living artists, both serve as the backdrop to a sculptural installation made of locally salvaged steel and automotive parts from Hamilton’s industrial yards. Human time is placed against geological and industrial time, where memory, intimacy, decay, and regeneration unfold in vastly different scales.

This programming is made possible thanks to generous support from the incite Foundation for the Arts, a non-profit organization dedicated to revolutionizing support for the arts in the Hamilton Community.

06/15/2026

We’re thrilled to host The Electric City, an evening of live performances and architecture curated by artist Job Piston! ⚡️⛓️

An extension of Piston’s solo exhibition, Dig Up My Heart, opening at Orchid Contemporary on June 19th, The Electric City features performances by Hamilton’s own Grandmother Sago, Sah Ra, and Loaming.

🗓️Saturday June 20, 7PM
📍Factory Media Centre (366 Victoria Ave N, Hamilton ON)
🎟️ FREE!

This event is made possible thanks to generous support from the incite Foundation for the Arts, a non-profit organization dedicated to revolutionizing support for the arts in the Hamilton Community.

🔗Click through the link in our bio for more info!

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Image info:
Slide 1: Posted for The Electric City, design by Eli Nolet, image by Job Piston
Slide 2: Image courtesy of the artist
Slide 3: Photo credit Christopher
Slide 4: Images courtesy of the artists

06/10/2026

Fluxus Experimental Film Festival is back for another year, and submissions are now open! 🎞️

📍Deadline: July 15, 2026 at 11:59pm EST

Fluxus is a contemporary short film and media arts festival hosted in partnership between Factory Media Centre, Hamilton Artists Inc., and McMaster University School of the Arts, dedicated to showcasing experimental and boundary-pushing media works from artists of all levels working in Canada.

Submissions are FREE and unrestricted by theme, and are open to a spectrum of artforms, including but not limited to: animation, documentary, video art, collage film, music video, experimental film, and more!

🔗To submit to Fluxus and learn more about the festival, click through the link in our bio!

05/20/2026

Please join us for a FREE workshop hosted by audio-visual artist Charlie Star (.slinky) 💿

Material Sound: Locked Loops is an experimental sound workshop exploring abstract turntablism through noise and modulation. Creating handmade records from unconventional and household materials, participants will then use turntables, modulators, and effect pedals to manipulate surface textures and locked grooves into evolving sonic compositions. The workshop is open to all and encourages experimentation with noise and collaboration.

This workshop is free but spots are limited!

🔗 Please RSVP through the link in our bio.

04/20/2026

We’re thrilled to present Ctrl + Alt + Create, an exhibition featuring undergraduate research-creation projects developed by students enrolled in Media Arts 4ST6 (Senior Thesis Research and Production) at McMaster University!

🌟 Ctrl + Alt + Create opens TONIGHT from 6-9PM, and is on view until May 1st 🌟

Media Arts 4ST6 offers fourth year students the opportunity to develop their own capstone artistic projects. The final projects are a culmination of research, development, and creation using skills and ideas learned in the Communication Studies and Media Arts program at McMaster University.

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